Although he only joined the cast a few years back, Caves is now one of the second longest-serving stars, and with the way he moulded the character of Jack, it’s not hard to see why he was a hit with viewers. Then we move onto the lovely Jack Hodgson played by the equally lovely David Caves who makes me very happy every week, and is probably the other reason why I eagerly anticipate the show’s return each year, although I’m sure you won’t be able to fathom out why this may be – other female viewers may especially struggle *winks*. Once more, Fox proved to us all why fans have never once bored of the terrific performances she always turns out for us as the brilliant woman whose only goal is to seek justice for those who can’t seek it for themselves – something that is crystal clear in her weekly outings as Nikki. She came out of it alive and kicking though and managed to stay out of trouble until the final episode of the year’s run when she nearly got herself killed. In the first story of the series, Nikki’s future was looking pretty bleak when she got arrested for murder, and then upon her release, a hitman paid a visit to her flat. The longest returning cast member, Emilia Fox, reminded us all why Nikki Alexander is everyone’s favourite pathologist again this time round. “Somehow the new guy in the lab happens to discover a dead body at a festival packed with 1000s of people.So, this year, all the main characters returned. They say the show has become so farcical that it's become great entertainment.Įmilia Fox and David Caves may still be two of the leading lights as they play Dr Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson – now a romantic couple – but they have been joined by a new anatomical pathology trainee Velvy Schur (played by Alastair Michael), pathologist Gabriel Folukoya (played by Aki Omoshaybi) and Cara Connelly, Jack’s deaf niece, with Rhiannon May returning following her guest role in the previous two episodes.Īnd while some favourite characters have now long gone, like Sam Ryan, Leo Dalton, Thomas Chamberlain, Harry Cunningham and Clarissa Mullery, audience figures have still been pretty good over the years, but is there a sea change coming? The best run was arguably between series 18 and 23, where between eight and just over nine million people were watching, but that dropped to 7.3 million by series 24, while last year’s brought a lowest ever tally of 6.33 million.Īnd if comments on social media are anything to go by, then Silent Witness could struggle to match last year’s average viewership, with this tweet by UniversalRevolution 2.0 summing up a lot of the ill feeling currently doing the rounds: “What has happened to #SilentWitness? The Storylines are unengaging and the Script is actually laughable. However this week's episode saw some viewers fall back in love with the show - and hail it as 'the Alan Partridge of TV crime shows'. But fans of the forensic crime have not been happy in recent weeks - criticising it for becoming "ridiculous" and "completely incomprehensible". Once one of the great bastions of the British televison, it recently returned to television screens for a 26th series. It would appear viewers are now loving BBC One's Silent Witness for all the wrong reasons.
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