The BEST episodes of Silent Witness season 20

Every episode of Silent Witness season 20, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Silent Witness season 20!

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

Last Updated: 11/1/2025Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing
Awakening (2)
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7.79
225 votes

#1 - Awakening (2)

Season 20 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/31/2017

With Nikki locked in a struggle for survival, Jack must use all of his abilities to track her down. And with life and death in the balance, every decision counts.

Directors: Dudi Appleton
Covenant (2)
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7.68
207 votes

#2 - Covenant (2)

Season 20 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/24/2017

Nikki helps Becky come to terms with her trauma. Jack is paranoid that Clarissa will leave the Lyell Centre. Paul is in way over his head.

Directors: David Drury
Identity (2)
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7.65
248 votes

#3 - Identity (2)

Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/2017

A horrific discovery pits Nikki and Jack against a killer preying on illegal immigrants.

Directors: Stewart Svaasand
Covenant (1)
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7.59
226 votes

#4 - Covenant (1)

Season 20 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/23/2017

When Nikki and Jack investigate the killing of an East End father and son, Clarissa's husband Max is brought to the Lyell Centre to help crack the case.

Directors: David Drury
Remembrance (2)
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7.55
201 votes

#5 - Remembrance (2)

Season 20 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/18/2017

After a bereaved mother attacks a suspect, Nikki is under fire for leaking information. Jack and Thomas must bridge internal divisions to trace the killer.

Directors: David Richards
Discovery (2)
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7.46
222 votes

#6 - Discovery (2)

Season 20 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/2017

Finding a link between their two cases, the team unites to work out how these disparate victims are connected. The answer lies in a 20-year-old unsolved murder.

Writer: Ed Whitmore
Identity (1)
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7.46
261 votes

#7 - Identity (1)

Season 20 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2017

When a people smuggler is found dead, Nikki delves into London's illegal immigrant community.

Directors: Stewart Svaasand
Awakening (1)
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7.43
230 votes

#8 - Awakening (1)

Season 20 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/2017

In Mexico for a funeral, Nikki makes a discovery that sets her on collision course with some dangerous and unpredictable forces. Arriving the help out, Jack is drawn into the fray

Directors: Dudi Appleton
Discovery (1)
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7.42
238 votes

#9 - Discovery (1)

Season 20 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2017

Nikki and Jack encounter a media storm when a photogenic schoolteacher disappears. Thomas fights a crusade for justice when a troubled mother is found dead.

Writer: Ed Whitmore
Remembrance (1)
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7.38
223 votes

#10 - Remembrance (1)

Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/16/2017

A woman's body found in the Thames leads Nikki and Jack to a riverside community scarred by grief after the disappearance of a teenage girl three years ago.

Directors: David Richards