Silent Witness: Series 20

TV-14
2017
Poster for Silent Witness: Series 20

Long-running British police procedural series based around a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.

Where to watch Silent Witness: Series 20

Silent Witness: Series 20 is available to stream in Australia... More now on Google TV and Foxtel and Binge and BritBox Australia.

Silent Witness: Series 20 episodes

Episode 20.1

Identity (1)

When a people smuggler is found dead in the City,... More Nikki must delve into London's illegal immigrant community. She meets a vulnerable Syrian teen called Akka who is in need of help, putting Nikki in a moral dilemma - and the killer is still on the loose.

Episode 20.2

Identity (2)

When Nikki, Jack and Thomas make a horrific discovery in... More the van, they are confronted with the work of a killer who preys on illegal immigrants. With the help of Clarissa, they must work out where the killer will strike next before more vulnerable people meet the same fate.

Episode 20.3

Discovery (1)

When a photogenic young schoolteacher goes missing, Jack and Nikki... More 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.

Episode 20.4

Discovery (2)

Having found a link between the two cases, the team... More 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.

EPISODE 20.5

Remembrance (1)

A woman's body found floating in the Thames leads Nikki... More and Jack to a community on the banks of the River Lee. Three years ago a teenager called Ruth Tresize went missing from the area, leaving the locals haunted by suspicion and grief. A fresh spate of killings reopens these old wounds.

EPISODE 20.6

Remembrance (2)

Nikki is under fire for leaking information on a suspect,... More and Thomas is called in to play peacemaker. Jack and DI Ashton track down the mystery witness. Before the killer strikes again, the team must uncover the true story of Ruth Tresize's disappearance three years earlier.

EPISODE 20.7

Covenant (1)

When an East End father and son are killed in... More a shocking road accident, Nikki and Jack find themselves working alongside a police officer with a vendetta. Clarissa summons her husband Max, a digital forensics expert, to help crack the case - and uncovers disturbing video evidence.

EPISODE 20.8

Covenant (2)

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

EPISODE 20.9

Awakening (1)

Nikki travels to Mexico to attend the funeral of Luisa,... More a former intern at the Lyell Centre who was murdered in a carjacking in her native country. She soon stumbles across the post-mortem report and realises that the body is not that of her ex-colleagues. Assisted by Dr Eva Vasquez and fired up with the idea that Luisa might still be alive, Nikki and Jack trace her last-known movements and are led to a farm where a cartel massacre was carried out.

EPISODE 20.10

Awakening (2)

A frantic Jack carries out forensic examinations on the spot... More where Nikki disappeared. With Thomas at the airport ready to come out and help, but still 24 hours away and no leads left to follow, Jack receives a text message containing a mysterious phone number. However when Jack calls through, expecting to hear from Nikki's captors, he is shocked at who answers the phone.

Silent Witness: Series 20 | Ratings & Reviews

Silent Witness: Series 20 | Details

Rating
TV-14,
Genre
Drama
Country of origin
UK