The Worst Episodes of Silent Witness
Every episode of Silent Witness ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Silent Witness!
Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Silent Witness" is "The Penitent (2)", rated 5.3/10 from 346 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Penitent (2)" aired on 1/3/2023 and is rated 0.5 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "And Then I Fell in Love (2)".
5.3/10 346 votes#1 - The Penitent (2)
Season 26 Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/2023
Nikki becomes even more involved with the Ndrangheta mafia-group and Jack uncovers some disturbing leads. An unlikely alliance leads Nikki closer to the truth, but not without some collateral damage.
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5.8/10 227 votes#2 - And Then I Fell in Love (2)
Season 15 Episode 12 - Aired 8/20/2012
Harry and Nikki make a crucial connection between the dead girls and sex-grooming victim Shannon, but is it too late for Hannah and Lauren?
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5.9/10 230 votes#3 - Star (2)
Season 26 Episode 6 - Aired 1/18/2023
The investigation continues to take unexpected turns, with Nikki managing to get behind the mask of the lead suspect. Jack has a breakthrough at the festival site and Nikki takes a dangerous opportunity. A surprise event at the Lyell brings some hope.
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6.0/10 352 votes#4 - The Penitent (1)
Season 26 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2023
When a man plummets from a high-rise building, the Lyell team cross paths with the NCA and a notorious mafia group, pushing Nikki to make a tough decision.
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6.1/10 233 votes#5 - And Then I Fell in Love (1)
Season 15 Episode 11 - Aired 8/19/2012
Nikki stumbles across a sinister underworld where teenage girls are groomed for sex and forced into prostitution.
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6.1/10 232 votes#6 - Familiar Faces (2)
Season 26 Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/2023
The Lyell team work together to find out why the lorry was found with bodies inside and a dead driver at the wheel, and are truly shocked to discover where it leads them. Gabriel becomes emotionally invested and is presented with an ethical dilemma, and Jack gets a surprise visit.
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6.1/10 198 votes#7 - Hearts of Darkness (2)
Season 26 Episode 8 - Aired 1/24/2023
The Lyell team return to the tunnel and uncover some difficult truths, while the police raid the protester camp, desperate for answers. Family ties are pushed to their limits.
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6.2/10 245 votes#8 - Star (1)
Season 26 Episode 5 - Aired 1/16/2023
The Lyell team are thrown into the dark side of social media, where nothing is as it seems, and the perfect profiles of the influencers they are investigating raise disturbing questions. As a heavily pregnant DI asks the team for their expertise, are they running out of time to solve this case?
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6.3/10 275 votes#9 - Matters of Life and Death (2)
Season 24 Episode 10 - Aired 10/5/2021
Stranded in the flooded care home, Jack and Simone fight to keep the residents alive - but Nikki discovers that they may be trapped inside with the killer.
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6.3/10 248 votes#10 - Familiar Faces (1)
Season 26 Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2023
A lorry is found with people locked inside, some dead. With the survivors refusing to speak, Nikki and the team must use their pathological and forensic skills to identify them.
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6.5/10 206 votes#11 - Hearts of Darkness (1)
Season 26 Episode 7 - Aired 1/23/2023
Levelling-up leaders and environmental activists clash in a small town trying to look to the future. With a sabotaged train and a dead mayor, the activists become suspects.
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6.6/10 278 votes#12 - Matters of Life and Death (1)
Season 24 Episode 9 - Aired 10/4/2021
Nikki’s students make an alarming discovery while dissecting a body donated for their training. Jack and Simone try to save care home residents from a flood.
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6.7/10 169 votes#13 - Home (1)
Season 13 Episode 9 - Aired 2/4/2010
When a Zimbabwean asylum seeker is unfairly deported to South Africa, Leo needs to find a way to help her return to the UK.
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6.7/10 158 votes#14 - Home (2)
Season 13 Episode 10 - Aired 2/5/2010
Nikki is forced to make some hard choices when she discovers that Anton has been less than honest with her.
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6.7/10 226 votes#15 - Brother's Keeper (2)
Season 24 Episode 8 - Aired 9/28/2021
Jack, Nikki and Simone investigate another death connected to the underground boxing ring. Jack's loyalty is tested when he fears Ryan has put Cara in danger.
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6.8/10 169 votes#16 - Schism (2)
Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 8/14/2006
With Nikki missing, Harry works against the clock to find out who is responsible for the murders and finds himself in a cover-up.
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6.8/10 184 votes#17 - Suffer the Children (1)
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 9/3/2007
When the mutilated body of a young boy is pulled from the river, Leo is determined to give him an identity and to bring his killers to justice.
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6.8/10 169 votes#18 - Suffer the Children (2)
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 9/4/2007
Leo refuses to back down in his search for the killers of the young boy, despite threats and increasing racial tension.
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6.8/10 217 votes#19 - Greater Love (1)
Season 16 Episode 9 - Aired 2/7/2013
Human remains found on an Afghan water supply project send Leo, Nikki and Jack to the war-torn region to establish if it is a missing British soldier.
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6.8/10 245 votes#20 - Brother's Keeper (1)
Season 24 Episode 7 - Aired 9/27/2021
The murder of a promising boxer draws Nikki and Jack into the world of underground boxing. Meanwhile, Jack's brother Ryan is released from prison.
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6.9/10 234 votes#21 - Seven Times (2)
Season 23 Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/2020
When the team's search for Jenny's killer hits a wall, her friends at the women's refuge seek answers. Meanwhile, Thomas makes some friends in high places.
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6.9/10 225 votes#22 - History (3)
Season 25 Episode 3 - Aired 5/30/2022
When a woman confesses to murdering her husband, the Lyell team must determine if all is as it seems. Meanwhile, Simone is shocked to be reunited with a detective from her childhood and struggles to untangle her past.
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7.0/10 185 votes#23 - Schism (1)
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 8/13/2006
Harry and Nikki are drawn into a war between a medical research establishment and a group determined to take direct action.
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7.1/10 169 votes#24 - Brothers in Arms (1)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/23/1998
The death of a farmer involving a combine harvester seems like an accident - until Sam receives an anonymous tip-off.
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7.1/10 174 votes#25 - Finding Rachel (1)
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 11/5/2008
The team is asked to investigate the death of a British medical student in Zambia.
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