The team flies out to Zambia to investigate the death of a young doctor, Rachel Harrington, who disappeared two weeks earlier, in the last two-part drama in the series.

Rachel’s father, Stephen, works in Zambia with Peter, a childhood friend of Nikki’s from South Africa. A medic volunteering at the St Agatha’s Mission, Rachel had been causing some commotion about sick villagers dying and corrupt government officials being part of a cover-up. Stephen doesn’t trust the police or the government to get to the truth.

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Harry is called to a piece of wasteland where the body of a Hasidic man has been found, as the medical crime drama continues. Noach Maraowski, a Rabbi from the Hasidic community, confirms that it’s his nephew, Yitshok.

Wanting to treat the closed, deeply sensitive community with care and respect, Leo suggests that they respect their wishes and perform a “dry” post mortem – using scans and an external examination rather than opening up the body. Harry reluctantly agrees. The post mortem reveals boot marks covering Yitshok’s body; he was clearly the victim of a vicious attack.

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Rhys is desperately trying to save his career, in the final episode of the medical crime-drama. He’s convinced he’s been made a scapegoat to cover the mistake made by the Counter Terrorism branch.

Nikki speaks to Isra again as she’s a key eyewitness. She’s staying with her solicitor, Hasan, since neither parent is allowed to enter the country. Nikki and Isra form a bond – they are both searching for the truth. When Isra’s brother suddenly dies in hospital, Nikki breaks the news to her. Accusations fly and paranoia is heightened. Was his sudden death the work of the police, a grotesque attempt to stop the truth from coming out?

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When armed police raid a terraced house in North London, two suspected terrorists are killed, along with a police officer, in the last two-part story in this series of the medical crime-drama. The main suspect, Melik, is left clinging to life in hospital, while his younger sister, Isra, is detained for questioning.

Nikki is first to arrive on the scene. Tranfield, from counter terrorism, commends his teams. Their actions have stopped a catastrophic terrorist attack on London.

Outside the house, Nikki meets Isra. She’s distressed. She talks of the brutality and recounts how they all had their hands in the air. She says her brother is a lapsed Muslim, not a terrorist, but Nikki takes it all with a pinch of salt.

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Harry befriends eager medical student Holly Farr after giving a lecture to a group of trainees and involves her in his latest case, the post-mortem of a woman whose body was found at the side of a road with the face expertly removed. Nikki tries to reconstruct the victim’s features to help identify her, but Holly immediately recognises her as Fran Price – a former TV presenter and journalist who had fallen on hard times. Concludes tomorrow

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Errol’s death has hit AJ hard, in the second and concluding part of the opening story of a new series of the medical crime drama Silent Witness. When Levi stops coming to the youth centre, AJ despairs that he or anyone can ever actually make a difference to the kids’ lives. Leo doesn’t want him to give up hope. He talks to Levi and tries to encourage him to tell the police what he knows about the murders. But Levi is too scared to “squeal” on Keenan. Instead, he’s pushed forward to kill a member of the Somali crew and retrieve Keenan’s drugs. Levi is unable to carry through the stabbing and runs away – leaving Keenan and his cohort to finish the job. Read more & comment »

Leo is stopped for drink driving and finds himself doing community service in a rough part of South London, in the opening story of the 12th series of the medical crime-drama. He has to answer to a tough-talking community worker, AJ, who’s not pleased that he’s been assigned a “drunk whitey”. The kids laugh at Leo behind his back, trying to intimidate him. It is an unsettling experience and he keeps his mouth shut. Read more & comment »