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When a police constable (whose wife reported that he was cracking up) is found dead, the investigating officers themselves believe something is amiss. Sam's sister, however, is convinced Liam was responsible for the death of their father years before. Sam also meets up with Liam Slattery, an old friend she has not seen for 20 years. DS Farmer is concerned that the assault may have been the work of some of her officers. The victim died from a blow to the head and was badly beaten post-mortem. He had been arrested while drunk and was sharing a cell with another drunk in for the night. Sam investigates the death of a gay man while in police custody. Ken Stott, Philip Glenister, James Aubrey, Michael Troughton, Gwyneth Strong, Caroline John, Brendan Coyle The solution lies in an old case and someone's desperate need for revenge.

When another of Sebastian Bird's one-time friends is killed the police are ever more convinced of his guilt and grow increasingly frustrated at Sam's inability to provide them the evidence that they are sure is there. Sam also has to deal with her rebellious nephew Ricky, who is constantly fighting with his mother and announces that he has left home to move in with her. Richard Owen, for attending the crime scene without the proper protective clothing. Sam's testy relationship with the police continues as she has difficulty establishing a forensic link in the case and publicly criticizes the well-liked Police Surgeon, Dr. All evidence points to his friend Sebastian Bird, a rich idler who allowed James to live in his house but who had also developed an expert knowledge of the occult before being sent down from Cambridge for having had an affair with a professor's wife. An upside down cross was carved on his chest, his wrists were bound with ivy and he was strangled. When Mark James' decomposing body is found in an abandoned building, there is every indication that he was part of some occult ritual. Sean Gallagher, Ronald Pickup, Colin Salmon, James Bree, Timothy Block, James Hornsby, Dione Inman, Philip Anthony, Emily Mortimer When Sam's house is broken into, her personal safety is put at risk, but she pursues the case with her usual zeal. There is also only one individual with a connection to both cases. With the exhumation of a child that had died from abuse some years earlier, Sam is able to demonstrate that there are similarities between the deaths of the two children. In her personal life, Sam has to deal with her elderly mother who is showing signs of dementia and her sister Wyn with whom she has a strained relationship. Sam receives information from a prison inmate that implicates someone in a previous death and Sam suggests a radical step. The autopsy reveals that the child has suffered previous abuse, including cigarette burns and several broken ribs.

In her first case, she has to deal with the death of a six-year-old girl found floating in a nearby river. Sam returns to Cambridge to take up a teaching assignment and to work for the police. Tom Chadbon, Lesley Dunlop, Alec Linstead, Trevor Bannister

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Series overview Įpisodes Series 1 (1996) No. Silent Witness 's stories usually consist of two episodes to one story, with each part lasting 60 minutes, while series 25 is one story in six 1-hour episodes. This practice has stopped and series 17 onwards have been released as single DVDs (as was the case for series 1 and 2). The series has been released on BBC DVD since July 2006, usually with two series being released together in one box set. Both Lintern and Carr left the show at the end of series 23. Gaminara left the show at the end of series 16 and was replaced by Richard Lintern from series 17. He was replaced by David Caves and Liz Carr who both joined the show in series 16. After series 15, Ward left the show to pursue other projects. In the first episode of series 6, William Gaminara and Tom Ward both joined the series. Following Burton's departure (in series 8, episode 2), Emilia Fox joined the show (in series 8, episode 5) as new forensic pathologist Nikki Alexander and as of 2023 is still in the series. The first seven series featured Amanda Burton in the lead role. The following is a list of all episodes that have been broadcast across all television series, since the series began on 21 February 1996. Silent Witness is a British television drama.

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