Murderland is a three-part British television series created by David Pirie and directed by Catherine Morshead. The series also marks a return to ITV for Robbie Coltrane. The series was filmed in June 2009 and the first episode was transmitted on Monday, 19 October 2009.
episode 1 begins with DI Hain sadly digging grave and throwing in a dog leash so we assume his dog just died. We dont see the dog until briefly later in the episode in a flashback 15 yrs earlier.