Traces on ABC – Lab assistant Emma Hedges (Molly Windsor) is now training to be a forensic chemist, and on the cusp of seeing her mother’s murder case finally resolved. Daniel (Martin Compston) is to give evidence against his father in the High Court.
Will Emma and Daniel’s relationship withstand the pressure? Will justice be served?
Meanwhile, Emma’s friends and mentors at The Scottish Institute of Forensic Science and Anatomy are investigating a deadly bombing campaign. A series of homemade devices are going off in and around Dundee, with critical clues hidden inside the bombs themselves.
The city is on edge. Body parts wash up in a nearby loch. With only bomb fragments surviving each blast, the forensic work is exacting, and public expectation is high.
Professors Sarah Gordon (Laura Fraser) and Kathy Torrance (Jennifer Spence) need all the tenacity and self-belief they can muster to get to the truth. Professional and personal allegiances become entangled. When a bomb fails to detonate it must surely offer a forensic gift. Will the team track down the bomber before their identity goes up in smoke?
Production credit: Red Production Company for BBC Studios and UKTV.
Traces – Friday 14 April, 2023 at 8:30pm on ABC and ABC iview
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