'Code of Silence' Quietly Drops ITV Premiere Date

BritBox and ITV have released a selection of first-look images from the first season of the new crime thriller Code of Silence. First announced in mid-2024, the groundbreaking series may sound like a middle-of-the-road spy caper, but the "Silence" in the title refers not to secrecy but to actual silence. The lead character is a Deaf woman who finds herself solving crimes professionally due to her lip-reading abilities and partly due to her particular ability to get people to talk to her.

It is the second mystery series to feature characters from various disabled and neurodiverse communities after Patience, the remake of Astrid (Astrid & Raphaelle), which debuted in the U.K. in early 2025 and is expected to debut as part of PBS' "Summer of Mysteries" sometime in the next six months. Code of Silence has now set a release date in the U.K., with BritBox clarifying the show will follow in the States after its run is completed overseas.

The story was written by Baptiste's Catherine Moulton and is drawn from her own experiences as someone in the hard-of-hearing community and with lip reading. The series' lead character is "smart and determined" Alison Brooks, who much like Patience, works in the police station, but in a job that reflects what society assumes her ability level is due to her disability, not what her skills actually reflect.