- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Alison Graham
The perennially doomy dice-and-slice potboiler begins with a typical spurt of Silent Witness craziness; a baffling pre-titles sequence that is little more than a confetti of clips.
Then we tumble into a very slow, noirish episode (has someone been influenced by The Killing?), full of darkness and shadows, as men in suits meet in rooms and everyone goes all moody and quiet.
Even the Lyell Centre feels a bit empty, now that Handsome Harry has gone (to Death in Paradise on Tuesday), leaving Nikki and Leo as the only forensic pathologists in the whole wide world. Or so it seems.
But there is hope on the horizon as a no-nonsense pathologist called Jack (David Caves), an amateur boxer who has no truck with authority, bursts into a crime scene where a man is found dead – apparently of a heart attack – in a hotel bedroom.
About this programme
1/10. New series. The crime drama returns with five two-part stories, and with a new member of the team as pathologists Leo Dalton and Nikki Alexander are joined by forensic scientist Jack Hodgson. An ageing confectionery company owner is found dead in his London hotel suite, and while Nikki tries to convince the sceptical DS Gold he was murdered, several businessmen begin to circle as it turns out the dead man was losing a desperate fight to prevent the sale of his company to investors. Emilia Fox, William Gaminara and David Caves star, with guest appearances by Tim Pigott-Smith, Sharon Small and Priyanga Burford. Continues tomorrow.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Dr Nikki Alexander
- Emilia Fox
- Prof Leo Dalton
- William Gaminara
- Jack Hodgson
- David Caves
- Geraldine Briggs
- Sharon Small
- John Briggs
- Tim Pigott-Smith
- Kenny Barber
- Louis Emerick
- Annette Kelly
- Anna Madeley
- Michael Trenter
- Derek Riddell
- Deanna Collier
- Anna Brewster
- Peter Hornsby
- Christopher Hunter
- Emmette Schwartzman
- Erik Madsen
- Phillip Briggs
- Rob Dixon
- DS Seetha Gold
- Priyanga Burford
- DC Gus Cook
- Robert Lonsdale
- Civil servant
- William Findley
- Hotel manager
- John Jack
Crew
- Director
- Anthony Byrne
- Producer
- Sharon Bloom
- Writer
- Timothy Prager
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