[1] The series was created by Stephen M. Irwin and Leigh McGrath, who are also its scriptwriters, and stars Ioan Gruffudd.

Each episode finds Daniel solving a specific case with the assistance of Brisbane police officer Sgt.

Soroya Dass (Mirrah Foulkes) and fellow pathologists Grace Molyneux (Jolene Anderson) and Simon Van Reyk (Remy Hii).

Daniel is willing to bend rules and use unorthodox procedures in his determination to give victims a voice and reveal the truth behind what happened to them.

[5] On 10 October 2019, the ABC renewed the programme for a third series with filming set to begin in November 2019 and confirmed Ioan Gruffudd would direct an episode.