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Silent Witness - Season 8

Series: Silent Witness

4.7

(190)

Episodes

Rating

TV14

Year

2004

Language

English

Publisher

BBC Studios

About

A compelling contemporary series, which uses a unique blend of crime mystery, science and detection. Forensic pathologist Dr. Sam Ryan has an all-embracing, passionate notion of justice, which quite often does not accord with the police's objective of getting a conviction. This can lead to trouble, both in her personal and professional lives, but to Sam, each dead body deserves nothing but the truth. This series tackles child murder, ritual killing, a murder in the police cells and an arranged marriage, which leads Sam to confront her own demons.

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Episodes

1. A Time to Heal, Pt. 1

50m

Sam Ryan embarks on a journey home to Northern Ireland when the team is called out to investigate the discovery of the bodies of two men killed by paramilitaries twenty years ago and finds that their secrets live on in the new corridors of Belfast power. Then as Sam struggles to find reconciliation with her estranged son, the investigation takes a darker turn as she makes some discoveries about her father's past.

2. A Time to Heal, Pt. 2

50m

Now Sam has left, Leo is faced with the decision of whether to take over her job; meanwhile he and Harry clash over an investigation into an outbreak of disease among schoolchildren on the South Coast. Then together they investigate an apparent case of Munchausen by proxy and race against the clock to prevent a potentially fatal environmental disaster.

3. Death by Water, Pt. 1

50m

Tensions are running high in the 'leaderless' team as Leo and Harry clash over an investigation into an outbreak of breathing difficulties among children on the South Coast.

4. Death by Water, Pt. 2

50m

The team is approached by a support group of survivors from a recent train crash. What caused the tragedy, and what is the identity of the unidentified Body 21? When the mysterious body is named, Harry, Nikki and Leo get closer to finding out what caused the train crash - with tragic consequences for one of the heroes of the disaster.

5. Nowhere Fast, Pt. 1

50m

Harry is called out to a death at a racecourse where a jockey's horse crushed him to death.

6. Nowhere Fast, Pt. 2

50m

Matt Gibb, another member of the syndicate, becomes the prime suspect when police discover he has huge gambling debts.