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The central character is an eccentric clinical psychologist named Tony Hill played by Robson Green. Tony has such great insight into the minds of the criminals that he often seems sympathetic to them. He is able to mentally become the killer for the purposes of catching him. There is often tension between Tony and members of the police in the fictional town of Bradfield: Many don't trust his methods, others are put off by his manner.

Sometimes Tony himself manages to get himself suspected of a major crime. Both women command the Major Incident Team and act as something of a foil to Tony's flights of deductive imagination. There is an ongoing low-boil romantic tension between him and both women.

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The crimes in the show are high-level horror: The investigation of the killer's mental world is prolonged and exacting. The tortures, mutilations and murders are often viscerally sadistic and have a twisted sexual element. They are depicted with meticulous realism, yet depend on the imagination of the viewer to provide the worst elements.

Unlike most television dramas, which run at 44 minutes per episode, Wire in the Blood runs at 90 minutes per episode. Given the immense detail used in the stories, the show simply wouldn't work with shorter episodes.

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Book-only tropes go on the book page. The series contains examples of:. Abled in the Adaptation : In the book, Jacko Vance had one arm due to a car accident decades previously, and he crushed the right arms of his victims as a result.