The Body Farm is a British police procedural crime drama television series for the BBC network from 13 September until 18 October 2011, which is a spin-off from the cold case police procedural drama Waking the Dead, and was commissioned following the series' closure.

The series focuses on the work of Dr. Eve Lockhart, who originally appeared in Waking the Dead from 2007 to 2011.

[2] The DVD release features an extended cut of episode one, running 94 minutes and including material not broadcast on the television.

[3] The programme features a fictional private forensic pathology facility that conducts scientific research to help solve crimes, led by Dr. Eve Lockhart, played by Tara Fitzgerald.

The series began airing on 13 September 2011, with the first episode gaining a strong 6.3 million viewers.