Silent Witness

2018
3.7
55 reviews
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Season 7 episodes (8)

1 Answering Fire, Pt. 1
10/11/03
An almighty explosion rips through a classy London hotel causing five fatalities and several casualties, one of whom turns out to be the Minister for Defence Procurement. Initial speculation suggests a terrorist attack until a large sum of cash is found on the Minister's bed.
2 Answering Fire, Pt. 2
10/12/03
An independent pathologist is brought in to conduct a second autopsy on Ayesha Khan, undermining Sam's initial findings and putting pressure on her friendship with Mary at the Cabinet Office.
3 Fatal Error, Pt. 1
10/18/03
Sam and Leo are on opposing sides of a high profile court case at the Old Bailey, in which two Sikh brothers are found dead in a police cell. Leo believes that the brothers were killed in custody by the police but Sam thinks that one brother killed the other before taking his own life.
4 Fatal Error, Pt. 2
10/19/03
Sam uncovers the crippling truth about her involvement in a case 13 years ago, in which a man was wrongfully imprisoned following the murder of his wife. After a string of new murders in which all the victims were linked to the original case, Sam realizes that she herself is in danger.
5 Running on Empty, Pt. 1
10/25/03
A young woman falls to her death off a high rise office building in London; it's revealed she was pregnant and taking cocaine. A black male athlete is murdered by his brother; initial signs suggest suicide by hanging, the actual cause of death is a high dose of Clenbuterol injected into his back.
6 Running on Empty, Pt. 2
10/26/03
The brother of the aspiring young sprinter admits that he was threatening to go public about Alice's affair with Carlton, and Alice's estranged husband Philip admits that he confronted Carlton before he died.
7 Beyond Guilt, Pt. 1
11/1/03
A drug dealer is on trial for a brutal murder. Crucial to the police evidence is the estimated time of death and Sam and her team are invited by the Home Office to re-examine the evidence. Meanwhile, Harry is asked to join the International War Crimes Commission.
8 Beyond Guilt, Pt. 2
11/2/03
Sam and her team suspect they are being used by the Home Office as Leo and Harry discover evidence linking Sachs to an American company dealing with the illegal import and export of human organs. While Harry struggles to maintain his objectivity, Sam finds more evidence damning Sachs.

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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