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Silent Witness (1996), Season 29 is a BBC crime drama you can watch online on iFILM — ten episodes that send Dr Nikki Alexander and Jack Hudson into a new city with the Bowman team.
The season runs as five two-part cases. A hitman confesses to a murder that someone else is already serving time for, and the pathologists have to cut through the lie. An elderly man turns up with a screwdriver through his eye socket, pulling the team into the failures of the mental health system, past and present. A racially charged killing spreads across social media, Jack cracks under the weight of local gun deaths, and the final case — the death of a British-Chinese activist — drags Nikki into real danger.
On air since 1996, the show still trusts the evidence over melodrama. This run leans harder into Britain's social fault lines than most. Watch Silent Witness Season 29 online on iFILM.
10 episodes
S29·E1The Disappearance of Alice Hill (1)
Nikki and Jack hunt a suspected hitman across Birmingham, who later claims responsibility for a murder that gripped the nation, for which someone else is serving jail time
S29·E2The Disappearance of Alice Hill (2)
Nikki, Jack and the Bowman team are suspicious of a hitman’s murder confession. They must navigate the twists and turns of a complex investigation to uncover the unsettling truth.
S29·E3Creekwood (1)
When an elderly man is found dead with a screwdriver impaled through his eye socket, the Bowman team find themselves navigating the mental health system of both the past and the present.
S29·E4Creekwood (2)
The Bowman’s investigation takes a surprising turn as they explore the trials of a homeless community and the mystery of a mental health hospital, both past and present.
S29·E5The Enemy Within (1)
Nikki, Jack and the team must navigate divisions in their new city in order to solve a racially motivated murder, but not everything is as it seems.
S29·E6The Enemy Within (2)
As social media inflames tensions in the community, finding out the truth of who killed Alex Nelson becomes even more vital.
S29·E7Grace of God (1)
As Jack feels the weight of local gun-related deaths on his shoulders, he takes it out on a punter in a bar fight and must decide whether to involve Nikki and the Bowman team.
S29·E8Grace of God (2)
Nikki and the rest of the Bowman team must race against the clock to prove Jack innocent before they are also found guilty of their own transgressions.
S29·E9Shame (1)
Nikki, Jack, Harriet and Kit investigate the apparent suicide of a British-Chinese activist and must navigate complex international tensions.
S29·E10Shame (2)
After the case takes an unexpected turn, the death of a second victim brings the team closer to uncovering the truth, and Nikki finds herself in danger.
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