The BEST episodes of Silent Witness season 19

Every episode of Silent Witness season 19, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Silent Witness season 19!

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

Last Updated: 9/27/2025Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing
River's Edge (1)
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7.80
200 votes

#1 - 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.

Writer: Ed Whitmore
In Plain Sight (2)
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7.76
204 votes

#2 - In Plain Sight (2)

Season 19 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2016

Jack leads the hunt for suspected killer Bruno, the brother of the Polish teenager shot by the armed police, and enters London's small but devastating gun trade.

Directors: Keith Boak
River's Edge (2)
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7.73
197 votes

#3 - River's Edge (2)

Season 19 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/2016

Nikki and Jack are thrown into mortal danger as they uncover a high-powered world of sex and depravity. Meanwhile, Amy confronts her past.

Writer: Ed Whitmore
In Plain Sight (1)
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7.54
208 votes

#4 - In Plain Sight (1)

Season 19 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/25/2016

The fatal shooting of a teenager in an armed police operation triggers a series of murders that link gangsters, a grieving family and a fractured firearms unit.

Directors: Keith Boak
After the Fall (2)
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7.50
176 votes

#5 - After the Fall (2)

Season 19 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/2016

Nikki becomes the prime suspect after a former colleague is murdered. Jack, Thomas and Clarissa fight to clear her name.

Directors: David Drury
Writer: Ed Whitmore
Life Licence (2)
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7.44
169 votes

#6 - Life Licence (2)

Season 19 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/19/2016

After the team discovers that suspect Paul may not be who he says he is, the investigation revisits an infamous murder case from the past which he was involved in.

Directors: Mark Everest
After the Fall (1)
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7.44
183 votes

#7 - After the Fall (1)

Season 19 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2016

Nikki arrives at a murder scene to find it's a carbon copy of a case in her past. She soon fears the killings are personal to her.

Directors: David Drury
Writer: Ed Whitmore
Flight (1)
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7.32
178 votes

#8 - Flight (1)

Season 19 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2016

A young British Muslim returns secretly to the UK, initially suspected of drug smuggling, but soon something much more sinister is feared.

Directors: Richard Senior
Flight (2)
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7.31
166 votes

#9 - Flight (2)

Season 19 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/12/2016

Thomas must put his personal feelings aside as the team track down Begovic before she and her extremist compatriots strike out again. It soon becomes clear that Begovic isn't working alone and may not have been the one who shot Ryman. In fact, her accomplice may be a man previously assumed dead.

Directors: Richard Senior
Life Licence (1)
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7.25
177 votes

#10 - Life Licence (1)

Season 19 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/18/2016

When an ex-convict is brutally murdered, the Lyell team is introduced to a forensic psychologist who works closely with those released from prison on life licence.

Directors: Mark Everest