Emilia Fox returns as Dr Nikki Alexander because the group sort out one other sequence of chilling instances.
The enduring Silent Witness returns to BBC One tonight for a outstanding sequence 27.
The upcoming run is comprised of 5 two-part tales. We will look ahead to a physique in an deserted church sparking fears of a serial killer’s return, dying terrorising a college campus, and the invention of a mummified corpse. Plus, a makeshift mass grave beneath a practice station and the Lyell being infiltrated by a malevolent pressure.
Right here’s the episode rundown for Silent Witness sequence 27:
Episodes 1 & 2: ‘Efficient Vary’ by Jim Keeble and Dudi Appleton
Nikki and Jack examine a homicide bearing all of the hallmarks of a infamous serial killer. When Nikki meets Charles Beck, the pathologist who carried out the unique post-mortems, she discovers his spouse was the suspected fifth sufferer of the serial killer, however no one believes him when he claims he is aware of the place to seek out her physique.
Episodes 3 & 4: ‘Grievance Tradition’ by Tim Prager
The group work a suspected suicide however the investigation raises extra questions than it solutions. Gabriel has an thrilling new alternative, each professionally and personally, and enlists Jack’s assist. When a disgruntled professor of criminology is handed over for promotion, occasions take a really sinister flip and the interview panel start to be focused. May a member of the Lyell be subsequent?
Episodes 5 & 6: ‘Invisible’ by Tim Prager
The group examine the physique of a lady present in a flat after being lifeless for a yr. As they search to seek out out the reality of her identification and what occurred to her, they have to draw on all of their forensic and pathology information to unravel the case. Even when the world had forgotten her, the Lyell are decided that she should get justice.
Episodes 7 & 8: ‘Dying By A Thousand Hits’ by Ed Whitmore & Tracey Malone
The group examine the dying of a Burmese man on a abandoned seaside, as his younger pregnant spouse desperately hopes he’s nonetheless alive. Nikki and Jack piece collectively the perplexing crime scene and discover it poses extra questions than it solutions.
Episodes 9 & 10: ‘King’s Cross’ by Ed Whitmore
The Lyell are referred to as to a museum exterior King’s Cross Station, the place they uncover the our bodies of eight victims entombed beneath. With the information {that a} prolific serial killer was working in London practically twenty years in the past, Nikki and the group know this will likely be a case like no different.
The sequence begins on Monday, eighth January at 9 pm on BBC One. Episode 2 follows on Tuesday, ninth on the identical time. The remainder of the sequence will preserve to the identical weekly sample.
Silent Witness sequence 27 comes from BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC One and iPlayer. The Government Producers are Suzi McIntosh, Emilia Fox and Priscilla Parish for BBC Studios and Nawfal Faizullah for the BBC. Jayne Chard is Producer.
All earlier sequence of Silent Witness can be found to stream on BBC iPlayer.