The eighth series has been confirmed to air starting on Friday 6 January 2012 on BBC1 at 9pm. However creator Tony Jordan has said that this will be the last for at least a while and the last with the current cast. Guest stars featuring this season will include Sheila Hancock, Martin Kemp and Paterson Joseph.Peter Polycarpou and John Barrowman have also revealed on Twitter that they will have guest roles in series eight. This will be the third series to be filmed in Birmingham, the fifth in HD and the fourth series featuring all of the current cast. Adrian Lester is also set to direct an episode, in which Mickey is kidnapped.Other cons will see the team take on the world of slimming pills and pull off a gold heist. Jaime Murray reprised her role for the final episode.
第二季中，侦探杜尔西·柯林斯（凯特·波克斯 Kate Box 饰）和埃迪·雷德克利夫（玛德琳·萨米 Madeleine Sami 饰）将前往澳大利亚的Top End地区。她们起初在达尔文调查雷德克利夫前任警务伙伴布什的死亡案件，然而在一个偏远小镇发现了两名Top End知名人士的尸体，这开启了一场“更紧张、更棘手”的新调查。
Now an established part of newly promoted DI Tanika Malik’s crime solving team, retired archaeologist Judith Potts, dog walker Suzie Harris and vicar’s wife Becks Starling are back and bringing their unconventional methods to a string of high-profile murd
