Silent Witness (Series 1) - 2-DVD Set ( Silent Witness - Series One )

Silent Witness (Series 1) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Silent Witness - Series One
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
360 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Harry Hook

Written By:
Kevin Hood

Actors:
Amanda Burton ..... Sam Ryan
John McGlynn ..... Tom Adams
Clare Higgins ..... D.S. Farmer
Lesley Dunlop ..... Marion Wallace
Kelly Hunter ..... Ronnie Crew
William Armstrong ..... Trevor Stewart
Barney Craig ..... Gary Phillips
Ruth Gemmell ..... Kerry Cox
Janice Acquah ..... Marcia Evans
Ruth McCabe ..... Wyn Ryan
Matthew Steer ..... Ricky Ryan
Doreen Hepburn ..... Beryl Ryan
Charon Bourke ..... Prisoner 2
Jelena Budimir ..... Prisoner 1
Tom Chadbon ..... P.C. Coleman
Rebecca Craig ..... Jenny Stewart
Peter Geddis ..... Ken
Renata Heinen ..... Waitress
Carl Hillsden ..... Michael Wallace
Pat Keen ..... Mrs. Phillips
Alec Linstead ..... Professor Jenkins
Roger Llewellyn ..... Priest
Sophie Manning ..... Sarah Crew
Oliver Montgomery ..... Solicitor
Sam Parks ..... Fred Dale
Adam Ratcliffe ..... Dean Crew
Maryann Turner ..... Jean
Milo Twomey ..... P.C. North
John Westwood ..... Forensic officer
Peter Whitbread ..... Coroner

Synopsis:

Silent Witness is an acclaimed BBC thriller series, focusing on a team of forensic experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the twelfth series was broadcast from 1 October - 6 November 2008. The series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective in Nottingham. He later went on to create the hit series New Tricks with Roy Mitchell. The series was based on Prof. Helen Witwell, a forensic pathologist based in Sheffield, whom McCrery had known while serving as a police officer.
Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Buried Lies: Part 1
Season 1, Episode 2: Buried Lies: Part 2
Season 1, Episode 3: Long Days, Short Nights: Part 1
Season 1, Episode 4: Long Days, Short Nights: Part 2
Season 1, Episode 5: Darkness Visible: Part 1
Season 1, Episode 6: Darkness Visible: Part 2
Season 1, Episode 7: Sins of the Fathers: Part 1
Season 1, Episode 8: Sins of the Fathers: Part 2

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Buried Lies: Part 1
Original Air Date-21 February 1996
Forensic pathologist Dr. Sam Ryan returns to Cambridge to take up a teaching assignment and to work for the police as required. In her first case, she has to deal with the death of a six year old girl find floating in a nearby river. The autopsy reveals that the child has suffered previous abuse, including cigarette burns and several broken ribs. Sam receives information from a prison inmate that implicates someone in a previous death and Sam suggests a radical step. In her personal life, Sam has to deal with her elderly mother who is showing signs of dementia and her sister Wyn with whom she has a strained relationship.

Season 1, Episode 2: Buried Lies: Part 2
Original Air Date-22 February 1996
With the exhumation of a child that had died from abuse some years earlier, Sam is able to demonstrate that there are similarities between the deaths of the two children. There is also only one individual with a connection to both cases. When Sam's house is broken into, her personal safety is a risk but she pursue the case with her usual zeal.

Season 1, Episode 3: Long Days, Short Nights: Part 1
Original Air Date-28 February 1996
When Mark James' decomposing body is found in an abandoned building, there is every indication that he was part of some occult ritual. An upside down cross was carved on his chest, his wrists were bound with ivy and he was strangled. All evidence points to his friend Sebastian Bird, a rich idler who allowed James to live in his house but who had also developed a expert knowledge of the occult before being sent down from Cambridge for having had an affair with a professor's wife. Sam Ryan's testy relationship with the police continues as she is having difficulty establishing a forensic link in the case and also for publicly criticizing the well-liked Police Surgeon, Dr. Richard Owen, for attending the crime scene without the proper protective clothing. Sam also has to deal with her rebellious nephew Ricky, who is constantly fighting with his mother and announces that he has left home to move in with her.

Season 1, Episode 4: Long Days, Short Nights: Part 2
Original Air Date-28 February 1996
Sam continues her investigation into Mark James' murder. When another of Sebatian Bird's one-time friends is killed the police are ever more convinced of his guilt and grow increasingly frustrated at Sam's inability to provide them the evidence that they are sure is there. The solution lies in an old case and someone's desperate need for revenge.

Season 1, Episode 5: Darkness Visible: Part 1
Original Air Date-13 March 1996
Sam investigates the death of a gay man while in police custody. He had been arrested while drunk and was sharing a cell with another drunk, in for the night. The victim died from a blow to the head and was badly beaten post-mortem. DS Farmer is concerned that the assault may have been the work of some of her officers. Sam also meets up with Liam Slattery an old friend she has not seen for 20 years. Sam's sister however is convinced Liam was responsible for the death of their father years before.

Season 1, Episode 6: Darkness Visible: Part 2
Original Air Date-14 March 1996
Sam continues her investigation in the prisoner's death and believes the police are covering up. When a police constable whose wife reported was cracking up is found dead, the investigating officers themselves believe something is amiss. Sam continues to be harassed by someone unknown and has to call in the bomb squad when she receives a mysterious parcel and subsequently someone tries to run her off the road. Liam and Sam renew their relationship but she is faced with a difficult choice.

Season 1, Episode 7: Sins of the Fathers: Part 1
Original Air Date-27 March 1996
One of Sam Ryan's students has a problem and seeks some personal advice. She and her family immigrated from Vietnam during the boat people exodus and her father wants her to enter a marriage he's arranged for her. She's worried that her husband to be will realize she is not a virgin and Sam counsels her that honesty is always the best policy, but in this case it drives the prospective groom to violence. When the family's restaurant is burned out, the police find a badly burned body. On the home front, Sam continues to bicker with her sister Wyn about whether their mother should be placed in a home and the bitterness over their father's death continues to divide them.

Season 1, Episode 8: Sins of the Fathers: Part 2
Original Air Date-3 April 1996
DI Adams and DC Cox's personal relationship is now affecting their work, leading Cox to request a transfer. With the burned body now identified through dental records, the police have a suspect. However, he suffers from post traumatic stress disorder and the police are concerned that he may lash out. When the police do finally locate him, a member of the team is killed.

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