Summary
In Season 19, Nikki questions her judgement in a case from her past, a prominent anti-fundamentalist Muslim is murdered and an ex-convict is found murdered in his home.
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Silent Witness
- 2016
- Season 19
- 5 episodes
- Mystery
- Crime/detective
Episode 1: After the Fall - Part One
Summary
Part one of two. The return of the crime drama following the work of a team of forensic pathologists. The apparent suicide of a DJ leads Nikki to question her judgement in a strikingly similar case from her past and she brings the potential mistake to the attention of her colleagues, but the news threatens to have repercussions for the family of the deceased, the police and the Lyell Centre. The fresh evidence leads to the conclusion that a copycat killer is at large and Nikki finds evidence that an intruder has been entering her home. Emilia Fox stars
Review
The regular cast is back; Nikki (Emilia Fox) is putting herself in peril again; it’s more of the same, nothing out of the ordinary. Except, wait… Silent Witness is out of the ordinary, way out. It’s a phenomenon.
The series has been going for 20 years. It still gets audiences of more than eight million. That’s Downton territory. Without ever making much of a dent in the pop-cultural landscape, it’s a wildly popular drama, one that the BBC rarely makes a fuss of, but which is quietly huge.
So not surprisingly, nobody involved is tearing up the formula. For the new two-parter Nikki looks at the death of a DJ who cut his wrists in the bath. Except that the case bears striking similarities to a previous case of hers, and soon she’s creeping anxiously around in a dark place, holding a torch, on her own, with someone out to get her…
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Details
- Released on
- 2016-01-04
- Languages
- English
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Dr Nikki Alexander | Emilia Fox |
| Dr Thomas Chamberlain | Richard Lintern |
| Jack Hodgson | David Caves |
| Clarissa Mullery | Liz Carr |
| Suzie Banks | Joanna Horton |
| Tony Hamilton | Dean Andrews |
| DI Murray Porter | David Cann |
| Scott King | Dan Fredenburgh |
| Lydia Hamilton | Geraldine Somerville |
| DS Calvin Jones | Thomas Coombes |
| Sophia Haddon | Lily Lovett |
| David Hamilton | Sam Strike |
| Fr Anthony Dawes | Ariyon Bakare |
| Daniel Rowland | Jonathan Broadbent |
| Depak Shah | Sagar Arya |
| DI Pamela Rankin | Liza Tarbuck |
| Carmichael | Dean Lennox Kelly |
| Prof Belinda Roach | Georgie Glen |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Writer | Ed Whitmore |
| Director | David Drury |
| Producer | Madonna Baptiste |
| Executive producer | Anne Pivcevic |
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Episode 1
After the Fall
Summary
Part one of two. The return of the crime drama following the work of a team of forensic pathologists. The apparent suicide of a DJ leads Nikki to question her judgement in a strikingly similar case from her past and she brings the potential mistake to the attention of her colleagues, but the news threatens to have repercussions for the family of the deceased, the police and the Lyell Centre. The fresh evidence leads to the conclusion that a copycat killer is at large and Nikki finds evidence that an intruder has been entering her home. Emilia Fox starsReview
The regular cast is back; Nikki (Emilia Fox) is putting herself in peril again; it’s more of the same, nothing out of the ordinary. Except, wait… Silent Witness is out of the ordinary, way out. It’s a phenomenon.
The series has been going for 20 years. It still gets audiences of more than eight million. That’s Downton territory. Without ever making much of a dent in the pop-cultural landscape, it’s a wildly popular drama, one that the BBC rarely makes a fuss of, but which is quietly huge.
So not surprisingly, nobody involved is tearing up the formula. For the new two-parter Nikki looks at the death of a DJ who cut his wrists in the bath. Except that the case bears striking similarities to a previous case of hers, and soon she’s creeping anxiously around in a dark place, holding a torch, on her own, with someone out to get her…
How to watch
Next showing
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming providers below.
Streaming
❚ We may earn commission from links on this page. Our editorial is always independent (learn more).Details
- Released on
- 2016-01-04
- Languages
- English
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Cast
role name Dr Nikki Alexander Emilia Fox Dr Thomas Chamberlain Richard Lintern Jack Hodgson David Caves Clarissa Mullery Liz Carr Suzie Banks Joanna Horton Tony Hamilton Dean Andrews DI Murray Porter David Cann Scott King Dan Fredenburgh Lydia Hamilton Geraldine Somerville DS Calvin Jones Thomas Coombes Sophia Haddon Lily Lovett David Hamilton Sam Strike Fr Anthony Dawes Ariyon Bakare Daniel Rowland Jonathan Broadbent Depak Shah Sagar Arya DI Pamela Rankin Liza Tarbuck Carmichael Dean Lennox Kelly Prof Belinda Roach Georgie Glen Crew
role name Writer Ed Whitmore Director David Drury Producer Madonna Baptiste Executive producer Anne Pivcevic
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