Summary
Season 22 sees Nikki and the Lyell unit investigate an attack against a transgender man, and the team deals with the consequences of drug-related crime.
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Silent Witness
- 2019
- Season 22
- 5 episodes
- Mystery
- Drama
Episode 1: Two Spirits
Summary
Nikki and the Lyell unit are called in to investigate an attack against a transgender man. Two further assaults are reported, one leaving a potential witness.
Review
The opening few minutes of the 22nd series (22nd!) are particularly fetid and unpleasant, even by Silent Witness standards: a young woman desperate to pee after a night out sneaks into a men’s filthy loos, only to hear a man in the next cubicle being murdered. If you’re as squeamish as I am about the presumed hygiene of public toilets, never mind murder, you’ll be rigid with alarm.
Luckily the gang from the Lyell Centre – Thomas, Clarissa, Nikki and Harry – are back, all present and correct, so we are in safe hands because they will investigate the crime while the bumbling, dithering, blinkered cops let the truth slip through their fingers.
Silent Witness also embraces a hot topic – the murder victim is transsexual so there’s plenty of preaching from the BBC pulpit. Such as this from Thomas: “Being trans is not an illness”. Yes, thank you, I think we know that.
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Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Dr Nikki Alexander | Emilia Fox |
| Jack Hodgson | David Caves |
| Dr Thomas Chamberlain | Richard Lintern |
| Clarissa Mullery | Liz Carr |
| Tamsin Nelson | Lauren Drummond |
| Lorna Clarke | Stephanie Siadatan |
| Evie Williams | Nicole Gibson |
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Episode 1
Two Spirits
Summary
Nikki and the Lyell unit are called in to investigate an attack against a transgender man. Two further assaults are reported, one leaving a potential witness.Review
The opening few minutes of the 22nd series (22nd!) are particularly fetid and unpleasant, even by Silent Witness standards: a young woman desperate to pee after a night out sneaks into a men’s filthy loos, only to hear a man in the next cubicle being murdered. If you’re as squeamish as I am about the presumed hygiene of public toilets, never mind murder, you’ll be rigid with alarm.
Luckily the gang from the Lyell Centre – Thomas, Clarissa, Nikki and Harry – are back, all present and correct, so we are in safe hands because they will investigate the crime while the bumbling, dithering, blinkered cops let the truth slip through their fingers.
Silent Witness also embraces a hot topic – the murder victim is transsexual so there’s plenty of preaching from the BBC pulpit. Such as this from Thomas: “Being trans is not an illness”. Yes, thank you, I think we know that.
Details
- Languages
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Cast
role name Dr Nikki Alexander Emilia Fox Jack Hodgson David Caves Dr Thomas Chamberlain Richard Lintern Clarissa Mullery Liz Carr Tamsin Nelson Lauren Drummond Lorna Clarke Stephanie Siadatan Evie Williams Nicole Gibson
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