‘Silent Witness’ fans rejoice as the long-running crime drama returns to BBC One and iPlayer tomorrow night.
Series 27 features five more gripping two-part mysteries for the team at the Lyell Centre to solve. Emilia Fox returns as Dr. Nikki Alexander and the cast also features David Caves, Rhiannon Jones, Alastair Michael and Aki Omoshyabi.
In the new series pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander, forensic expert Jack Hodgson (Caves) and their dedicated team must help the police solve some of their most chilling cases yet: a body found in an abandoned church sparks fears that a serial killer has resurfaced after twenty years, death terrorises a university campus and no one is safe, a mummified corpse is uncovered – seemingly forgotten by everyone, multiple bodies are found entombed beneath a train station in a makeshift mass grave, and the Lyell is infiltrated by a malevolent force.
As the team use their expertise to unlock the truth, they are tested to their very limits. Gabriel seeks advice from Jack in an unexpected way, and lets down his guard at work with devastating results. Velvy tries to do the right thing by his family, but at great cost to himself. Cara navigates London student life, making friends and enemies along the way. She impresses Jack when she undertakes work experience at the Lyell, and is forced to intervene when she makes a shocking discovery about Velvy. Nikki and Jack deal with one of the most difficult cases of their career and their relationship becomes stronger than ever.
Nikki and Jack investigate a murder bearing all the hallmarks of a notorious serial killer. When Nikki meets Charles Beck, the pathologist who conducted the original post-mortems, she discovers his wife was the suspected fifth victim of the serial killer, but nobody believes him when he claims he knows where to find her body.
‘Silent Witness’ will return on BBC One at 9pm on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th January 2024.
