The gripping forensic pathology drama Silent Witness returns to screens with a bang, beginning the 11th series with an explosive, two-part episode about an RAF helicopter crash.
Dr Harry Cunningham and Dr Nikki Alexander spend a rare day off visiting an air show in which an old school friend of Harry’s is flying. After a fun day together, they’re driving to dinner when they see a low-flying military helicopter crash into a building. They rush to the scene and find carnage: the building had been a crowded detention centre for failed asylum seekers, and chaos reigns.
Harry rushes to the pilot’s side, but finds himself in more than a spot of trouble when the Ministry of Defence suddenly arrives to take charge.
Elsewhere, Professor Leo Dalton, who has spent the day fighting to defend his department from colleagues in the private sector, receives a call from Harry who asks him to turn on the television, and then get to the scene as quickly as possible.
When it looks as though the MoD is preparing to brush the incident under the carpet with a swift verdict of pilot error, Harry determines to uncover what really happened and embarks on an investigation of his own – but, with such a personal connection, will he really be able to retain his professional objectivity?
Meanwhile, Nikki starts work on identifying the victim at the centre of the crash, and wonders who the girl is who fled the site on the night of the accident – and whether she knows her own identity.
Dr Harry Cunningham is played by Tom Ward, Dr Nikki Alexander by Emilia Fox and Professor Leo Dalton by William Gaminara. They’re joined by Ian Dunn as Dr Robert Murray, Julian Clover as Henry Markham and Kate Colgrove Pope as Vasha.
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