The Emmy® award nominated crime drama Cold Case returns to Sky1 and Sky1 HD this October, and promises to be the most explosive season yet. Starring Bobby Cannavale (Will & Grace, Sex and the City) as wise-cracking narcotics cop Eddie Saccardo and Kathryn Morris (Minority Report, Paycheck) as detective Lilly Rush, the season opens with Saccardo continuing to get under Rush’s skin as sparks fly between them. But will the unlucky-in-love Lilly finally get her happy ending?

The dramatic season opener finds the Philadelphia Homicide squad re-investigating the 1973 murder of a football player. When new evidence is discovered, it becomes clear that the victim may have been killed earlier than originally reported. Will Lily and her dogged team solve the long-forgotten crime, or is the case destined to gather dust? Read more & comment »

The Emmy® award nominated crime drama COLD CASE begins its fifth season on Sky One and Sky One HD on Thursday 21 February at 10:00pm, with an explosive episode featuring the music of Nirvana. The series opens with detective Lilly Rush (Kathryn Morris, Minority Report, Paycheck) returning back to work following a gunshot wound inflicted during a dangerous hostage situation. While trying to convince her boss, John Stillman (John Finn, Without a Trace, Law and Order), that she is able to deal with working again, she is assigned to another cold case: the teenagers convicted of fatally beating three 10-year-old boys are suspected of being wrongfully incarcerated.

The only female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad, Lilly has found her niche with ‘cold cases’ – crimes that have never been solved. Together with her young, strong-willed partner Scotty Valens (Danny Pino, The Shield), Lilly reopens dormant, unsolved homicides that occurred years or even decades ago. Intrigued by the challenges of unlocking secrets from the past, Lilly uses her experience and instinctive understanding of the criminal mind to find fresh clues in cases once thought unsolvable. Read more & comment »

The filming for many major US shows has been affected by the ongoing Californian fires.

The TV Remote reports:

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fox’s 24 had to rejigger its plan to shoot scenes with Kiefer Sutherland at the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro when cast and crew became overwhelmed by drifting smoke. Similarly, Cold Case had to rethink a location shoot when strong winds blew over a set, and ABC’s Big Shots scrapped a cycling sequence in Malibu. FX’s The Riches had to make alternate plans when sheriff’s deputies working traffic control at a Santa Clarita location were pulled to, like, save lives instead, while NCIS needed to replace crew members who stayed at home to ward off the flames.

The highly acclaimed police drama Cold Case returns for a fourth series on Sky One this month. From legendary film and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Without A Trace, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) this stylish drama offers an interesting twist on the traditional cop genre.

Kathryn Morris (Minority Report, Paycheck) stars as Lilly Rush, the lone female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad who finds her niche when she’s assigned to “cold cases,” crimes that have never been solved. Together with her young, strong-willed partner Detective Scotty Valens (Danny Pino, The Shield), Lilly reopens dormant, unsolved homicides that occurred years or even decades ago.

When Rush hits a dead end, she seeks advice from her respected mentor, Lieutenant John Stillman (John Finn, Analyze That), and Detective Will Jeffries (Thom Barry, Rules of Engagement), who has been around long enough to serve as her link to the past. Also on the team are Detective Nick Vera (Jeremy Ratchford, CSI) and relative newcomer Kat Miller (Tracie Thoms, Rent), who is eager to prove herself.

The new series of Cold Case reopens such cases as the disappearance of an Iraqi war veteran, the murder of a promising teenage dancer (guest starring Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty) and ‘8:03 AM’ and ‘Blood on the Tracks’ two consecutive episodes devoted to the music of U2 and Bob Dylan.

In the series premiere, a video camera discovered by workers renovating a shopping mall offers a harrowing glimpse of the past. In 1995, two teenage boys went on a murderous rampage in the mall, before turning the guns on themselves. The recovered tape suggests there may have been a third shooter and Rush must now piece together the events of that fateful day.

Series Four of Cold Case can be seen on Sky One from Thursday 22nd March at 10.00pm.