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Silk•Season 3•Episode 3

Heavy Metal

8.0/10 · 114 votesMar 10, 201460 min

Ranked #1 of 6 in Season 3•+0.3 vs season avg

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Costello is engaged by euthanasia campaigner and solicitor Aisha Wiseman to defend Sarah Stephens, accused of helping her tetraplegic daughter to die. Reader is prosecuting and brings in Sarah's ex-husband and their teensge son as witnesses. Whilst two expert witnesses appear to endorse this and

Directed byMichael Keillor

Written byColin Teevan

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Seasons3

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Season 3 Episodes6

The Goodbye Kid

Big Fish, Small Pond

Heavy Metal

Mother Country

The Real McCoy (1)

The Real McCoy (2)

Cast9

Maxine Peake

Martha Costello QC

Rupert Penry-Jones

Clive Reader QC

Neil Stuke

Billy Lamb

Theo Barklem-Biggs

Jake Milner

John Macmillan

John Bright

Alex Jennings

Alan Cowdrey QC

Frances Barber

Caroline Warwick QC

Amy Wren

Bethany Brassington

Miranda Raison

Harriet Hammond

Crew3

Donald E G Bentley

Floor Runner

Colin Teevan

Writer

Michael Keillor

Director

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Episode Summary

"Heavy Metal" is episode 3 of Silk season 3. It scored 8.0/10 from 114 votes, ranking #1 of 6 episodes this season (season average 7.7). Directed by Michael Keillor and written by Colin Teevan, it aired on March 10, 2014.

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