- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
If the plotting in Silent Witness was as immaculate as its sense of style, it would be the best crime show on TV. What the series does very well is film horrible, upsetting stories with such lovingly art-directed care that we’re seduced one minute and repulsed the next.
In this episode, for instance, while the pathologists joke around in their lovely clothes and stylish apartments, the main plot concerns an Asian gang grooming white schoolgirls with drugs and jewellery, then sexually exploiting them.
It’s really nasty stuff, and we flit uncomfortably between the two worlds with the nagging sense that the script is dwelling on the horrors of the abuse a little too pointedly.
Meanwhile, Harry and Nikki share a takeaway and listen to Coldplay in her flat. Is it me or are they flirting?
About this programme
12/12. Part two of two. Nikki uses facial reconstruction to identify the decomposed body found at the airport. She and Harry make a crucial connection between the dead girls and sex-grooming victim Shannon, who is later returned to her family. But when her stepfather learns about her ordeal, he vows revenge on the men who abused her. Forensic crime drama, with a guest appearance by Sanjeev Bhaskar. Last in the series. Postponed from May 7.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Dr Nikki Alexander
- Emilia Fox
- Dr Harry Cunningham
- Tom Ward
- Prof Leo Dalton
- William Gaminara
- Umar
- Elyes Gabel
- Younis
- Tony Jayawardena
- Abdul Aziz
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
- DI Johnny Vickers
- Sam Troughton
- DS Ayesha Masood
- Thusitha Jayasundera
- Shannon Kelly
- Amy Wren
- Fawad
- Faraz Ayub
- Salman
- Ashwin Bolar
- Lauren
- Georgia Bourke
- Hannah
- Chloe Cuthill
- Kamran
- Naveed Choudhry
- Amy Chester
- Madeline Duggan
- Claire Kelly
- Juliet Cowan
- Jane Reid
- Valerie Grogan
- Vernon Reid
- Joe Tucker
- Trudie
- Emma Amos
- Sandra
- Lizzie Roper
- Nurse 2
- Doreene Blackstock
- Nurse 3
- Thushani Weerasekera
- Night clerk
- Ranjit Krishnamma
Crew
- Director
- Keith Boak
- Producer
- Richard Burrell
- Writer
- Ed Whitmore
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