The BEST episodes of Silent Witness
Every episode of Silent Witness ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Silent Witness!
Forensic pathologists face personal and professional challenges in a moody, tense thriller that moves from the crime scene to the lab.
#1 - In a Lonely Place (2)
Season 17 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/17/2014
Nikki, Jack and DS Ross find themselves under pressure to urgently close the net on a serial killer abducting young women.
#2 - Coup de Grace (2)
Season 17 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/2014
Thomas and Jack's worst fears are realised when Nikki and lawyer Greg Walker are held hostage by Bennetto in a dangerous armed siege.
#3 - Bloodlines (2)
Season 14 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/25/2011
With Harry dead and Leo and Nikki getting nowhere with the police, the pathologists struggle to clear Harry's name, while the police seem intent on covering up a wider conspiracy.
#4 - Greater Love (2)
Season 16 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/8/2013
Leo develops a life-changing relationship with a charity worker as Nikki and Jack make a forensic breakthrough on their case in Afghanistan.
#5 - Shadows (2)
Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/29/2010
Leo's postmortem of the victims reveals there were two guns used, and possibly a second shooter.
#6 - Bloodlines (1)
Season 14 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/24/2011
Harry and human rights lawyer Anna uncover a sinister underworld conspiracy, putting both their lives in danger.
#7 - Fraternity (2)
Season 17 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/31/2014
Jack's loyalties to his brother and the team are torn when Hannah is found dead, forcing him into a dangerous solo quest for the truth.
#8 - And Then I Fell in Love (2)
Season 15 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/20/2012
Harry and Nikki make a crucial connection between the dead girls and sex-grooming victim Shannon, but is it too late for Hannah and Lauren?
#9 - The Greater Good (2)
Season 23 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/5/2020
Jack is rushed to hospital after collapsing at the scene of a car crash. As he fights for his life, the team must identify the poison to save their friend.
#10 - A Body of Work (2)
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/2006
Leo is puzzled by the strange death of conceptual artist Jimmy Triangle.
#11 - Shadows (1)
Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/28/2010
Nikki and Harry try to help wounded victims of a campus shooting while trapped in the building with the rampaging shooter.
#12 - Two Below Zero (1)
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/2001
Sam is called in to identify the naked body of a woman uncovered on a ski slope in Norway.
#13 - Double Dare (2)
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/18/2007
Nikki worries that a mistake she made four years ago may have contributed to the murder of a young woman.
#14 - Schism (1)
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/13/2006
Harry and Nikki are drawn into a war between a medical research establishment and a group determined to take direct action.
#15 - Kings Cross (2)
Season 27 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/13/2024
There are further twists ahead for Nikki, Jack and the team as they work with the police to explore multiple avenues to solve a 20-year-old case.
#16 - Trust (2)
Season 16 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/18/2013
As the basement women case highlights two cooperating killers, Nikki, Jack and DI Reed realise one victim was killed by a controlled sedative.
#17 - Legacy (2)
Season 16 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/1/2013
Conflict brews between Leo and Nikki when he suspects her new boyfriend is involved in a 50-year cover-up, leaving Leo battling alone to expose the truth.
#18 - River's Edge (1)
Season 19 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/2016
A family murdered at a picnic leads the team to the female victim's estranged husband. But all is not what it seems, and Nikki and Jack are thrown into mortal danger.
#19 - Terminus (1)
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2006
The team investigates a hit-and-run accident, an arson and a woman who collapsed on her hen night.
#20 - Intent (2)
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2010
Harry puts his career on the line to prove his lover's innocence after Leo is attacked and Levin turns up dead.
#21 - Body 21 (2)
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/27/2004
Leo, Harry and Nikki step up their efforts to discover the truth behind the train crash but there are still many unanswered questions.
#22 - Run (2)
Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/2010
With Danielle missing and her lover on the run, Leo and the police struggle to unravel a complex web of deceit.
#23 - Peripheral Vision (2)
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/2007
Nikki finds herself increasingly alone in her search for the killer.
#24 - Lost (1)
Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/2011
Leo finds himself haunted by past memories when he returns to Sheffield after an ancient body is unearthed on Bleaklow Moor.
#25 - Terminus (2)
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/2006
The team investigate a man who died on a night bus, an office prank gone tragically wrong and the suicide of a pro footballer.