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  • Jan 13, 2020
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Summary The long-running British crime drama first set in Cambridge where pathologist Dr. Sam Ryan (Amanda Burton) and her team solved cases before moving to London in its fourth season. In the eighth season, Dr Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) was introduced.

Directed By: Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Written By: Ed Whitmore

  • TV-14
  • BBC-1
  • Jan 13, 2020
  • 57 m
  • TV-14
  • BBC-1
  • Jan 13, 2020
  • 57 m
Silent Witness
S23 • Episode 3
Close to Home: Part 1
Air Date: Jan 13, 2020
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Summary The long-running British crime drama first set in Cambridge where pathologist Dr. Sam Ryan (Amanda Burton) and her team solved cases before moving to London in its fourth season. In the eighth season, Dr Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) was introduced.

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Episode 1 • Jan 7, 2020 • 57 m
Deadhead: Part 1
A private jet crashes into woodland outside London. Among the passengers is a former U.S. Ambassador. Thomas investigates the apparent suicide of a successful businessman, finding unexpected connections to the plane crash.
Episode 2 • Jan 8, 2020 • 57 m
Deadhead: Part 2
With an explosion or engine failure ruled out of causing the crash, suspicion falls on the Deadhead - a non-flying pilot hitching a ride when his intended flight was cancelled. Then a connection is made to a sinister online forum.
Episode 3 • Jan 13, 2020 • 57 m
Close to Home: Part 1
When the body of a teenager is found in a field near the village where he lived the team must determine if the killer is a stranger or a local.
Episode 4 • Jan 15, 2020 • 59 m
Close to Home: Part 2
The team question police methods as Thomas discovers evidence challenging the time of death. Ashby seems more concerned with building the case against her main suspect. Clarissa notes a parallel with a case from the start of her career.
Episode 5 • Jan 20, 2020 • 57 m
Seven Times: Part 1
A post-mortem on a victim of domestic violence brings back troubling memories for Nikki.
Episode 6 • Jan 21, 2020 • 59 m
Seven Times: Part 2
With Jenny's murder unresolved, her friends at the women's refuge seek answers.
Episode 7 • Jan 27, 2020 • 52 m
Hope: Part 1
When a skeleton is found buried in cement, the team have to work out how and why he was found there. Meanwhile, Clarissa receives some devastating new about her mother.
Episode 8 • Jan 28, 2020
Hope: Part 2
As the team looks further into Hope's death, they find ever more questions and realise more crimes were committed decades ago that need resolving. Clarissa has some difficult choices to make.
Episode 9 • Feb 3, 2020 • 57 m
The Greater Good: Part 1
Episode 10 • Feb 5, 2020 • 52 m
The Greater Good: Part 2
It appears John died from an aneurism, but when Thomas discovers the trace of a possible nerve agent in his system, the family are desperate for answers. Was a chemical weapon involved or is there a more innocent explanation?
28 Seasons

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Emilia Fox

Dr. Nikki Alexander, Nikki Alexander

David Caves

Jack Hodgson

William Gaminara

Professor Leo Dalton, Leo Dalton, Prof. Leo Dalton

Tom Ward

Dr. Harry Cunningham, Harry Cunningham

Liz Carr

Clarissa Mullery

Richard Lintern

Dr. Thomas Chamberlain

Amanda Burton

Sam Ryan, Dr. Sam Ryan, Professor Sam Ryan

William Armstrong

Trevor Stewart

Rhiannon Jones

Cara Connelly

Sam Parks

Fred Dale, Fred

Alastair Michael

Velvy Schur

Aki Omoshaybi

Professor Gabriel Folukoya, Dr. Gabriel Folukoya, Gabriel Folukoya

Ruth McCabe

Wyn Ryan

Jaye Griffiths

Janet Mander, Prof. Janet Mander, DI Jayne Hurst, Janet

Richard Durden

Conor Hodgson

Daniel Weyman

Max Thorndyke

Ruth Gemmell

Kerry Cox, Ellie Brooke, DI Beth Ashdown

Genesis Lynea

Dr. Simone Tyler

Mark Letheren

D.S. Rob Bradley, Anthony Gilston

Nick Reding

D.I. Michael Connor, D.C.I. Michael Connor

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