The Body Farm (TV series)

The Body Farm
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GenreCrime drama
Created byDeclan Croghan
StarringTara Fitzgerald
Keith Allen
Wunmi Mosaku
Finlay Robertson
Mark Bazeley
Theme music composerMaurizio Malagnini
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersTrevor Eve
Susan Hogg
Running time53 minutes
Production companiesLiquid Television
Veneficus Films
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release13 September (2011-09-13) –
18 October 2011 (2011-10-18)
Related
Waking the Dead
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The Body Farm is a British police procedural crime drama television series for the BBC network from 13 September until 18 October 2011, which is a spin-off from the cold case police procedural drama Waking the Dead, and was commissioned following the series' closure. The series focuses on the work of Dr. Eve Lockhart, who originally appeared in Waking the Dead from 2007 to 2011. On 30 January 2012, the BBC confirmed that the show would not be returning for a second series.[1]

The series was released on DVD on 24 October 2011, in a three-disc set.[2] The DVD release features an extended cut of episode one, running 94 minutes and including material not broadcast on the television. The DVD was released in conjunction with BBC Worldwide and 2|Entertain.[3]

  1. ^ "The Body Farm axed after just one series", Radio Times, 30 January 2012, retrieved 29 May 2012
  2. ^ "Body Farm – Series 1". Amazon. 24 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Body Farm – Series 1". Amazon. 24 October 2011.