Silent Witness

2018
3.7
55 reviews
Eligible
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Season 2 episodes (8)

1 Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Pt. 1
2/14/97
Young boxer Kevin Sharma drives his car onto a building site. He drags his bruised body out of a skip, leaving Tony Kennedy, the man he knocked down, inside. Jack Reeve and promoter Keith Jones are hosting a match where Sharma is topping the bill, but he dies in the ring. Everyone is interested in the gym where Sharma trained. The police agree Sharma’s death is suspicious. An investigation begins.
2 Blood, Sweat, and Tears , Pt. 2
2/21/97
The investigation widens. Sam realizes that Terri’s death could not have been suicide. The gym is in turmoil, until Keith Jones comes in, declaring he will take over St Paul’s, look after Terry and bring in a new trainer. Ross is convinced Jones is not the man he pretends to be and Sam is sure she can place him at Terri’s death. Sam goes back to the body, searching for the clue she needs.
3 Cease Upon the Midnight, Pt. 1
2/28/97
Mark Tate realizes that he’s entering the final stages of AIDS. Another AIDS sufferer, Stuart Evans, throws a birthday party, but is dead the next day. Sam conducts an autopsy and sees that someone injected Evans’ foot with diamorphine. Evans’ consultant, Dr de Groot, says Mark Tate, another patient, also died recently. Ross orders the exhumation of Mark’s body and discovers a link between them.
4 Cease Upon the Midnight, Pt. 2
3/7/97
The hunt is on for Craig Tate. He was at Evans’ party, had an argument with his brother and the police found a picture of Mark smashed and covered in blood at his home. Why kill men in the final stages of an illness? Could it have been mercy killing? Sam realizes the evidence leads to one conclusion. At the church, Rev. Duffy is found dead.
5 Only The Lonely, Pt. 1
3/21/97
Ross is looking at cold cases when Helen Matthews’ body is found. Her murder is similar to one a year ago. Everything points to her husband Mike, an airfield manager. Everyone in the office knew about Alan, his Senior Flying Instructor, and Helen’s affair. It is discovered that Helen and Alan were planning to run off. Sam and Ross get time together, but Sam leaves unsure of their relationship.
6 Only The Lonely, Pt. 2
3/28/97
The police are convinced that Matthews is responsible for his wife’s death, until someone points to an old case, where a man was killed in the same way as Alan. Sam reexamines the bodies and discovers a faint bruise. The suspect must have a sixth finger. The hunt for Carolyn begins. Determined to get Alan back, Carolyn confronts Sam, demanding at knifepoint that she release Alan’s body.
7 Friends Like These, Pt. 1
4/4/97
When an elderly woman is beaten to death on a rundown inner-city estate, suspicion falls upon a local alcoholic with a history of violence. But Sam has little forensic evidence and the details of how Millicent sustained her injuries have been shielded. Sam sees the boys who discovered the body playing, re-creating with sugar teeth the exact details of the crime: details only the perps would know.
8 Friends Like These, Pt. 2
4/11/97
The following day, Sam reports to Ross and Selway what she saw, but they are skeptical. Sam puts her job on the line to prove that this crime was committed by two 15-year-olds. Sam’s conduct is the talk of the station. Ross is torn between his feelings and professional responsibilities. Appalled that Sam pursued her theory and jeopardized the case he was building, he reports her to the Coroner.

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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