Background
The series is closely styled on the popular American drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. Like The Bill, the series was filmed in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and locations included the Former Woolwich campus of the University of Greenwich. The first series debuted on 3 May 2003, and ran for eight episodes. This series was filmed with the working title Think Murder, and was produced by Tom Cotter. The first episode featured the team investigating the drive-by shooting of one of The Bill's most popular characters, Sgt. Matthew Boyden. Several members of The Bill's cast also appeared in the episode. The first series also featured guest appearances from such actors as Gary Kemp, Paul Bown and Bradley Walsh. After a two year hiatus, a second series of four episodes debuted on 11 July 2005. All four episodes had previously been broadcast in February 2005 in Australia. This series features the re-appearance of DC Eva Sharpe, who joined the team, transferring from the CID office at Sun Hill. Each episode in series two was extended by half an hour and was produced by ITV's head of drama, Jonathan Young. In September 2005, The Sun reported that ITV would not be commissioning a third series, and so the show was axed.
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