Silent Witness - Season 4

Series: Silent Witness

4.6

(217)

Episodes

Rating

TV14

Year

1999

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. Gone Tomorrow, Pt. 1

50m

Top pathologist Sam Ryan is now a professor teaching at London University. Sam is called in by ex-Detective Inspector Leslie Peterson, now a Coroner's officer, who is investigating the ditching of a helicopter ferrying crew to a gas rig with 14 passengers and two crew on board.

2. Gone Tomorrow, Pt. 2

50m

All Sam's skills are required when 10 more bodies are recovered from the North Sea, and the piecing together of the jigsaw of evidence begins in earnest with her pathology team. The discovery that a new rotor bolt was fitted to the crash helicopter recently and that the files are not up-to-date raises more questions. Who supplied and fitted the parts, and did the pilot and engineer sign them off?

3. A Kind of Justice, Pt. 1

50m

Sam Ryan takes on a gangland murder case to help builder Brian McNally, whom she believes to be innocent.

4. A Kind of Justice, Pt. 2

50m

Following the death of murder suspect Brian McNally, Sam Ryan is approached by his daughter.

5. A Good Body, Pt. 1

50m

When a dozen people die in a cinema fire, Connor - now a detective chief inspector - is in charge of the investigation and, over dinner with Sam Ryan, explains that he is coming back to London. Could their relationship be rekindled, or have they both moved on?

6. A Good Body, Pt. 2

50m

Having learned that violent criminal Chris Caldwell may have been wrongly convicted for murder, Sam and DCI Michael Connor are eager to get at the truth.

Extended Details

SeriesSilent Witness

Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Lars MacFarlaneProducer

Amanda BurtonActor