'Silent Witness' Season 28's Trailer Confirms It Wasn't an Accident
Maggie Steed as Harriet Maven, David Caves as Jack Hodgson, Emilia Fox as Dr Nikki Alexander, and Francesca Mills as Kit Brooks in 'Silent Witness' Season 28
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As it has since 1996, Silent Witness will return to the BBC along with the brand new year. (Though the series has shifted around the calendar over the three decades since it launched, it tends to favor debuts in January/February, with the bulk of the seasons debuting in the first three months of their respective year.) The current record holder in the U.K. for the longest-running non-soap opera drama series, Silent Witness Season 28 promises not only to smash its own record but will finally find its leads engaged to be married.
Despite showing no signs of slowing down, Silent Witness struggled in its first decade on the air, with constant cast turnover, most notably between Seasons 7-14, the period when original lead Amanda Burton exited the series, and the remaining ensemble tried to figure out who could anchor the series, finally settling on characters Dr. Nikki Alexander and Dr. Jack Hodgson, whose on-screen chemistry turned the series into a 21st-century version of Moonlighting.
However, after going 13 seasons on the strength of the will-they-or-won't-they, Silent Witness finally stopped flirting with commitment, ending with a marriage proposal and turning the series into one centered on the engaged couple. Season 28 (and the already greenlit Season 29) will, therefore, bring new changes to the series, with the new season focusing on a "theme of love."
Here's the Season 28 synopsis for the series' first two cases:
The new series opens with a disturbing mystery, when the death of an elderly woman found in a cave has the team asking what drives a person to murder someone so vulnerable, and two new faces join the investigation. Then, when a man is found bludgeoned by a hammer, the Lyell is drawn deep into a conspiracy involving local government.
As they have since Season 14, Emilia Fox (Signora Volpe) stars as Dr. Nikki Alexander, and David Caves (Jackie) as Dr. Jack Hodgson. Season 28 once again turns over the cast around them, with the new team adding two new regulars, making the series an ensemble of four: Maggie Steed (Rivals), who will play the new Head of The Lyell Centre, Harriet Maven and Francesca Mills (The Witcher: Blood Origin), who plays Crime Analyst Kit Brooks, a previous co-worker of Jack's.
Timothy Prager and Ed Whitmore are the primary writers for Season 28. Tracey Rooney and Toby Frow are returning directors, and Seán Gleeson will produce. Fox executive produces with Suzi McIntosh for BBC Studios and Nawfal Faizullah for the BBC.
Silent Witness Season 28 will debut on the BBC On Monday, January 6, 2025. The series will cross the pond to BritBox later in 2025.
