Scott and Bailey is a crime drama series which follows the personal and professional lives of two female detectives working for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.
DC Rachel Bailey interviews the mistress of a man who they suspect has murdered his wife and made it look like suicide.
Gruesome case involving a mother of two who has been brutally raped and left to bleed to death in her car.
A rape and murder case is made more complicated because only one of the alleged victims is prepared to testify.
A porn actress is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband.
Janet tells Geoff that they could be one step closer to bringing his sister's killer to justice.
Rachel is narrowly missed by a car which smashes into the side of the road.
When a badly burned body surfaces in a remote woodland, DCI Gill Murray, DC Janet Scott, DC Rachel Bailey and the team are called in to investigate.
The shocking truth behind the killings surface when the four murder suspects break down their wall of silence.
When a rape and murder case bears a striking resemblance to an infamous case from 13 years ago, Gill and Rachel are sent to Bristol to investigate.
The murderer of an eight-year-old boy places himself at the heart of the boy's grieving family.
Rachel misses the sergeant's exam; Andy vows to give Janet some space; Rachel and the team investigate the racially-motivated murder of a 21-year-old taxi driver.
Rachel learns that Sean has a son while the team investigate the murder of a provacatively-dressed woman with a green head.
The team investigate the murder of Leon Foster, including evidence that he was sexually mutilated.
A hungover Rachel discovers that she is at the top of the suspect list when she learns that Nick Savage has been brutally assaulted.
Newly-wed Rachel struggles to adjust to living with Sean. Admitting their marriage is over, Janet and Ade put their house on the market, planning to split when it sells. When she is called to a crime scene, Janet discovers the severed head of 75-year-old Eunice Bevan at the bottom of the stairs in her home, with her bedridden husband Joe lying upstairs. Tracing their relatives becomes crucial, but as Joe becomes more lucid in hospital, their daughter Helen's alibi starts to fall apart.
When businessman Adam Armitage shoves a homeless man, he doesn't know he's killed him. So why is he running away? And while Rachel weds a delighted Sean, Janet admits her marriage is over.
Rachel's moment of indiscretion threatens to come back and haunt her when Sean takes a phone call from her recent one night stand. Janet forces Ade to move in with his new girlfriend and asks her mum Dorothy to take his place. The team investigates the brutal murder of a wealthy man whose double life left him vulnerable to exploitation. Could his son really be the prime suspect?
Rachel resorts to sleeping under her desk in response to Sean's possessiveness, but finds a much more comfortable place to rest her head when Janet invites her to stay at her place. Janet prepares to take the next step in her career as sergeant, but a much younger candidate is given the role. Back on the case from earlier in the series - when an elderly wife was found decapitated with her bedridden husband languishing nearby, there are further twists to the tale as the couple's daughter directs Janet to her brother's remains, admitting that she helped to bury him. Is she a witness or a suspect?
Dorothy is not impressed as Rachel hides out at Janet's, and even Rachel knows deep down that she will have to face her husband soon. The disturbing story of Joe Bevan continues to unfold as the body count rises and the team faces the task of identifying the victims. Joe's daughter Helen faces a tough time as the press interest mounts and she begins to realise the true extent of her father's horrific actions.
Rachel's self-destructive behaviour begins to have an effect on Janet's daughter Taisie. Janet, meanwhile, is mortified when Gill berates her for inappropriate behaviour towards young sergeant Rob. The duo investigate the death of a care home resident whose daughter complains about the level of care he was receiving. Will they find any evidence of foul play?
In the series finale, the story of Joe Bevan and his house of horrors takes another twist as DCI Gill Murray is kidnapped by someone heavily involved in the case. Their friendship in tatters, DCs Scott and Bailey are forced to pull together in order to save their boss, but face a desperate race against time as Gill is taken to Flamborough Head on the east coast, a beautiful clifftop spot notorious for suicides.
When a vulnerable young man goes missing, the suspicion is he's dead already. But a search of a local quarry reveals the unexpected. Meanwhile, both Janet and Rachel's futures lie in Gill's hands.
Rachel's first job as Sergeant proves to be a baptism of fire, bringing with it all the challenges of a high profile, historical case. And while Janet keeps Gill's secret, she does share another with Rachel.
After promising that the chaos of her personal life was behind her, Rachel is torn when she discovers that her mother's new boyfriend is a violent domestic abuser. Janet goes on her first date, but gets cold feet at the last minute when the idea of having to sell herself to a stranger makes her heart sink. The murder of a gay man has all the markings of a hate crime, but why is his friend struggling to answer some simple questions?
When a woman is found dead in a hotel room, the personal ads on a website look like they might hold the key. And while Rachel enjoys her secret relationship with Will, Janet investigates speed dating.
When an unconscious baby is admitted to hospital, it's unclear who had his best interests at heart. And while Rachel is stung by Gill's harsh words, Janet feels lost when Elise decides to leave home.
Troubled by Gill's comments about her relationship with Will Pemberton, Rachel gets cold feet about accompanying him to an awards ceremony. When Janet discovers that Elise's heart is being broken by Eleanor's son, her maternal instincts make her want to rescue her daughter and bring her home. When a couple are shot at close range in their pub in the early hours, their son Simon feels utterly alone, having lost his sister Carla when he was three. But when his aunt is identifying the bodies, she tells them that Carla did not die, but was disowned by the family after failed attempts at rehab.
Janet is unnerved to discover that DSI Dodson cannot ignore her concerns about Gill's drinking. Just as Rachel feels as if she is getting to grips with the job, she makes a fatal error that puts Janet and Chris in danger. When a man's body is found wedged between rocks on the moors with nothing to identify him, a road block is set up and an appeal put out. Enquiries lead Janet and Chris to a nearby farm, but they discover something much more sinister and shocking than they could ever have anticipated.
The discovery of slaves on the Pritchard farm has turned a murder inquiry into a huge, multi-agency investigation. Under investigation for the crash, a devastated Janet finds solace in Chris's calm reasoning. When an incandescent Evie Pritchard smells alcohol on DCI Gill Murray's breath, she has all the ammunition she needs to discredit both the investigation and Gill. But Scott and Bailey are determined to get Gill through to retirement with her reputation intact.
Returning to Syndicate 9 after a year with Vice, Rachel needs some time to rekindle her neglected friendship with Janet, but the shocking murder of Michael Edgerton forces her to hit the ground running as she steps up to Acting DI under the watchful eye of Julie Dodson. When a teenage boy sees a clip of Michael's murder on the darknet, it's clear that Syndicate 9 are dealing with something much bigger and more sinister than a single, indiscriminate murder. A sick game is being played and Syndicate 9 need to find the next potential victim before the killer does.Glad of Rachel's return, Janet couldn't have known how much she was going to need her friend. When Taisie is arrested, setting off an inconceivable chain of events, Janet is thrown into turmoil and Rachel's wisdom and experience are exactly what she needs to steer her through the crisis.
When the body of teenager Will Hudson is found in a Manchester park, Rachel knows that his death could have been prevented. With information about the Taking Out The Trash website in the public domain, monitoring potential targets has been severely compromised.
Rachel is criticised for the lack of progress in the investigation and with Steve Dench still the prime suspect, she knows she must find both a murder weapon and the encryption code used to access the Taking Out The Trash website. Then, they not only get Steve for multiple murders, but they also find the man he's playing his sick game with. Discovering that the witness at Michael Edgerton's murder may be one of the killers marks a big breakthrough, and with the attacks increasing, Rachel hopes that the killers will start to make mistakes. The appearance of a star on Rachel's gatepost terrifies Alison and when Julie Dodson finds out, Rachel's position as Acting DI is jeopardized. But with new evidence challenging Steve's alibi and a positive ID of the witness, Rachel is determined to hang onto the case. When Janet's attempt to help Taisie results in a complaint, her faith in doing everything by the book is rocked, and with Rachel's pregnancy out in the open, both Scott and Bailey have life-changing decisions to make about their futures.
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