DCI Banks: Series 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of DCI Banks Season 3.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
What Will Survive: Part 1
Mar 4, 2015 · 45 min
A young Estonian woman is found dead on a piece of waste-ground, suspected of being buried alive. As the team piece together her movements, they uncover a world of prostitution and
What Will Survive: Part 2
Mar 11, 2015 · 45 min
The team are dismayed to discover that an arson attack at the Osgood's house has injured Michael and killed his autistic son Robbie.
Buried: Part 1
Mar 18, 2015 · 45 min
A husband and daughter struggle to come to terms with their grief when the body of wife and mother Anaan Kamel is found washed up by an underground river.
Buried: Part 2
Mar 25, 2015 · 45 min
Geoff has become a marked man and Banks decides to put both him and his daughter Evie under watch at an anonymous hotel whilst he increases the search for Mullen.
Ghosts: Part 1
Apr 1, 2015 · 45 min
When the body of an undergraduate is found dumped in a ravine, the investigation into his stabbing reveals he was far from being a model student.
Ghosts: Part 2
Apr 8, 2015 · 45 min
Helen works hard to win back Alan's approval as they try to find the killer and prevent Josh's father from seeking a revenge of his own.