Silent Witness: #27 – S04E03 – A Kind of Justice – #1/2 – Amanda Burton,

This Episode

Brian McNally is a one-time criminal with a major problem. The day after he is badly beaten by gangster Mike Georghiou, McNally finds Georghiou’s strangled body at his business. He’s convinced that Mike’s brother Tony, also a gangster known for his violent streak, will come after him so he gets Sam to prove that he could not have been the killer. When McNally’s body is found at the foot of a building, a supposed suicide, Sam feels she has somehow contributed to his death. What she does not realize is she is not only going up against organized crime, but coppers who’ve acted as judge, jury and executioner.

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The Show

Silent Witness is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective based in Nottingham. Twenty-five series of Silent Witness have been broadcast since 1996.^[1]

Amanda Burton starred as primary character Dr. Sam Ryan before leaving the show during the eighth series. Since her departure the series has featured an ensemble cast, which initially consisted of William Gaminara, Tom Ward and Emilia Fox, and later on David Caves, Liz Carr and Richard Lintern alongside Emilia Fox. At the end of series 23 Carr and Lintern both departed. The cast was joined by Genesis Lynea from series 24.