The BEST episodes written by Ed Whitmore

#1 - Limbo

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Season 6 - Episode 1

Old wounds are reopened when Lynley investigates the disturbing death of his godson more than a decade after the boy's disappearance. Lynley is drawn into the case, leading him first to Rome and then headlong into the middle of a new murder enquiry in which Lynley himself becomes the prime suspect. Will Havers be able to save his skin?

#2 - The Wood Beyond

Dalziel and Pascoe - Season 3 - Episode 4

Pascoe has his life thrown into turmoil when he discovers that his grandfather was shot as deserter during World War One, Dalziel manages to fall for the prime suspect in the case (an animal rights raid on a pharmaceutical company and the discovery of a skeleton in the grounds of the place) he is investigating.

#3 - In the Blink of an Eye

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Season 5 - Episode 4

When former war photographer Peter Rooker is shot, a murder trail from tabloid newspaper mogul Eddie Price and editor Melissa Booth is traced back to a family executed by the Serbian militia in Bosnia. When Lynley asks his wife Helen to assist him with unlocking the psychological history behind the killing, he sets in motion a tragic trail of events.

#4 - Know Thine Enemy

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Season 6 - Episode 2

Lynley and Havers's friendship is pushed to its limits in a high profile and chilling investigation into the disappearance of two teenage girls. Can Lynley save the life of the second victim and pin a murder charge on his suspects?

#5 - Chinese Walls

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Season 5 - Episode 3

When aspiring lawyer Emily Proctor is found axed to death in Hyde Park, Lynley and Havers are drawn to the chambers of human rights lawyer Tony Wainwright and his clerk Hester Reed. Wainwright's passionate temper and a concealed affair with the victim seem to place him as the main suspect, but when Emily's double life is exposed, Lynley and Havers enter a world of internet porn and a family haunted by secrets.

#6 - In a Lonely Place (2)

Silent Witness - Season 17 - Episode 6

Nikki, Jack and DS Ross find themselves under pressure to urgently close the net on a serial killer abducting young women.

#7 - King’s Cross (2)

Silent Witness - Season 27 - Episode 10

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.

#8 - King’s Cross (1)

Silent Witness - Season 27 - Episode 9

The Lyell are called to King's Cross Station Museum, where they discover the bodies of eight victims entombed below. With the knowledge that a prolific serial killer was operating in London nearly 20 years ago, Nikki and the team know this will be a case like no other.

#9 - Homecoming (2)

Silent Witness - Season 28 - Episode 4

After another hammer attack, the Lyell team start uncovering connections to a conspiracy involving local government.

#10 - Southbay (2)

Silent Witness - Season 26 - Episode 10

As the evidence mounts against the accused police officer, the local CID finds dissent within their ranks. The Lyell team unveil corruption and deceit within the local jurisdiction, with deadly and wide-reaching consequences.

#11 - River's Edge (1)

Silent Witness - Season 19 - Episode 9

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.

#12 - The Suspect

Manhunt (2019) - Season 1 - Episode 3

Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton briefs the team in preparation for Bellfield’s arrest. But when they raid his home they can’t find him. Have they lost him? DS Griffiths persuades Bellfield’s frightened partner Laura Marsh to reveal that he is hiding up in the loft. DS Griffiths searches the loft, and finds Bellfield hiding under some fibreglass roof insulation. Finally they have Bellfield in custody.

#13 - Death Has No Dominion (1)

Silent Witness - Season 15 - Episode 1

When Leo's friend commits suicide, Harry and Nikki are called to the scene of a violent and calculated murder, which is thought to be the work of an apparently dormant serial killer.

#14 - Death Has No Dominion (2)

Silent Witness - Season 15 - Episode 2

Harry and DI James deviate from the original investigation to secretly test DNA evidence from the rival Chesham laboratory to try to solve this stalled case.

#15 - Homecoming (1)

Silent Witness - Season 28 - Episode 3

When a man is found bludgeoned by a hammer, the Lyell are drawn deep into a conspiracy involving local government.

#16 - History (2)

Silent Witness - Season 25 - Episode 2

DNA evidence linked to the Health Secretary’s assassination forces Nikki to face her past in the present. As her investigation progresses, Nikki realises that its consequences will affect her, and her profession, forever.

#17 - River's Edge (2)

Silent Witness - Season 19 - Episode 10

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

#18 - Death by a Thousand Hits (2)

Silent Witness - Season 27 - Episode 8

Nikki has a breakthrough and edges ever closer to the truth as they confront a key witness. Who can the team believe and, more importantly, who can they trust?

#19 - Tressed to Kill

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 12 - Episode 13

When a woman is found dead and her hair is done up '70s style complete with vintage clothes, the CSI team discovers clues that point to a killer with a hair fetish.

#20 - Sniper's Nest (2)

Silent Witness - Season 18 - Episode 2

As the sniper's threat widens, Nikki and Jack investigate links between the victims to close the net on the killer.

#21 - Second Life

Identity - Season 1 - Episode 1

Justin Curtis (John Hopkins) has shot a PC who wanted to arrest him for the hit and run of Audrey Byrne (Dorothy Duff). Curtis claims he has been set up by ‘Smith’, a sadistic identity thief intent on destroying his life. The Identity Unit prove that Curtis couldn’t have committed the crime. The team go back over all the cases of wholesale identity fraud over the last few years and two more similar cases emerge. Bloom (Aidan Gillen) is convinced that ‘Smith’ is punishing his victims for playing away from home. Bloom knows that Curtis has a secret life – as soon as Bloom persuades him to spill, he uncovers the real identity of ‘Smith’. Martha (Keeley Hawes) and Bloom have him in their sights – will they catch him or will he outwit them once more?

#22 - Southbay (1)

Silent Witness - Season 26 - Episode 9

Jack is sucked into a complex case where he’s pitted against his former mentor. The tight-knit group of police officers provide a difficult case where nothing is as it seems.

#23 - True Love Waits (2)

Silent Witness - Season 16 - Episode 6

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

#24 - Unleashed

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 11 - Episode 19

Langston and Sara turn to Lady Heather for help in tracking down the culprit responsible for injuring a woman before she was seemingly mauled to death by a mountain lion. Meanwhile, Nick and Dr. Robbins manage to rescue the unborn baby of a teenage girl who appears to have committed suicide

#25 - Episode 5

The Winter King - Season 1 - Episode 5

Derfel feels uncomfortable about the attack on the mine – which Owain is keeping a secret. Nimue is discovered by Merlin who helps heal her. Tristan arrives demanding retribution but Owain denies his guilt.

#26 - History (1)

Silent Witness - Season 25 - Episode 1

Sam Ryan recruits the Lyell team to investigate the assassination of the health secretary, but Nikki is unsure whether Sam knows more than she's letting on.

#27 - In a Lonely Place (1)

Silent Witness - Season 17 - Episode 5

Nikki and Jack head to Scotland to help an earnest rural detective investigate the murder of a lap dancer found in a remote forest.

#28 - Fugue States (1)

Waking the Dead - Season 4 - Episode 5

In 1990 - Jason and Cindy, two 5 year-old twins disappear from their home, and even after a nationwide search is launched, they are still not found. Thirteen years later, Jason is found in a hospital suffering from injuries he sustained in a car accident. But where's Cindy? Boyd and the team set out to find her. Mel Silver is trying to find her biological mother

#29 - Episode 4

The Winter King - Season 1 - Episode 4

A former warrior now turned monk, tells the story of how Arthur Pendragon became the lord of war.

#30 - Episode 3

Arthur & George - Season 1 - Episode 3

Determined to prove his critics wrong and find out whether George has been hiding anything, Arthur attacks the case with renewed fervour, uncovering fresh evidence that suggests a very different explanation to the one found by the police. However, he and Woodie are led into further danger when it seems the Wyrley Ripper is still at large. On a mission that could expose corruption in the establishment, will Arthur be able to show the world that the young solicitor is innocent?

#31 - Death by a Thousand Hits (1)

Silent Witness - Season 27 - Episode 7

The team investigate the death of a Burmese man on a deserted beach, whose young pregnant wife desperately hopes is still alive. Nikki and Jack piece together the perplexing crime scene and find it poses more questions than it answers.

#32 - Sniper's Nest (1)

Silent Witness - Season 18 - Episode 1

When three people are shot dead at a petrol station, Nikki and Jack strive to track down the sniper at large in London and stem a crisis.

#33 - Tim

Rillington Place - Season 1 - Episode 2

When newlyweds Tim and Beryl move into 10 Rillington Place, they are befriended by their older neighbours the Christies. As time passes and their relationship hits a rough patch, Mr Christie's interest and influence over the couple takes a much more sinister turn.

#34 - The Van

Manhunt (2019) - Season 1 - Episode 2

Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton and his team are trying to identify the white van they have discovered close to the crime scene at the time of the attack from an extensive trawl of CCTV images - but there are 25,000 possible vans that need to be checked and eliminated.

#35 - Undertone (1)

Silent Witness - Season 17 - Episode 7

The murder of a pregnant young woman found in a suitcase leaves Nikki, Jack and Thomas in a race against time to catch her killer.

#36 - Voids (1)

Silent Witness - Season 13 - Episode 3

Harry and Nikki try to remain professional when they find themselves on opposite sides of a high-profile case, but it's not easy as they're both brilliant at what they do, and they soon show that every piece of evidence can be interpreted at least two ways.

#37 - Cold Fusion (1)

Waking the Dead - Season 5 - Episode 11

As DNA evidence from an old case of Spencer's (while he was working for the Atomic Energy Constabulary) is re-examined it appears that the wrong man was sent to jail. Someone tries to coverup the new evidence, causing all eyes to turn to Spencer.

#38 - Harbinger (2)

Waking the Dead - Season 9 - Episode 2

Boyd is convinced that the missing Donald is not a murderer, and pushes his team to try to make sense of all the vague connections in the case and eventually confront the unfathomable evil lurking within the heart of this sad, unfortunate family.

#39 - Episode 1

Arthur & George - Season 1 - Episode 1

Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, recaptures his zest for life by pursuing and challenging a notorious miscarriage of justice...

#40 - The First Day

Manhunt (2019) - Season 1 - Episode 1

On 19th August 2004, French student Amelie Delagrange is found on Twickenham Green with fatal head injuries. Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton of the Metropolitan Police is appointed as Senior Investigating Officer, tasked with leading the investigation.

#41 - After the Fall (2)

Silent Witness - Season 19 - Episode 2

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

#42 - Cold Fusion (2)

Waking the Dead - Season 5 - Episode 12

#43 - Running on Empty (1)

Silent Witness - Season 7 - Episode 5

The body of a young pregnant sports agent is found in the grounds of her office building. Sam and her team uncover a tragic story of money and corruption.

#44 - Discovery (2)

Silent Witness - Season 20 - Episode 4

Having found a link between the two cases, the team struggles to make sense of it. Nikki visits a disgraced former colleague who may hold the key. Thomas uncovers the bizarre truth about how Tina died.

#45 - Harbinger (1)

Waking the Dead - Season 9 - Episode 1

Boyd has to break in a new team member of equal rank, Detective Superintendent Sarah Cavendish, a high-flyer recently grounded by a hushed-up failed operation.After the empty and abandoned car of banker Donald Rees is discovered threee years after he went missing, Boyd decides to take on the case in an effort help the man's family find some closure with their lives.

#46 - Episode 3

The Winter King - Season 1 - Episode 3

Arthur takes Gundleus prisoner, and Nimue begins to plan her revenge; Arthur learns that Gundleus' uncle Gorfydd is preparing for war.

#47 - After the Fall (1)

Silent Witness - Season 19 - Episode 1

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.

#48 - Episode 2

Arthur & George - Season 1 - Episode 2

Woodie suspects that George is after all the Wyrley Ripper, but Arthur is not convinced and annoys the police. Then the local blacksmith is found dead.

#49 - Ethel

Rillington Place - Season 1 - Episode 1

After a long separation, Ethel and her husband John Reginald Christie set up home in 10 Rillington Place, but Ethel soon wonders whether she has made the right decision. As war breaks out, the fractures in their relationship begin to reappear, with deceit, suspicion and violence never far below the veneer of married respectability.

#50 - Discovery (1)

Silent Witness - Season 20 - Episode 3

When a photogenic young schoolteacher goes missing, Jack and Nikki are called to the scene and quickly find themselves at the centre of a media storm. Meanwhile, Thomas fights a lone crusade for justice for a troubled young woman who was killed in puzzling circumstances.