Silent Witness

2018
3.7
55 reviews
Eligible
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Season 5 episodes (6)

1 The World Cruise, Pt. 1
12/11/00
Sam uncovers the dark history behind a series of murders while investigating the deaths of two elderly brothers.
2 The World Cruise, Pt. 2
12/12/00
Sam carries out her own investigation on Wein's body and unearths new evidence which prompts Ranjeet to dig further into the lives of the brothers. He makes some surprising discoveries which hark back to the brutalities of the Second World War and the Nazi concentration camps.
3 Two Below Zero, Pt. 1
2/12/01
The bodies of two missing girls are discovered in Norway. Although 15 years separate their cases, Sam discovers a disturbing link.
4 Two Below Zero, Pt. 2
2/13/01
When the body of another young girl is found in a freezer at the Hutton's estate, Henry Hutton is brought in for questioning. Henry's brother, Tony reveals that Henry had been banished from the house years ago after he had sex with a 12-year old girl. The girl then died shortly afterwards in a freak accident.
5 Faith, Pt. 1
3/19/01
Sam investigates two different murders while trying to deal with a terrible discovery about her own health.
6 Faith, Pt. 2
3/20/01
The results of Sam's tests have come through. It's good news for Sam, but bad news for Sister Geraldine.

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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