Silent Witness

2018
3.7
55 reviews
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Season 8 episodes (8)

1 A Time to Heal, Pt. 1
9/5/04
Sam Ryan embarks on a journey home to Northern Ireland when the team is called out to investigate the discovery of the bodies of two men killed by paramilitaries twenty years ago and finds that their secrets live on in the new corridors of Belfast power. Then as Sam struggles to find reconciliation with her estranged son, the investigation takes a darker turn as she makes some discoveries about her father's past.
2 A Time to Heal, Pt. 2
9/6/04
Now Sam has left, Leo is faced with the decision of whether to take over her job; meanwhile he and Harry clash over an investigation into an outbreak of disease among school children on the South Coast. Then together they investigate an apparent case of Munchausens by proxy and race against the clock to prevent a potentially fatal environmental disaster.
3 Death by Water, Pt. 1
9/12/04
When members of a syndicate owning a prize race horse are killed in a helicopter crash Leo and Harry investigate a complex betting scam; meanwhile the mortuary finds itself with an unconventional new member of staff. New girl Nikki joins the team as Harry finds himself implicated in a corrupt officer's enthusiasm to get his conviction while Leo investigates a cash-for-transplants ring.
4 Death by Water, Pt. 2
9/13/04
The team is approached by a support group of survivors from a recent train crash. What caused the tragedy, and what is the identity of the unidentified Body 21? When the mysterious body is named, Harry, Nikki and Leo get closer to finding out what caused the train crash - with tragic consequences for one of the heroes of the disaster.
5 Nowhere Fast, Pt. 1
9/19/04
Harry is called out to a death at a racecourse where a jockey's horse crushed him to death.
6 Nowhere Fast, Pt. 2
9/20/04
Matt Gibb, another member of the syndicate, becomes the prime suspect when police discover he has huge gambling debts.
7 Body 21, Pt. 1
9/25/04
Leo and his team are approached by a support group to help discover the truth behind a train crash.
8 Body 21, Pt. 2
9/27/04
Leo, Harry and Nikki step up their efforts to discover the truth behind the train crash but there are still many unanswered questions.

About this show

Every dead body tells a story: who they were, how they lived, and most importantly, how they died. Silent Witness follows a team of expert pathologists at the Lyell Centre as they attempt to uncover the truth behind a series of suspicious murders in this gripping drama.

Ratings and reviews

3.7
55 reviews
A Google user
April 15, 2017
The first 3 episodes of this series is fine--not great or even good--but passably entertaining, but the final episode "Sins of the Father" is so hair-raisingly racist you will be transported back to the 1920s when Asian characters were presented as sub-human despots. The main character, a young Vietnamese woman who has struggled her way through medical school, is afraid to contradict her father's "arranged marriage" to an older wealthy Vietnamese man, and so she marries him. When she tells him she was raped as a young girl on a refugee boat, her betrothed goes into a madman's froth and begins beating her and her father to death... ergo, the plot. I didn't watch beyond this because I've seen enough racism of this genre to last a lifetime.
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Charito Holbrook
June 23, 2022
It is well made and so realistic. Sometimes I feel like not watching certain episodes because of the title of the episode. You do such a great job that I get transported into the stories. Makes you open your eyes to the pain and suffering of the world. From cartels to human trafficking to illegals etc. I do want Nicky to have a true constant love in the series.
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Antonina Cawley
March 24, 2021
S4 e1, e2 if you have love ones happen to them you shouldnt watch it, catches the goings on in a plane crash. Found it, real enough for me to feel sad and imagine if i had happen to my love one. Being on the news in the past you can relate same feelings.
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