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Silent Witness(TV show/series, 1996-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h per episode | Genres: Crime, Drama

Scripted Reality in 27 seasons with 248 episodes

Silent WitnessRating: 3.8/5 (with 40 votes)
Silent Witness is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective based in Nottingham. Twenty-seven series of Silent Witness have been broadcast since 1996, with series 27 airing in January/February 2024. Amanda Burton starred as primary character Dr. Sam Ryan before leaving the show during the eighth series. Since her departure, the series has featured an ensemble cast, which initially consisted of William Gaminara, Tom Ward and Emilia Fox, and later on David Caves, Liz Carr and Richard Lintern alongside ()
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About Silent Witness

Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.

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Silent Witness Seasons and Episodes

01/08/2024Series 27 - 10 episodes
#1 | 01/08/2024Effective Range (1)
4.5/5 (with 2 votes)
A new murder victim forces the team to consider whether a notorious serial killer has resurfaced after 20 years, or if they are dealing with a copycat.
#2 | 01/09/2024Effective Range (2)
4.5/5 (with 2 votes)
When a woman’s body is removed from a reservoir, Nikki performs the post-mortem and confirms she is the deceased wife of pathologist Charles Beck. Jack and Velvy discover new evidence that leads to a surprising arrest as Nikki continues to seek the truth about notorious serial killer Calvin Dunn.
#3 | 01/15/2024Grievance Culture (1)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
The team work a suspected suicide but the investigation raises more questions than it answers. Gabriel has an exciting new opportunity, both professionally and personally, and enlists Jack’s help. When a disgruntled professor of criminology is passed over for promotion, events take a truly sinister turn and the interview panel begin to be targeted. Could a member of the Lyell be next?
#4 | 01/22/2024Grievance Culture (2)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Events continue to spiral at the university and Cara becomes collateral damage. The riddle of the body in the Thames is solved. A breakthrough in the Cherry case is received from an unlikely source, but will the team get there before it is too late?
#5 | 01/29/2024Invisible (1)
The team investigate the body of a woman found in a flat after being dead for a year. As they seek to find out the truth of her identity and what happened to her, they must draw on all of their forensic and pathology knowledge to solve the case. Even if the world had forgotten her, the Lyell are determined that she must get justice.
#6 | 01/30/2024Invisible (2)
Nikki and Jack work to uncover the truth surrounding Roy’s death and consider if it’s linked to their original body. Meanwhile, D.I. Torres searches for a stalker and Cara is shocked at Velvy’s living conditions. As the case comes to a head, there are surprises afoot for the team.
#7 | 02/05/2024Death By A Thousand Hits (1)
The team investigate the death of a Burmese man on a deserted beach, as his young pregnant wife desperately hopes he is still alive. Nikki and Jack piece together the perplexing crime scene and find it poses more questions than it answers.
#8 | 02/06/2024Death By A Thousand Hits (2)
Nikki makes a breakthrough but can the team believe everything they are told? The Lyell is compromised in an unexpected way, as the team strive to find out who the man on the beach was and why he was killed. In a dark and chilling story, they must unite to discover the truth, and above all, trust no one.
#9 | 02/12/2024King’s Cross (1)
The Lyell are called to a museum outside King’s Cross Station, where they discover the bodies of eight victims entombed below. With the knowledge that a prolific serial killer was operating in London nearly twenty years ago, Nikki and the team know this will be a case like no other.
#10 | 02/13/2024King’s Cross (2)
Nikki continues to try and identify the last of the remaining bodies in an effort to uncover any connections and find motive, while Jack and the police begin to look into several two-decade old missing persons cases which might reveal the identity of the man dubbed “The King’s Cross Serial Killer”.
01/02/2023Series 26 - 10 episodes
05/23/2022Series 25 - 6 episodes
09/06/2021Series 24 - 10 episodes
01/07/2020Series 23 - 10 episodes
01/08/2019Series 22 - 10 episodes
01/08/2018Series 21 - 10 episodes
01/02/2017Series 20 - 10 episodes
01/04/2016Series 19 - 10 episodes
01/06/2015Series 18 - 10 episodes
01/02/2014Series 17 - 10 episodes
01/10/2013Series 16 - 10 episodes
04/01/2012Series 15 - 12 episodes
01/03/2011Series 14 - 10 episodes
01/07/2010Series 13 - 10 episodes
10/01/2008Series 12 - 12 episodes
08/28/2007Series 11 - 10 episodes
07/16/2006Series 10 - 10 episodes
07/25/2005Series 9 - 8 episodes
09/05/2004Series 8 - 8 episodes
10/11/2003Series 7 - 8 episodes
10/28/2002Series 6 - 8 episodes
12/11/2000Series 5 - 6 episodes
05/31/1999Series 4 - 6 episodes
03/19/1998Series 3 - 8 episodes
02/14/1997Series 2 - 8 episodes
02/21/1996Series 1 - 8 episodes

Additional Information

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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 20 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Returning series
First episode released on: 02/21/1996
Latest episode released on: 01/30/2024
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Mrtví svědci"
"Gerichtsmediziner Dr. Leo Dalton"
"Gerichtsmedizinerin Samantha Ryan"
"Tause vitner"
"Tyst vittne"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:1560, Added: 05/11/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024