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Silent Witness

Genres: Drama, Police Procedural
Broadcast on: SABC3, BBC Entertainment, BBC Prime, BBC First

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Seasons

Season 1

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
BBC One 21 Feb 1996 03 Apr 1996 Wednesday/Thursday 8


Season 1

Every body tells a story: who they were, how they lived, and most importantly, how they died. Their history is there to be discovered and the body is the key to unlocking the story.

Each season the forensic pathology drama Silent Witness features a new batch of crimes for the team of pathologists to crack.

The show follows the fortunes of the pathologists as they are called on by police to help identify murder victims that have been too badly burned or decomposed to use standard identification methods.

Forensic pathologist Dr Sam Ryan (Amanda Burton) believes passionately in the dignity of the dead person, that the body before her was once a living human being.

She is determined to solve the mystery of how and why they died.

Never compromising in her pursuit of the truth, Sam investigates crimes and interviews witnesses herself if she is unhappy with the conclusions reached by the investigating officers.

Though this can result in friction, her tenacity, perceptiveness and needle-sharp brain get results and earn the respect of the police.


Season 1 Cast

as
Sam Ryan

as
Dr. Trevor Stewart

as
Dr. Richard Owen

as
Fran

as
Fred Dale

as
Jean Ryan

as
Liam Slattery

as
P.C. Coleman

as
P.C. Denning

as
Sebastian Bird

as
Sergeant Bob Claire

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Student

as
Wyn Ryan

as
Michael Pearce

as
D.S. Farmer

as
Ricky Ryan


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