Silent Witness

2018
3.7
55 reviews
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Season 12 episodes (12)

1 Safe, Pt. 1
10/1/08
When Leo is stopped for drink-driving, he is sentenced to community service in a rough South London estate, where a community worker AJ is not impressed at being saddled with a 'drunk whitey'. Nikki, meanwhile, is investigating the death of a young girl at a nearby fairground. A disturbing picture of gang violence emerges, with the kids Leo is working with right at the heart of it.
2 Safe, Pt. 2
10/2/08
Tensions rise as Harry and Nikki struggle to find any useful evidence from the post-mortems to help the police. No one will talk, and they have no leads. Meanwhile, Leo worries for Levi, who is being sucked further into a world of gangs and violence.
3 Death's Door, Pt. 1
10/8/08
Harry employs the help of his medical student, Holly Farr, with his latest case - the post-mortem of a woman found dumped on the side of the road with her face skilfully removed. With no DNA or missing persons match, Nikki's skills are called upon to reconstruct the victim's face. But the team are at a loss to explain the killers' motive in such a brutal act.
4 Death's Door, Pt. 2
10/9/08
With his protégé dead and the team themselves in danger, Harry is reeled into the murky world of Russian oligarch Oleg Kovik. Kovik claims Fran Price's murder was ordered by the Russian Government and Leonid Polyak, and that he's the next target. Distrustful of the police and of Kovik's intentions, Harry becomes determined to find the missing clues that will reveal the truth.
5 Terror, Pt. 1
10/15/08
The team are called in to investigate an armed raid on a suspected terrorist cell. Two terrorists have been killed, together with a police officer. But when Nikki's findings point to a bungled raid with innocent lives being lost, people start to pass the buck.
6 Terror, Pt. 2
10/16/08
Nikki visits the only key eye witness, Isra, the teenage sister of one of the suspects who insists her brother is innocent. Nikki is appalled by the harshness of her treatment, and the team begin to seriously suspect that the truth is being covered up. Meanwhile, Rhys is on the run, and Harry is shocked when he discovers the identity of the unknown victim.
7 Judgement, Pt. 1
10/22/08
When the badly decomposed body of a Hasidic man is discovered on disused wasteland, Harry is tasked to investigate his death, and to treat the community with care. Everything points towards a brutal anti-Semitic murder by a Polish labourer - but when the time of death contradicts his wife's last sighting, Harry becomes suspicious. Leo, meanwhile, is trying to unravel the events leading to the death of an Australian backpacker at a party.
8 Judgement, Pt. 2
10/23/08
The death of a second Hasidic boy, Chaim, convinces Harry they are looking for a Jewish killer, but without concrete evidence the police are reluctant to upset an already fragile relationship with the community. But when Binyomin appears to take the law into his own hands, Harry makes a shocking discovery that threatens to strain relations even further.
9 The Lost Child, Pt. 1
10/29/08
When the half-naked body of a 12-year-old is discovered floating in a drainage ditch near his school, the team is called in, bringing Nikki back in contact with one of her former teachers, Noel Hopkins, now headmaster. During Harry's preliminary examination they find clear signs of abuse, and when the police discover the victim was last seen with another boy, Liam, who has also gone missing, they fear he may have been abducted.
10 The Lost Child, Pt. 2
10/30/08
The search for Liam resumes. Nikki's loyalty towards her former mentor, Noel Hopkins, is severely tested when past allegations of sexual misconduct from a former student surfaces. Leo and Harry refuse to give up their search for Liam, as they try to identify and locate a toxic chemical, which was found in both bodies. If they can find the source of the chemical, they may find where Liam is being held.
11 Finding Rachel, Pt. 1
11/5/08
When Rachel Harrington's bones are found in Zambia, her expat father and local mining engineer, Stephen, asks the team to come out to investigate. Rachel had been accusing the government of a health cover-up, and an initial examination shows evidence of multiple stab wounds. But as the team investigates further, it seems the government weren't the only ones to have been rubbed up the wrong way by Rachel.
12 Finding Rachel, Pt. 2
11/6/08
Nikki clashes with Zambian police as she makes further investigations into Rachel's disappearance. But when a hotel report that Rachel has checked in, the team are shocked to discover Bethany's body there instead.

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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