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Professor T

Sun, Jul 18, 2021
  • Crime
  • Mystery
  • Drama
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Ben Miller
    Ben Miller
    as Professor Tempest
  • Emma Naomi
    Emma Naomi
    as Lisa Donckers
  • Barney White
    Barney White
    as Dan Winters
  • Sarah Woodward
    Sarah Woodward
    as Ingrid Snares
  • Andy Gathergood
    Andy Gathergood
    as Paul Rabbit
  • Douglas Reith
    Douglas Reith
    as Dean
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Episodes

5 seasons · 30 episodes

Running · 6 upcoming · 24 aired
Season 1
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Anatomy of a Memory
    Aired · Thu, Jun 3, 2021 · 46m

    Diana Tyson was violently attacked on the university campus where Professor T has tenure. DI Lisa Donckers suspects that the assault is very similar to one that occurred years beforehand, and, having been a previous student of Professor T's, she thinks he can help.

  • E2
    A Fish Called Walter
    Aired · Thu, Jun 3, 2021 · 47m

    Professor T investigates the suspected poisoning of a librarian.

  • E3
    Tiger Tiger
    Aired · Thu, Jun 3, 2021 · 44m

    Professor T helps with a case involving the hit and run of a local jeweller.

  • E4
    Mother Love
    Aired · Thu, Jun 3, 2021 · 46m

    Professor T investigates a case involving a missing child.

  • E5
    Sophie Knows
    Aired · Thu, Jun 3, 2021 · 46m

    Professor T is approached by a family who claim that the police have the wrong suspect.

  • E6
    The Dutiful Child
    Aired · Thu, Jun 3, 2021 · 46m

    Professor T looks into the case of a shooting at the Cambridge Science Park.

Season 2
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Ring of Fire
    Aired · Fri, Sep 16, 2022 · 60m

    When a student is left badly burnt and in a coma after a house fire, the CID team overcome their reluctance to call in Professor T as it emerges that the victim was drugged, and the fire started deliberately.

  • E2
    The Mask Murders
    Aired · Fri, Sep 23, 2022 · 60m

    A prominent barrister and his second wife are found shot to death in a crime that has uncanny parallels to a double murder that he successfully prosecuted 15 years ago.

  • E3
    The Family
    Aired · Fri, Sep 30, 2022 · 60m

    When a palliative care doctor and her husband and two children are all found dead in a grisly tableau on their living room sofa, the Police ask Professor T to help them decipher how they died, in what order and at whose hands. Is it a text-book case of ‘familicide', in which one of the parents has murdered their partner and children or was a disgruntled third-party involved, given the doctor's outspoken support for assisted killing to let her patients die with dignity? As the investigation proceeds, Lisa is forced to confront the truth about her father's dementia and she finally shares it with Dan, bringing them closer together than ever. Challenged by Dr Helena to face his fears about his past, Professor T enlists help from Adelaide and Ms. Snares to confront his phobia of intimacy, but with extremely mixed results.

  • E4
    DNA of a Murderer
    Aired · Fri, Oct 14, 2022 · 60m

    When an artisan baker is found dead after receiving death threats, the police appear to have an open and shut case against the son of a convicted murderer who was sent to prison thanks to the baker's testimony.

  • E5
    The Trial
    Aired · Fri, Oct 21, 2022 · 60m

    Professor T conducts a series of lectures for his students detailing a high-profile court case in which a caretaker is accused of murdering his employer; the accused was found standing over the victim's body and his fingerprints on the murder weapon, but Professor T is convinced of his innocence, bringing him into conflict with the CID team and DI Paul Rabbits as the investigating officer. As Professor T persuades Lisa to go behind Paul's back and help him try to prove his case, he starts to shine a different light on the prosecution's evidence. Lisa tries to soften the blow to Dan of her upcoming promotion but only succeeds in making things worse. Adelaide agrees to Dr Helena's request to take part in a joint therapy session with her son to try to help him understand the root of his hostility towards women, but conflict ensues.

  • E6
    Swansong
    Aired · Fri, Oct 28, 2022 · 60m

    After discovering the body of an undercover police officer, the CID team blunder into a Drugs Squad operation against a major trafficker that appears to implicate one of their closest colleagues.

Season 3
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Heir to the Throne
    Aired · Wed, Mar 27, 2024 · 47m

    Professor T is banged up in prison awaiting trial.  He is not your typical inmate and the sights, sounds and smells of jail are difficult for him.  His police colleagues Dan and Lisa try to distract him with a murder case involving two brothers.

  • E2
    The Perfect Picture
    Aired · Wed, Mar 27, 2024 · 46m

    A bride is found dead in a hotel swimming pool on her wedding night. Despite the seemingly perfect wedding photos, foul play is suspected, and Professor T is brought in to assist with the investigation.

  • E3
    Truth and Justice
    Aired · Wed, Mar 27, 2024 · 47m

    Facing court, Professor T must make a critical decision between saving himself or a former lover. Meanwhile, a prison officer's death brings about a mystery with numerous suspects, one of whom seems particularly eager to take the blame.

  • E4
    A Little Drop of Poison
    Aired · Wed, Mar 27, 2024 · 47m

    Released from prison, Professor T is eager to return to his work at the university and assist the police. The team needs his expertise to solve a series of mysterious deaths before more lives are lost.

  • E5
    The Conference
    Aired · Wed, Mar 27, 2024 · 46m

    After a murder at a Criminology Conference implicates Professor T, especially since the victim was his major rival and successor at the university, he must clear his name to restore his reputation and reclaim his job.

  • E6
    Attachment Issues
    Aired · Wed, Mar 27, 2024 · 48m

    A woman is discovered dead at a car crash scene, but the accident appears not to have been the cause of her death. Professor T investigates the case and uncovers unsettling parallels to his own life.

Season 4
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Overboard
    Aired · Sun, Aug 10, 2025 · 50m

    Jasper is no longer consulting for the police. But when a woman disappears from a yacht, his therapist asks him to once again get involved.

  • E2
    September Gardens
    Aired · Sun, Aug 10, 2025 · 50m

    While Jasper visits a home for the elderly, a woman is killed by one of the people living there. But there may be more to the murder than meets the eye.

  • E3
    The Inspection
    Aired · Sun, Aug 10, 2025 · 50m

    A school inspector is killed, first by five stab wounds, and then by being smothered. Why two different methods?

  • E4
    You Can't Kill Me
    Aired · Sun, Aug 10, 2025 · 49m

    A stage prop knife is substituted by a real knife. Who did the switch and why?

  • E5
    The Perfect Murder
    Aired · Sun, Aug 10, 2025 · 49m

    When a painting is destroyed, suspicions fall on a group of climate activists. But the next attack leaves a dead body behind.

  • E6
    The Warrior Gene
    Aired · Sun, Aug 10, 2025 · 50m

    A man staggers in front of a car, and confesses to killing a man before dying. But where is the body?

Season 5
6 episodes · 6 upcoming
▾
  • E1
    Natural Causes
    Drops · TBA · 46m
  • E2
    The Ring
    Drops · TBA · 46m
  • E3
    Retreat
    Drops · TBA · 47m
  • E4
    Ghostwriter
    Drops · TBA · 46m
  • E5
    Cipher
    Drops · TBA · 46m
  • E6
    The Things We Do for Love
    Drops · TBA · 46m