About the Show

This season, Toronto-based coroner Dr. Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan) is taking a break thanks to her love Liam’s death. She’s directing her grief and energy into gardening while she also tries to deal with the return of her estranged mother, Peggy (Jennifer Dale). Meanwhile, Detective Donovan McAvoy (Roger Cross) is determined to prove that he’s fit for active service, but his stubbornness creates a rift between himself and his partner, Malik Abed (Andy McQueen). Jenny’s son, Ross (Ehren Kassam), takes a shine to her assistant, Alphonse (Shawn Ahmed), and feathers are ruffled in the coroner’s office by the arrival of Dr. Elijah Thompson (Thom Allison).

Behind the Screen

On the slab with Coroner Season 4

10 March 2022

Coroner Season 4 executive producer and showrunner Adriana Maggs cuts into the season to show us what’s up

Who’s Who

Dr. Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan)

Widowed coroner Jenny Cooper investigates mysterious deaths while balancing raising her son, Ross, as a single mom, and coping with her dad Gordon’s (Nicholas Campbell) dementia. Jenny is also managing a flotilla of mental issues including panic attacks, anxiety and depression. This season, she’s trying a different approach to death and mourning, but she can’t seem to escape death, even on holiday.

Homicide Detective Donovan “Mac” McAvoy (Roger Cross)

Veteran homicide detective Donovan “Mac” McAvoy is still reeling after surviving last season’s vicious attack, along with having his cancer go into remission. This season, he is determined to show no weakness, which turns into reckless overcompensation. But his passion for justice is as strong and true as ever.

Detective Malik Abed (Andy McQueen)

Malik is ready to take off his training wheels and go from being Donovan’s earnest sidekick to becoming his equal. Charming, caring Malik finds himself worrying about Donovan – not just on a professional level, but as a friend, and he might have to make a tough call when Donovan gets in over his head.

Elijah “Eli” Thompson (Thom Allison)

This spicy, accomplished, hard-liner of a coroner believes that he has a thing or 2 to teach Jenny about detachment and professionalism. Eli claims to be methodical, deliberate and he is convinced that he leaves all emotion out of his work, which is to speak for the dead. He also has a sardonic wit that can alienate the people around him.

Watch Coroner Season 4 from Thursday, 3 March at 20:00 on Universal TV (DStv Channel 117)

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Behind the Screen 10 March 2022

On the slab with Coroner Season 4

Coroner Season 4 executive producer and showrunner Adriana Maggs cuts into the season to show us what’s up

International 04 March 2022

Serinda Swan digs into Coroner Season 4

Find out what’s growing in Dr. Jenny Cooper’s garden in Coroner Season 4 and about the upcoming “clash of the coroners”

Behind the Screen 12 April 2021

The cast and creators of Coroner S3 tell us about their favourite props

Morwyn Brebner, Adrianne Mitchell and Serinda Swan take us inside the Coroner S3 morgue to chat about fake bodies and amazing cases

International 05 March 2021

The cast and creators of Coroner talk about what to expect in S3

Body farms, Black Lives Matter, witchcraft and COVID-19 all come into play in Coroner S3. But above all, this is a story about people and hope