Professor T

Ben Miller shines as a genius criminologist in this quirky crime gem

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

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Professor T is persuaded by a former student to help her investigate a serial rapist.

Anatomy of a Memory

Professor T is persuaded by a former student - now a police detective - to help her investigate a serial rapist.

Professor T must narrow the list of suspects when a blameless librarian is poisoned.

A Fish Called Walter

When a blameless librarian is poisoned at a drinks reception at the museum, Professor T is called upon to help narrow down the list of possible suspects.

Professor T becomes embroiled in a hostage situation, and attempts to negotiate.

Tiger Tiger

Professor T becomes embroiled in a hostage situation, but his unconventional negotiating tactics go down badly with the police. Old flame Christina reveals all is not well at home.

Professor T is called upon to help investigate the disappearance of a six-year-old girl.

Mother Love

Professor T is called upon to help investigate the disappearance of a six-year-old girl. Tensions rise between DI Paul Rabbit and Prof T until they finally come to blows.

Professor T is convinced a vulnerable girl is the key witness to a murder.

Sophie Knows

Professor T befriends a vulnerable girl and is convinced she is the key witness to a murder. When Lisa's boss confronts her about her relationship, Lisa makes a bold decision.

Professor T thinks the culprit of a murder attempt on a billionaire businessman is close.

The Dutiful Child

When an attempt is made on a billionaire businessman's life, Professor T suspects the culprit may be much closer to home than the police suspect. Plus, it's Professor T's birthday.

Professor T investigates when a student is left badly burnt in a house fire.

Ring of Fire

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 fire was intentional.

A barrister is murdered in a crime that has uncanny parallels with a case he prosecuted.

The Mask Murders

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.

A doctor and her family are found dead in a grisly tableau on their living room sofa.

The Family

Professor T is asked to decipher a macabre puzzle when a doctor and her family are found dead in a grisly tableau on their living room sofa, each having died by different means... but in what order and at whose hands?

Darkly comic crime procedural. An artisan baker is found dead after getting death threats.

DNA of a Murderer

Darkly comic crime procedural. 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.

Darkly comic crime procedural. Professor T lectures his students about a murder trial.

The Trial

Darkly comic crime procedural. Professor T lectures his students about the murder trial of a caretaker who appears to have been caught red-handed in the act of shooting his employer, but the Professor is convinced that he is innocent.

Darkly comic crime procedural. The CID team blunder into a Drugs Squad operation.

Swansong

Darkly comic crime procedural. 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.

Professor T

Professor T

Series 1

1. Anatomy of a Memory

2. A Fish Called Walter

3. Tiger Tiger

4. Mother Love

5. Sophie Knows

6. The Dutiful Child