The BEST episodes of Silent Witness season 16

Every episode of Silent Witness season 16, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Silent Witness season 16!

Forensic pathologists face personal and professional challenges in a moody, tense thriller that moves from the crime scene to the lab.

Last Updated: 7/23/2025Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing
Greater Love (2)
star
8.14
136 votes

#1 - 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.

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Legacy (2)
star
7.86
166 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: David Richards
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Trust (2)
star
7.86
193 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Richard Clark
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Trust (1)
star
7.76
230 votes

#4 - Trust (1)

Season 16 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2013

The murders of two women in a house basement force Jack to lock horns with an old flame, while Leo wrestles with providing a second post-mortem on a baby.

Directors: Richard Clark
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True Love Waits (2)
star
7.70
169 votes

#5 - True Love Waits (2)

Season 16 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/25/2013

When arrested and interrogated by DI Kate Warren, Alan Lane vehemently protests his innocence and insists he didn't kill his wife.

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Change (2)
star
7.62
173 votes

#6 - Change (2)

Season 16 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2013

When two women close to a dead businessman are murdered, Nikki, Jack and Leo open his family's skeleton-packed closet.

Directors: Anthony Byrne
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Change (1)
star
7.37
192 votes

#7 - Change (1)

Season 16 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2013

The mysterious death of a wealthy confectionery firm owner plunges Nikki, Leo and new recruit Jack Hodgson into a murky world of corporate subterfuge.

Directors: Anthony Byrne
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Legacy (1)
star
7.36
172 votes

#8 - Legacy (1)

Season 16 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/31/2013

Nikki is wooed by a science minister as she and Jack investigate a murder on an eco-building project, whilst Leo finds himself trapped in a hospital siege.

Directors: David Richards
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True Love Waits (1)
star
7.22
148 votes

#9 - True Love Waits (1)

Season 16 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/24/2013

When a pub landlady is stabbed to death and her little finger cut off, Nikki is isolated in her quest to prove the husband's innocence.

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Greater Love (1)
star
7.15
173 votes

#10 - Greater Love (1)

Season 16 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/7/2013

Human remains found on an Afghan water supply project send Leo, Nikki and Jack to the war-torn region to establish if it is a missing British soldier.

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