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Silent Witness - Season 5

Series: Silent Witness
4.7
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Episodes
6
Rating
TV14
Year
2000
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 to 3 of 6

1. The World Cruise, Pt. 1

50m

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Amanda Burton returns as forensic pathologist Sam Ryan in the first of three more 2-part stories. When two elderly Jewish brothers are found murdered, their deaths are linked to the suspicious death of another man. The only man arrested in that case had been a known racist who had attacked the two brothers' just months before.

2. The World Cruise, Pt. 2

50m

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Sam discovers that the Polish victim of a third apparently racially motivated attack was a member of the SS, and that there were traces of morphine in a glass found in his apartment. She realizes that the motive behind the murders was not racial, but revenge.

3. Two Below Zero, Pt. 1

50m

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When the bodies of two teenage girls are revealed frozen in the snow at a Norwegian summer ski resort after an avalanche, Sam is called in to identify the bodies. There are no forensic clues left on the bodies, but both girls were wearing hair-slides and had their hair arranged in bunches.

4. Two Below Zero, Pt. 2

50m

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Without any evidence to go on, Sam wants to call in a psychological profiler to solve the Norway murders but cannot persuade DCI Norton it is warranted. Until, that is, a third body is found in the freezer at the family home of one of the victims.

5. Faith, Pt. 1

50m

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Sam is called in to examine the body of a nun who had visions of having her heart pierced before she died in 1959, and investigates the death of a woman who apparently committed suicide. She also learns she may have a life-threatening tumor, which she thinks is affecting her judgment.

6. Faith, Pt. 2

50m

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In the concluding episode of the last story in this series, the nun who wants Sam to authenticate her Saint is keen to know the details of the post-mortem, especially as the future of the hospice depends on it. Meanwhile, Sam agrees to perform the second post-mortem on Helen Dupen requested by her mother, and continues to struggle with her illness.

Extended Details

  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Stephen Bradywriter
Tom Needhamwriter
Diana Kyleproducer
Amanda Burtonactor