Cause of Death

Cause of Death
TV Show · Documentary · Crime

Cause of Death takes the viewer inside the world of the Coroner for the first time. Any sudden, unexplained or un-natural death means the Coroner must investigate. Working alongside the Lancashire Police and Preston Royal Hospital, Senior Coroner Dr. James Aderley runs a team that work from the moment a body arrives in the Mortuary through to Inquest, where the cause of death is determined.

2022 · 1h 0m
Starring Amanda Burton
Director Mat Heywood, Annaliese Edwards

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    In the early hours of the morning two old men are found semi-conscious, with head injuries in a darkened stretch of road in Leyland, Lancashire. Police escalate their transfer to Preston Royal Hospital, but tragically one of the men’s condition worsens and he dies. The surviving man has no memory of events. The coroner must now establish what happened that night and determine the Cause of Death.
    1h
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    A woman calls police, worried as there is water flowing out from her neighbor’s front door. When they enter the house, Police find a thirty year old man dead in the bath. He is clothed and seemingly unharmed.
    1h
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    At 9:15 in the morning a young man enters the water above a 20ft high bridge, and when passers-by pull him from the water he is unconscious. He is declared dead on arrival at Preston Royal Hospital.
    1h
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    An Eastern European man collapses mid conversation while walking down the street. The coroners team must now not only co-ordinate enquiries to determine a Cause of Death, but also facilitate funeral arrangements and the repatriation of his remains to his place of birth in Slovakia.
    1h
  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Look at a young mans death and determine if suicide could have been the cause.
    45m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Unearth a surprising cause in the death of a young woman at a music festival.
    45m

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Cast & Crew

  • Amanda Burton
    Narrator
  • M‌H
    Mat Heywood
    Director
  • A‌E
    Annaliese Edwards
    Director
  • A‌E
    Annaliese Edwards
    Producer
  • A‌H
    Anna Hall
    Producer
  • S‌H
    Sarah Hey
    Producer

About

Cause of Death

Documentary

Cause of Death takes the viewer inside the world of the Coroner for the first time. Any sudden, unexplained or un-natural death means the Coroner must investigate. Working alongside the Lancashire Police and Preston Royal Hospital, Senior Coroner Dr. James Aderley runs a team that work from the moment a body arrives in the Mortuary through to Inquest, where the cause of death is determined.

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Studio
5
Released
2022
Rated
TV-PG
Region of Origin
United Kingdom

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  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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