Silent Witness Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Silent Witness: Season 12

• Season 12 Episode 12: Finding Rachel - Part Two

  Conclusion. The bones originally thought to be Rachel's are identified and the search for the doctor's body begins. Bethany is found dead at the Polo Club and Nikki is arrested for trying to carry out a post-mortem on the girl against her mother's wishes. Harry learns foul play was involved in Emil's death and Leo has the local water samples tested again - with surprising results. Last in the series

• Season 12 Episode 11: Finding Rachel - Part One

  Part one of two. The team flies out to Zambia to investigate the death of a female doctor who disappeared two weeks earlier. It transpires the woman was volunteering for a Mission and had believed a number of refugees died in suspicious circumstances. Leo and Nikki carry out a post-mortem, but their findings throw the case into disarray. Patrick Baladi and Robert Pugh guest star. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 12 Episode 10: The Lost Child - Part Two

  Conclusion. The search for Liam resumes and a link is discovered between Hopkins, Stokes and the dead schoolboy's stepfather. Meanwhile, Nikki performs an autopsy on the second body and finds traces of the same unknown toxin present in the first. Leo and Harry try to identify and locate the source of the chemical in a bid to find out where Liam is being held - and are led to a container hidden in the woods

• Season 12 Episode 9: The Lost Child

  A boy's body is discovered near his school, and a search is launched when the classmate he was last seen with is reported missing. After it transpires the deceased was abused and has traces of an unknown toxic chemical in his body, the youngsters' headmaster, a man who used to teach Nikki, becomes a suspect - and a second corpse is found. Reece Dinsdale guest stars

• Season 12 Episode 9: The Lost Child - Part One

  Part one of two. A boy's body is discovered near his school, and a search is launched when the classmate he was last seen with is reported missing. After it transpires the deceased was abused and has traces of an unknown toxic chemical in his body, the youngsters' headmaster, a man who used to teach Nikki, becomes a suspect - and a second corpse is found. Reece Dinsdale guest stars. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 12 Episode 8: Judgement - Part Two

  Part two of two. Chaim's body is discovered and Harry becomes convinced his and Yitshok's deaths are linked. DNA testing suggests the killer is Hasidic, but DI McKenzie refuses to believe the claims and demands Harry be taken off the case. However, Nikki decides to stand by her colleague and the pair make some shocking discoveries after re-testing all the DNA samples

• Season 12 Episode 7: Judgement - Part One

  Part one of two. The body of a member of the Jewish Hasidic community is discovered, and the team agrees to perform a 'dry' post mortem to respect the wishes of his faith. A forensic link is found to a group of Polish labourers, but Harry begins to wonder whether the victim's wife is hiding something, and decides to carry out a full autopsy to determine the time of death. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 12 Episode 6: Terror - Part Two

  Conclusion. Nikki and Isra form a bond as they search for the truth, but accusations fly and paranoia is heightened when Melik dies in hospital. Meanwhile, Harry uses cutting-edge techniques to uncover the identity of the unknown victim, and learns she was a police officer working undercover for the drug squad. Leo performs the post mortem on Melik and realises the team's assumptions about the shooting were wrong - prompting a desperate search for Isra

• Season 12 Episode 5: Terror - Part One

  Part one of two. An armed police raid at a terraced house in North London sees two suspected terrorists killed, along with a police officer. Nikki doubts the officers' accounts of events after carrying out the post mortems as the forensic evidence just doesn't add up. The case then takes an unexpected turn when it transpires one of the surviving policemen is having an affair with his dead colleague's wife. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 12 Episode 4: Death's Door - Part Two

  Conclusion. The team's relationship with DS Barker falls apart due to a lack of trust, forcing Harry to pursue his own line of inquiry. He searches for Pargeter and finds him conducting a Press conference with Oleg Kovik, a Russian oligarch who claims Fran Price was a friend of his, and that he is the next target of the killer because of a book he was helping Fran write

• Season 12 Episode 3: Death's Door - Part One

  Harry befriends eager medical student Holly Farr after giving a lecture to a group of trainees and involves her in his latest case, the post-mortem of a woman whose body was found at the side of a road with the face expertly removed. Nikki tries to reconstruct the victim's features to help identify her, but Holly immediately recognises her as Fran Price - a former TV presenter and journalist who had fallen on hard times. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 12 Episode 2: Safe - Part Two

  Part two of two. Leo tries to prise information from Levi, but it is only after the youngster fails to go through with a stabbing that he runs away and begs for help, finally revealing all he knows. The police still struggle to secure any concrete evidence against gang leader Keenan, who manages to evade them and continue his killing spree. Just when all hope seems lost, however, the team make a breakthrough

• Season 12 Episode 1: Safe - Part One

  New series, beginning with the first of two parts. Nikki investigates the murder of a teenage girl who fell from a ride at a funfair after being brutally raped and stabbed, and suspects the killing may have been part of a gang initiation. Meanwhile, Leo finds himself doing community service after getting caught drink driving and is first on the scene when an attack takes place where he's working. William Gaminara and Emilia Fox star.

Silent Witness: Season 11

• Season 11 Episode 10: Peripheral Vision - Part Two

  Part two of two. Nikki is cut out of the investigation and left unsure who to trust following the death of the chief suspect she and Leo had worked so hard to clear. However, her lone enquiries bring her into greater danger. Meanwhile, Harry learns he has been deceived about the blood transfusions and believes he has no option but to pursue the truth alone. Last in the series. Includes RTE News, Weather and iWitness at 00.25

• Season 11 Episode 9: Peripheral Vision - Part One

  Part one of two. Nikki investigates the discovery of human bones on a former traveller site which could be the remains of a senior police officer's missing teenage daughter. However, her forensic analysis raises even greater questions and casts doubt on the guilt of the chief suspect. Meanwhile, Harry is assigned to an insurance case that takes a peculiar twist. Emilia Fox and Tom Ward star. Includes RTE News and Weather and iWitness

• Season 11 Episode 8: Double Dare - Part Two

  Part two of two. Nikki prepares to publicly concede that she could have been wrong about Anna Holland's innocence but Leo urges her not to throw her career away while there is still uncertainty. Harry tries to identify two bodies found buried in the garden of an empty house before finding that they are connected to his colleague's troubling case. Emilia Fox and Tom Ward star

• Season 11 Episode 7: Double Dare - Part One

  Part one of two. A horrific car crash poses troubling questions for Nikki when she discovers one of the victims was the recently released Anna Holland, an accomplice to murder she helped escape a life sentence four years earlier. As the investigation progresses, Nikki re-interviews key witnesses from the original case and begins to doubt her earlier conclusions. Emilia Fox stars. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 11 Episode 6: Hippocratic Oath - Part Two

  Part two of two. Nikki is frustrated when she struggles to remember who viciously attacked her, while Leo works hard to discover what happened to Claire. Meanwhile, Harry meets with Alice Huston after a tip-off from a member of her team about the operation performed on Sam Reid. Emilia Fox and Tom Ward star

• Season 11 Episode 5: Hippocratic Oath - Part One

  Part one of two. An accident involving a lorry and a funeral procession results in the bizarre discovery of two bodies in the coffin. Meanwhile, Leo and Nikki's suspicions are aroused during a post mortem on a child who died in surgery, and both investigations lead the detectives back to a surgeon with a high rate of fatality among her patients. Emilia Fox, William Gaminara and Natasha Little star. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 11 Episode 4: Suffer the Children - Part Two

  Part two of two. The investigation into the deaths of two young African boys continues to spark disagreements between Simon and Leo, with accusations of racial bias dogging their attempts to solve the case. Meanwhile, the body of another man linked to the priest's murder gives Nikki more leads to follow up

• Season 11 Episode 3: Suffer the Children - Part One

  Part one of two. The discovery of a mutilated child's body in a river forces Leo to face a ghost from his past. Questions are raised as to whether the victim was murdered in a ritual killing, and evidence points the team in the direction of a nearby church. Meanwhile, Nikki investigates the apparently suspicious death of a priest from a local Catholic boys' school. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 11 Episode 2: Apocalypse - Part Two

  Part two of two. With Harry's attempts to prove the pilot innocent bordering on obsession, the man's father asks him to perform an independent autopsy. Nikki identifies the detention centre victim but realises that by doing so she may have put his daughter in danger with his enemies

• Season 11 Episode 1: Apocalypse - Part One

  New series of the crime drama. In the first of a two-part story, Harry and Nikki are close by when an RAF helicopter crashes into a detention centre for failed asylum seekers. When it seems the military are trying to hush up the incident they each open their own investigations - to prove the pilot wasn't at fault for the crash and identify a mysterious girl who fled the site amid the carnage. Tom Ward and Emilia Fox star.

Silent Witness: Season 10 (2007)

• Season 10 Episode 10: Schism - Part Two

  Part two of two. With Nikki kidnapped and another woman being held hostage, Harry faces a race against time to find their captors, who are based deep inside the woods. Meanwhile, Lionel's hearing continues and Leo is forced to decide whether to follow his conscience at the expense of his best friend's livelihood. Last in series

• Season 10 Episode 9: Schism - Part One

  Part one of two. A teenage girl is found tortured to death at a London dogs' home, and it soon emerges another woman is being held by the culprits, who turn out to be a violent team of animal activists seeking to destroy an experimentation facility. However, the case becomes much more complicated when Nikki is kidnapped at gunpoint by the group leader. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 10 Episode 8: Supernova - Part Two

  Part two of two. A third murder is discovered on school grounds and Leo realises the killings are connected to a sinister teenage pact. Meanwhile, Nikki proves her elderly victim died of hypothermia - but there is still a guilty party to be caught. Crime drama starring Emilia Fox and William Gaminara

• Season 10 Episode 7: Supernova - Part One

  Part one of two. When Leo is called to investigate the apparent suicide of 14-year-old Alison Garland, it evokes painful memories of his daughter's death and with the help of a child psychologist, he realises the girl was murdered. The case is also linked to another incident in which a car salesman was killed with the same knife. Crime drama, starring William Gaminara. Concludes next week

• Season 10 Episode 6: Body Of Work: Part Two

  Part two of two. Harry is determined to find the killer, but he and Nikki are pushed farther apart when he forces her to re-examine Penny's body. Leo is puzzled by more contrary clues in Jimmy Triangle's bizarre death - and becomes convinced that someone is playing a twisted game

• Season 10 Episode 5: Body of Work

  Part one of two. Harry's burgeoning relationship with Nikki is jeopardised when his ex-girlfriend Penny is killed in a car crash. It looks like suicide at first glance, but DCI Ambrose uncovers evidence that the victim may have had an affair - as well as a secret child. Meanwhile, Leo examines the staged death of a conceptual artist. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 10 Episode 4: Terminus - Part Two

  Part two of two. Harry, still devastated by the tragedy he witnessed, investigates the apparent suicide of a high-profile footballer - and discovers a link to the hit-and-run case. Leo is called in when a tramp is found dead on a night bus, and Nikki looks into an office prank that proved fatal

• Season 10 Episode 3: Terminus - Part One

  Part one of two. The team take on three cases at once in between major murder investigations. Harry deals with a hit-and-run on a council estate, Leo investigates the cause of a fire that left a woman dead, and Nikki is called out when a bride-to-be collapses and dies on her hen night. Starring Tom Ward, William Gaminara and Emilia Fox. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 10 Episode 2: Cargo - Part Two

  Part two of two. The team identify the four bodies found in the Thames, and discover two of them were a couple fleeing China because they wished to have a second child. Nikki realises their six-year-old daughter was also on the boat - and may still be alive somewhere. Meanwhile, the detectives close in on the gang running the people-trafficking operation. Burt Kwouk guest stars

• Season 10 Episode 1: Cargo - Part One

  New series of the crime drama. In the first of a two-part story, four bodies are found in the Thames after a boat full of illegal immigrants founders. Realising they are dealing with a people-trafficking operation gone disastrously wrong, Leo, Harry and Nikki set out to discover if there are any survivors - or any other deaths - while also delving into the victims' past. Burt Kwouk guest stars. Concludes tomorrow

Silent Witness: Season 9 (2005 - 2006)

• Season 9 Episode 8: Mind and Body - Part Two

  Part two of two. Nikki prevents Dr Sanders from killing himself, and is convinced of her theory that he was tampering with the patients' medication. However, as Harry pursues his own case, he uncovers a connection - both Nazim Theara and Kevin Perry were on the same cocktail of anti-depressants, provided by an online pharmacy. Last in series

• Season 9 Episode 7: Mind and Body - Part One

  Part one of two. Nikki investigates a man's apparent suicide and begins to suspect foul play after two more deaths occur, leading to recently released mental patient David Nicholson being accused of their murder. While the doctor treating Nicholson is adamant that he is no threat to anyone, the pathologists are not convinced - especially when a connection with the original victim emerges. Meanwhile, Harry is assigned to the case of a 17-year-old girl who was crushed by a train - and her mother is positive she did not kill herself

• Season 9 Episode 6: The Meaning of Death - Part Two

  Part two of two. Nikki finds the cruelty of the serial killer's crimes too much to cope with - but a picture belonging to her grandmother provides the flash of inspiration that may put the murderer behind bars. Meanwhile, Harry delves into the death of the drowning victim, discovering that her demise was the result of a cruel twist of fate

• Season 9 Episode 5: The Meaning of Death - Part One

  Part one of two. The team pursue a serial killer with a grisly desire to look at his victims' faces as they die, and the trail leads into the world of academic philosophy. However, Nikki is distracted from the case by the death of her grandmother, while Harry investigates the demise of a woman who apparently drowned in three inches of water. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 9 Episode 4: Choices : Part Two

  Part two of two. The detectives discover club owner Ainsley Modest is under pressure to hand over his establishment to a local gang - but isn't going down without a fight. With a second shoot-out imminent, the team face a race against time to track down the elusive gunsmith before he can arm both factions for the confrontation. Harry follows up a lead, but finds himself in a dangerous situation, and Nikki continues to investigate Lisa's death

• Season 9 Episode 3: Choices : Part One

  Part one of two. The team are called to the scene of a drive-by shooting, where they are joined by detectives from Operation Trident investigating a turf war between drug gangs. The case proves less clear-cut than expected when evidence emerges that someone returned fire. The vehicle used is soon traced to an abandoned industrial unit, where a decomposing corpse is uncovered - and Nikki resolves to find out the true cause of death. Guest starring Craig Kelly. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 9 Episode 2: Ghosts - Part Two

  Part two of two. Haunted by the deaths of his wife and daughter, Leo continues his quest to find the man responsible. Harry and Nikki attempt to counsel him as the police infiltrate a gang of identity fraudsters, but when he finally catches up with his quarry he faces a difficult choice between exacting revenge or seeing justice done. Gritty drama, starring William Gaminara, Tom Ward and Emilia Fox

• Season 9 Episode 1: Ghosts - Part One

  New series of the gritty forensic pathology drama, beginning with a two-part story. Leo receives devastating news from home - his wife and daughter have been involved in a hit-and-run accident, prompting him to set off for Sheffield immediately. Meanwhile, Nikki is called out to the river when the bodies of two unidentified women are discovered, both shot execution-style. William Gaminara, Tom Ward and Emilia Fox star. Concludes tomorrow

Silent Witness: Season 8 (2004)

• Season 8 Episode 8: Body 21 - Part Two

  Part two of two. The team stage a reconstruction in the hope of piecing together the events of the train crash and begin to suspect Major Wiltshire was somehow involved. Sergeant Bradley announces his intention to leave the Army, raising further suspicions, while Leo discovers that Rosa's injuries could not have been caused by the train crash. Last in series

• Season 8 Episode 7: Body 21 - Part One

  Feature-length episode. The team are approached by a group of survivors from a recent train crash, who want them to uncover the reasons for the disaster. In the process they stumble upon another mystery, when one of the bodies pulled from the wreckage remains unidentified, With Emilia Fox, William Gaminara, Tom Ward, Amita Dhiri and Emma Cunniffe

• Season 8 Episode 6: Nowhere Fast - Part Two

  Part two of two. Harry and Leo suspect syndicate member Matt Gibb was responsible for the deaths of his co-owners and the jockey, and Nikki's hockey skills help expose the cracks in his story. Harry is so impressed he considers letting her join the team, despite Leo's reluctance. Gibb confesses to drugging the horse but denies involvement in the helicopter crash, leaving the pathologists divided over whether to believe him. James Wilby guest stars

• Season 8 Episode 5: Nowhere Fast - Part One

  Emilia Fox joins the cast of the crime drama as Dr Nikki Alexander, who uses the team's equipment to solve an Iron Age mystery, but ends up bringing her expertise to bear on a modern murder. The case in question is the death of a jockey crushed by his mount during a race. The plot thickens when two of the horses' owners are killed in a helicopter crash and evidence emerges that both the horse and the pilot were drugged. James Wilby and Sylvestra Le Touzel guest star

• Season 8 Episode 4: Death by Water - Part Two

  Part two of two. Marcus challenges Leo's judgement over the death of baby Ella, but he sticks to his claim, putting his career on the line. Harry discovers the truth behind Nick Garner's death, and the pathologists realise that Lucas's boatyard may hold the key to the children's symptoms. Crime drama, starring Will Gaminara and Tom Ward

• Season 8 Episode 3: Death by Water-Part One

  Part one of two. Leo and Harry's professional rivalry erupts following Sam's departure. They deal with the case of several children who experienced unexplained breathing difficulties, leaving one of them dead. While Harry believes this was mass hysteria, Leo suspects something more sinister. Meanwhile, a man is found dead in his car with a stab wound to the chest. Tom Ward and William Gaminara star

• Season 8 Episode 2: A Time to Heal - Part Two

  Part two of two. As Sam struggles to bond with her estranged son, the investigation takes a sinister turn, revealing evidence of RUC corruption and pointing to the involvement of a member of her own family. As the police pull out all the stops to track down the killers, Sam makes an announcement that stuns her colleagues. Amanda Burton and William Gaminara star

• Season 8 Episode 1: A Time to Heal - Part One

  Feature-length episode. Amanda Burton's last appearance as forensic pathologist Professor Sam Ryan. When the bodies of two men are exposed by a landslide in Ireland, the subsequent investigation suggests the pair died in the sectarian violence of the 1970s, prompting Sam to make a long overdue and painful journey home. Bryan Murray, William Gaminara and Tom Ward also star

Silent Witness: Season 7 (2003)

• Season 7 Episode 8: Beyond Guilt : Part Two

  Conclusion. Leo and Harry's investigation uncovers alarming facts about Sachs. Sam and the team could well have become pawns in a deadly penny-pinching game being played by mysterious figures at the Home Office. Crime drama, starring Amanda Burton, Mick Ford and William Armstrong

• Season 7 Episode 7: Beyond Guilt - Part One

  The Home Office asks Sam and her team to re-examine the work of an independent pathologist. Harry's patience is tested to the limit by the investigation. Feature-length crime drama, starring Amanda Burton, Mick Ford and William Armstrong

• Season 7 Episode 6: Running on Empty - Part Two

  Conclusion. Sam is sidelined from the investigation following a disagreement with DI Jayne Hurst, and Harry's efforts to determine the time of death prove unreliable. Gritty drama, starring Amanda Burton, Mick Ford and William Armstrong

• Season 7 Episode 5: Running on Empty : Part One

  Sam is not convinced that a sports agent committed suicide, especially when a post-mortem reveals she was in the early stages of pregnancy and bruising to her arms suggests a sexual assault. Matters are complicated further when a client she was planning a new life with is found dead in her flat and tests reveal the father of her baby is Caucasian, putting her husband back in the frame, despite his alibi for the night of the murder. Gritty drama, starring Amanda Burton, Mick Ford and William Armstrong

• Season 7 Episode 4: Fatal Error : Part Two

  Conclusion. Sam receives photographs of various dead bodies in situ, including a headless corpse in a trunk, and uncovers the truth about her involvement in the Michael Patterson case, in which a man was wrongfully imprisoned following the murder of his wife. Gritty drama, starring Amanda Burton, Will Gaminara and Tom Ward

• Season 7 Episode 3: Fatal Error : Part One

  The murder of a driving instructor prompts Sam to return to the early days of her career in Cambridge and the case of Michael Patterson, a man she helped to convict - but events soon escalate and another gruesome discovery forces her to seek police protection. To add to her woes, colleague Leo disputes some of her findings in a crime involving two men being held in custody. Gritty drama, starring Amanda Burton, Will Gaminara and Tom Ward

• Season 7 Episode 2: Answering Fire : Part Two

  Concluding part. Sam is determined to get to the bottom of a government minister's death, but her findings are seriously undermined by an independent pathologist who conducts a second autopsy. To make matters worse, the investigation team threaten to strike her off the Home Office's lists if she supports the dead girl's family at the inquest. Amanda Burton and William Gaminara star

• Season 7 Episode 1: Answering Fire : Part One

  Part one of two. When a government minister is killed by a fire in a London hotel, terrorists are suspected of starting the blaze - until Leo discovers a wad of notes on the MP's bed. Forensic pathologist Sam Ryan tries to uncover the truth, but finds her investigations are hampered by a former schoolfriend who claims to work for the Cabinet Office. Amanda Burton and William Gaminara star

Silent Witness: Season 6 (2002 - 2003)

• Season 6 Episode 8: Closed Ranks : Part Two

  Part two. Another police cadet's body is found, putting the college under intense scrutiny, while Harry confronts Steph about the prescription he found in her husband's wallet : but should he hand it over to the authorities or bury the evidence? Acclaimed drama series, guest starring Tim Healy. Last in series

• Season 6 Episode 7: Closed Ranks : Part One

  Part one. A police cadet's body is found, and it soon transpires his demise mirrors the death of another murder victim killed months previously. When Sam Ryan and her forensic team investigate, they discover the dead man's training college could provide vital clues to the crime. Acclaimed drama series, starring Amanda Burton, with a guest appearance by Tim Healy. Continued after the news

• Season 6 Episode 6: Tell No Tales : Part Two

  Conclusion. Sam gets closer to the truth about Marcus's death, as Selina decides to ignore the threats from Ridley and help the police. Meanwhile, Leo is in the firing line over his post-mortem report on Natalie, which reveals a cocktail of drugs in her body, and as her father and fellow students become less co-operative it is up to Harry to uncover the truth. Drama, with Amanda Burton

• Season 6 Episode 5: Tell No Tales : Part One

  Part one. Sam and Harry investigate when a gruesome, partly mummified corpse is found after a lorry crashes into an old factory building. The forensic experts attempt to identify the remains by reconstructing the skull, while DCI Telford and DS Linden track down a woman who claims the body is that of a former boyfriend who disappeared seven years previously. It soon transpires that the deceased had unsavoury connections - could an unsolved post-office robbery attempt hold the key to finding the killer? Crime drama, starring Amanda Burton, William Gaminara and Tom Ward

• Season 6 Episode 4: Kith and Kill : Part Two

  Conclusion. The case against Derek's son Jamie collapses and he is released, only to be found dead by the roadside just hours later. His sister is the only surviving member of the family but still can't reveal what happened that fateful night : will forensic evidence identify the guilty party? Amanda Burton stars

• Season 6 Episode 3: Kith and Kill : Part One

  Feature-length episode. Sam is called in to investigate the murders of a ruthless businessman and his family, but still finds time for romance with an old flame. Meanwhile, a preoccupied Leo unwittingly puts his reputation on the line by dismissing a junior pathologist's doubts concerning the seemingly routine death of an elderly woman. Feature-length episode, starring Amanda Burton and Tom Ward

• Season 6 Episode 2: The Fall Out : Part Two

  An Albanian girl identifies the body pulled from the Thames as her sister and reluctantly cooperates with the police, revealing that the case could be linked to a prostitution ring. Meanwhile, new evidence comes to light suggesting Sam's suspicions of Deacon are well-founded. Concluding part of the crime drama, starring Amanda Burton, with William Gaminara, Tom Ward and Lia Williams

• Season 6 Episode 1: The Fall Out - Part One

  Amanda Burton as expert pathologist Sam Ryan investigates the grisly discovery of a severed arm at the scene of a traffic accident, assisted by new morgue colleague Leo Dalton. As DCI Deacon arrives, Sam notices she is expressing an unusual interest in one of the bodies : could she be withholding important evidence? Meanwhile, new junior pathologist Harry Cunningham is distressed to learn his first autopsy must be performed on a child. Crime drama, with William Gaminara, Tom Ward and Lia Williams

Silent Witness: Season 5 (2000 - 2001)

• Season 5 Episode 4: Faith : Part Two

  Concluding part. Sam Ryan is forced to reassess her position when she discovers she is seriously ill, yet despite this, she manages to uncover fresh evidence in the murder enquiry. Meanwhile, Bishop Craig is the bearer of bad news to Sister Geraldine at the hospice. Drama, starring Amanda Burton

• Season 5 Episode 3: Faith

  Forensic pathologist Sam Ryan suspects foul play when she is called in to investigate the apparent suicide of a headmaster's wife. Attempting to arrange a special autopsy, she finds that her superiors don't share her view, appearing more concerned with her failing health - and without the evidence she needs, a murderer could still be at large. Feature-length episode of the drama, starring Amanda Burton and Mick Ford

• Season 5 Episode 2: Two Below Zero

  Concluding part. The body of another girl is discovered in a freezer at the Huttons' estate, leading DCI Norton to point an accusing finger at Henry and uncover his disturbing past. Meanwhile, Alice tells Sam that the latest victim's identity is the key to catching the killer and the detectives soon face a grim race against time to prevent another murder. Starring Amanda Burton

• Season 5 Episode 1: The World Cruise : Part One

  Part two. Sam's continuing investigation unearths new evidence, prompting Ranjeet to delve deeper into the lives of Jewish brothers Jake and Henry Davies - an action which leads them back to the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps. Starring Amanda Burton, Ahsen Bhatti and Andrew Sachs

Silent Witness: Season 4 (1999 - 2000)

• Season 4 Episode 4: A Good Body : Part Two

  Part two. Sam leads the inquiry into a fire at a cinema, and finds that the last unidentified body bears an uncanny resemblance to a man murdered many years previously. Unfortunately, an interview with the gangster charged with the murder : played in a straight role by comedian Jack Dee : leaves her more confused than she was to begin with. Amanda Burton stars.

• Season 4 Episode 3: A Good Body : Part One

  Part one. Sam leads the inquiry into a fire at a cinema, and finds that the last unidentified body bears an uncanny resemblance to a man murdered many years previously. Unfortunately, an interview with the gangster charged with the murder : played in a straight role by comedian Jack Dee : leaves her more confused than she was to begin with. Amanda Burton stars

• Season 4 Episode 2: A Kind of Justice

  Part one. The murder of a gangland killer culminates in an armed siege, from which the main suspect protests his innocence. Sam is called in to defend him, well aware he could be in trouble from the victim's vengeful criminal brother. Will she prove he is not guilty of murder, or will her suspect end up suffering the same fate as the dead man? Amanda Burton, Tom Georgeson and David Lyon star

• Season 4 Episode 1: Gone Tomorrow

  Sam is called to examine the bodies recovered from a fatal helicopter crash, and her findings soon threaten to rip through the heart of the community living around the airfield. Drama about a forensic pathologist, starring Amanda Burton

Silent Witness: Season 3 (1997 - 2001)

• Season 3 Episode 4: Brothers in Arms

  Part two. Emotionally entangled with DI Michael Connor and with the arrival of his wife adding potential for embarrassment, Sam continues her investigations into two suspicious deaths. Attempting to discover the link between the demise of Ian Neal and a previous Army killing in Northern Ireland, the forensics expert discovers a deadly revenge plot is in progress : and she's placed firmly in the middle. Drama starring Amanda Burton

• Season 3 Episode 3: Silent Witness: Divided Loyalties

  A forensic specialist learns police, a physician and a social worker may be behind drug deaths.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Fallen Idol

  Sam is called in to investigate when the lifeless body of Gemma, a 17-year-old estate agent, is found in an empty house. Delving into the girl's family history, the forensic pathologist discovers she was thrown out of her home by her mother for having a child at the age of 13. Claims that Gemma was having an affair with her mother's second husband further complicates Sam's enquiries. Drama, starring Amanda Burton

• Season 3 Episode 1: An Academic Exercise

  In this feature-length episode of the drama, Sam's professional skills are tested to the limit following the murder of a close friend, and the evidence leads her into a deadly game with a deranged psychopath. Drama, starring Amanda Burton and Nick Reding

Silent Witness: Season 2 (1997 - 1999)

• Season 2 Episode 8: Friends Like These : Part Two

  Part two. Sam becomes increasingly convinced that the wrong suspect is being hunted by the police : but her efforts to prove her theory go too far for Ross, who makes a formal complaint about her behaviour, putting their entire relationship on the line in the process. Amanda Burton and Mick Ford star

• Season 2 Episode 7: Friends Like These : Part One

  Part one. The violent murder of an elderly woman leads the police to collar a known felon : but Sam launches her own alternative investigation, convinced the real culprit is still at large. Amanda Burton and Mick Ford star

• Season 2 Episode 6: Only the Lonely : Part Two

  Part two. Ross's suspicions are aroused by the discovery of another corpse, but insubstantial evidence fails to convince Sam that Helen Matthews was killed by her husband : even though the latest victim was in fact the dead woman's lover. Drama, starring Amanda Burton and Mick Ford

• Season 2 Episode 5: Only the Lonely : Part One

  Part one. Ross is certain there's more to a woman's death than meets the eye, and becomes convinced of a link with another unsolved murder. However, Sam remains unconvinced and, as she struggles to cope with the lingering memory of a previous case, begins to question her future. Amanda Burton, Mick Ford and William Armstrong star

• Season 2 Episode 4: Cease Upon the Midnight : Part Two

  Part two. The exhumation of Mark Tate's body sheds light on the cause of his death : but why would anybody murder a man already dying of Aids? On the personal front, Sam's relationship with Peter Ross intensifies. Gritty drama, starring Amanda Burton, Mick Ford and William Armstrong

• Season 2 Episode 3: Cease Upon the Midnight : Part One

  Part one. A a man's body is donated to medical research, and it isn't long before Sam uncovers evidence to suggest his death may not have been entirely natural. Amanda Burton stars as the sceptical forensic pathologist, with Mick Ford and William Armstrong

• Season 2 Episode 2: Blood, Sweat and Tears : Part Two

  Part two. The investigation into boxer Kevin Sharma's possible murder is thrown into disarray by the death of his trainer Terri Cross. All the evidence points to suicide : but Sam is convinced otherwise. Detective drama, starring Amanda Burton, Mick Ford, William Armstrong and Ruth McCabe

• Season 2 Episode 1: Blood, Sweat and Tears

  A boxing match ends in what appears to be an accidental tragedy, but forensic pathologist Sam Ryan's suspicions are aroused by unexplained injuries to the victim's brain. Unfortunately, she finds herself struggling to convince ex-lover DS Peter Ross that the boxing authorities are suppressing the facts. Starring Amanda Burton, Mick Ford, William Armstrong and Ruth McCabe

Silent Witness: Season 1 (1996 - 2007)

• Season 1 Episode 8: Sins of the Fathers

  A Vietnamese student, Tran, seeks Sam's advice on an arranged marriage to an older man.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Sins of the Fathers

  A troubled Vietnamese student seeks Sam's advice on her arranged marriage to an older man, and shortly afterwards a fire guts the restaurant owned by the father of her husband-to-be. A man's charred body is found among the ashes and post-mortem tests prove he was murdered, giving events a sinister twist. Amanda Burton and Clare Higgins star

• Season 1 Episode 6: Darkness Visible

  Feature-length episode. Sam assumes a homosexual man, seemingly murdered in police custody, was killed by his cellmate - but the dead man's lover tries to convince her otherwise. Away from work, she struggles to cope with the unexpected return of an old flame from Belfast. Forensic pathology drama, starring Amanda Burton and John McGlynn

• Season 1 Episode 5: Darkness Visible

  Sam assumes a homosexual seemingly murdered in police custody was killed by his cellmate - but the dead man's lover tries to convince her otherwise. Away from work, she struggles to cope with the unexpected return of an old flame from Belfast. Forensic pathology drama, starring Amanda Burton and John McGlynn

• Season 1 Episode 4: Long Days, Short Nights

  Forensic specialist Dr. Sam Ryan conducts an autopsy on a drug dealer, the victim of a ritual murder.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Long Days, Short Nights

  Sam Ryan carries out a post-mortem on the body of an ex-student with ritual markings cut into his chest : and suspicion for the killing soon falls on the mysterious owner of a stately home steeped in black magic. Drama, starring Amanda Burton and Mick Ford

• Season 1 Episode 2: Buried Lies

  Forensic pathologist Dr Sam Ryan discovers evidence of physical violence on the body of a girl who supposedly drowned accidentally. Once the child's disturbing family history is known, headstrong Ryan defies police chiefs and sets out on a murder investigation. Feature-length drama, starring Amanda Burton, with Lesley Dunlop and Carl Hillsden

• Season 1 Episode 1: Buried Lies : Part One

  Feature-length episode. Forensic pathologist Dr Sam Ryan discovers evidence of physical violence on the body of a girl who supposedly drowned accidentally. Once the child's disturbing family history is known, headstrong Ryan defies police chiefs and sets out on a murder investigation. Drama, starring Amanda Burton, with Lesley Dunlop and Carl Hillsden

Silent Witness: Feature-Length

• Apocalypse

  Feature-length episode. Harry and Nikki are close by when an RAF helicopter crashes into a detention centre for failed asylum seekers. When it seems the military are trying to hush up the incident they each open their own investigations - to prove the pilot was not at fault for the crash and identify a mysterious girl who fled the site amid the carnage. Tom Ward and Emilia Fox star

• Death's Door

  Feature-length episode. Harry befriends eager medical student Holly Farr after giving a lecture to a group of trainees and involves her in his latest case, the post-mortem of a woman whose body was found at the side of a road with the face expertly removed. Nikki tries to reconstruct the victim's features to help identify her, but Holly immediately recognises her as Fran Price - a former TV presenter and journalist who had fallen on hard times

• Double Dare

  Feature-length episode. A horrific car crash poses troubling questions for Nikki when she discovers one of the victims was the recently released Anna Holland, an accomplice to murder she helped escape a life sentence four years earlier. As the investigation progresses, Nikki re-interviews key witnesses from the original case and begins to doubt her earlier conclusions. Emilia Fox stars

• Finding Rachel

  Feature-length episode. The team flies out to Zambia to investigate the death of a female doctor who disappeared two weeks earlier. It transpires the woman was volunteering for a Mission and had believed a number of refugees died in suspicious circumstances. Leo and Nikki carry out a post-mortem, but their findings throw the case into disarray. Patrick Baladi and Robert Pugh guest star

• Hippocratic Oath

  Feature-length episode. An accident involving a lorry and a funeral procession results in the bizarre discovery of two bodies in the coffin. Meanwhile, Leo and Nikki's suspicions are aroused during a post mortem on a child who died in surgery, and both investigations lead the detectives to a surgeon with a high rate of mortality among her patients. Emilia Fox, William Gaminara and Natasha Little star

• Judgement

  The body of a member of the Jewish Hasidic community is discovered, and the team agrees to perform a 'dry' post mortem to respect the wishes of his faith. A forensic link is found to a group of Polish labourers, but Harry begins to wonder whether the victim's wife is hiding something, and decides to carry out a full autopsy to determine the time of death

• Peripheral Vision

  Feature-length episode. Nikki investigates the discovery of human bones on a former traveller site which could be the remains of a senior police officer's missing teenage daughter. However, her forensic analysis raises even greater questions and casts doubt on the guilt of the chief suspect. Meanwhile, Harry is assigned to an insurance case that takes a peculiar twist. Emilia Fox and Tom Ward star

• Safe

  Feature-length episode. Nikki investigates the murder of a teenage girl who fell from a ride at a funfair after being brutally raped and stabbed, and suspects the killing may have been part of a gang initiation. Meanwhile, Leo finds himself doing community service after getting caught drink driving and is first on the scene when an attack takes place where he's working. William Gaminara and Emilia Fox star

• Schism

  Feature-length episode. A teenage girl is found tortured to death at a London dogs' home, and it soon emerges another woman is being held by the culprits, who turn out to be a violent team of animal activists seeking to destroy an experimentation facility. However, the case becomes much more complicated when Nikki is kidnapped at gunpoint by the group leader

• Suffer the Children

  Feature-length episode. The discovery of a mutilated child's body in a river forces Leo to face a ghost from his past. Questions are raised as to whether the victim was murdered in a ritual killing, and evidence points the team in the direction of a nearby church. Meanwhile, Nikki investigates the apparently suspicious death of a priest from a local Catholic boys' school

Silent Witness: Double Bill

• Terror

  Double bill. An armed police raid at a terraced house in North London sees two suspected terrorists killed, along with a police officer. Nikki doubts the officers' accounts of events after carrying out the post mortems as the forensic evidence just doesn't add up. The case then takes an unexpected turn when it transpires one of the surviving policemen is having an affair with his dead colleague's wife