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Silent Witness

The award-winning crime drama returns for a landmark 20th season, starring Emilia Fox. Each story follows the dedicated team of forensic pathologists who try to work out how and why the victim died, often risking their own lives in the process. This season includes an apparent suicide that starts to look a lot more like murder and a final explosive story set in Mexico.
201710 episodesX-RayTV-14
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Episodes

  1. S20 E1 - Identity: Part One
    January 1, 2017
    56min
    TV-14
    Forensic crime drama series. When a people smuggler is found dead, Nikki delves into London's illegal immigrant community.
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  2. S20 E2 - Identity: Part Two
    January 2, 2017
    57min
    TV-14
    Forensic crime drama series. A horrific discovery pits Nikki and Jack against a killer preying on illegal immigrants.
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  3. S20 E3 - Discovery: Part One
    January 8, 2017
    59min
    TV-14
    Nikki and Jack encounter a media storm when a photogenic schoolteacher disappears. Thomas fights a crusade for justice when a troubled mother is found dead.
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  4. S20 E4 - Discovery: Part Two
    January 10, 2017
    57min
    TV-14
    Finding a link between their two cases, the team unites to work out how these disparate victims are connected. The answer lies in a 20-year-old unsolved murder.
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  5. S20 E5 - Remembrance: Part One
    January 15, 2016
    58min
    TV-14
    A woman's body found in the Thames leads Nikki and Jack to a riverside community scarred by grief after the disappearance of a teenage girl three years ago.
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  6. S20 E6 - Remembrance: Part Two
    January 17, 2017
    57min
    TV-14
    After a bereaved mother attacks a suspect, Nikki is under fire for leaking information. Jack and Thomas must bridge internal divisions to trace the killer.
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  7. S20 E7 - Covenant: Part One
    January 22, 2017
    57min
    TV-14
    When Nikki and Jack investigate the killing of an East End father and son, Clarissa's husband Max is brought to the Lyell Centre to help crack the case.
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  8. S20 E8 - Covenant: Part Two
    January 23, 2017
    59min
    TV-14
    Nikki helps Becky come to terms with her trauma. Jack is paranoid that Clarissa will leave the Lyell Centre. Paul is in way over his head.
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  9. S20 E9 - Awakening: Part One
    January 30, 2017
    59min
    16+
    In Mexico for a funeral, Nikki makes a discovery that sets her on collision course with some dangerous and unpredictable forces. Arriving to help out, Jack is drawn into the fray.
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  10. S20 E10 - Awakening: Part Two
    January 30, 2017
    59min
    16+
    With Nikki locked in a struggle for survival, Jack must use all of his abilities to track her down. And with life and death in the balance, every decision counts.
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Nudityviolencesubstance usealcohol usefoul languagesexual content
Subtitles
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Directors
Stewart SvaasandDavid Drury
Producers
Ceri MeyrickAnne Pivcevic
Cast
Emilia FoxRichard LinternDavid CavesLiz Carr
Studio
BritBox
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