Tag: Silent Witness

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 28/02/2026

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 1st March 2026)

A cohort of junior doctors, including Timothy Turner, join the midwives on their district rounds, while Violet turns her hand to midwifery.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 2nd March 2026)

Shame (Part 1/2). Series 29, episode 9. Nikki, Jack, Harriet and Kit must navigate complex international tensions as they investigate the apparent suicide of a British-Chinese pro-democracy activist. Nikki uncovers evidence the woman was already dead before she supposedly drowned herself, and that she may have had a price on her head set by the Hong Kong government, who viewed her as a threat to national security.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 3rd March 2026)

Shame (Part 2/2). Series 29, episode 10. Mei Li reveals her life is at risk because she is a pro-democracy protester who organised a demonstration to free a political prisoner. Kit finds the arrest warrant for Mei Li, which states there is a bounty of $1 million for her capture, leading the team to wonder if they are looking at state-sponsored murder. However, the case takes an unexpected turn with the death of a second victim, while Burns reveals the identity of the dead woman originally thought to have been Mei Li. But as Nikki follows up further evidence, she soon finds herself in danger.

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UK TV programmes to watch this week : 21/02/2026

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 23rd February 2026)

Grace of God (Part 1). Series 29, episode 7. Part one of two. Jack vents the rage he feels over the violence he encounters at work by getting into a drunken bar brawl. He faces a dilemma when the man he was fighting later turns up dead. He must decide whether to involve Nikki and the Bowman team, as he struggles to remember if he killed the man.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 24th February 2026)

Grace of God (Part 2). Series 29, episode 8. Part two of two. Jack awakes in prison and quickly realises one of his fellow inmates is Marcus Retford, against whom he gave evidence in a case. Realising he is in danger, he asks a guard if he can be moved for his own safety. At the Bowman Centre, the team are desperate to prove their colleague’s innocence and work on the identity of the mystery body. But with Retford and his sidekick making it clear that Jack is in their sights, Nikki and the team don’t have much time to spare.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 27th February 2026) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

A cast member is poisoned during a performance of The Tempest after drinking from a bottle of red wine with a lethal quantity of cyanide in, but the team are left confused as to how two other actors drank from the same bottle and emerged unscathed. Mervin is informed that his half-brother Solomon is set to inherit everything from their deceased mother and he won’t answer any calls.

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UK TV programmes to watch this week : 14/02/2026

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 15th February 2026)

The Nonnatus team help a young father come to terms with a life-threatening diagnosis and Trixie uncovers a mystery illness in a female wrestler.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 16th February 2026) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

A reclusive pensioner is shot dead in his home, and a figure matching the description of an unassuming accountant was witnessed fleeing the crime scene. However, the suspect has a rock-solid alibi. Meanwhile, the commissioner is determined to get the islanders back on side with a community-focused initiative, but tensions rise when Mervin goes rogue during the launch event.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 17th February 2026)

The Enemy Within (Part 1/2). Series 29, episode 3. The forensic crime team looks into a fatal stabbing that appears to have been racially motivated – but as the investigation unfolds, and the team slowly uncovers evidence pointing to a likely suspect, racial tension rises all across the city. At the same time, Jack’s gym buddies turn out to be not the men he thought they were, while Kit begins to have doubts about her relationship with Magath.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 18th February 2026)

The Enemy Within (Part 2/2). Series 29, episode 4. The forensics team find flaws in the evidence against the prime suspect, leaving DI Ahmed furious that she is unable to charge anyone and appease the continuing anger and violence in the community. Jack meets up with his new ‘friends’ in the pub and is asked whether he can be trusted to share and uphold their patriotic values, while Kit discovers the true identity of Alex Nelson. There soon follows another attack, and for one member of the police team, it’s personal.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 20th February 2026) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

The team investigate when an elderly parishioner from Seb’s church is killed by a large cross in what seems like a tragic accident, but Mervin suspects foul play. Seb struggles to keep his emotions out of a highly personal case and Mervin redoubles his efforts to settle into life on the island.

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UK TV programmes to watch this week : 07/02/2026

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 8th February 2026)

A woman buys food for a family celebration from Violet, but that night, everyone in attendance is struck mysteriously ill. Fred oversees plumbers wrestling with decayed lead pipes in Cyril’s flat, an expectant mother wants a home birth to link her own and her husband’s traditions. Timothy passes his medical exams but is undecided about becoming a GP or a surgeon.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 9th February 2026)

The Enemy Within (Part 1). Series 29, episode 3. Part one of two. The forensic crime team looks into a fatal stabbing that appears to have been racially motivated – but as the investigation unfolds, and the team slowly uncovers evidence pointing to a likely suspect, racial tension rises all across the city. At the same time, Jack’s gym buddies turn out to be not the men he thought they were, while Kit begins to have doubts about her relationship with Magath. Crime drama, starring Emilia Fox, David Caves, Maggie Steed and Francesca Mills.

Guy Martin’s House Without Bills (Channel 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 9th February 2026)

The engineer investigates how to keep homes cheaper to heat, working on a project to turn a typical 1930s semi into one of the most energy-efficient homes in Britain. Guy helps to fit the best insulation, draught-proofing and ventilation, as he explores the science behind the much-discussed heat pump and learns lessons that will help every household reduce costs.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 10th February 2026)

The Enemy Within (Part 2). Series 29, episode 4. Part two of two. The forensics team find flaws in the evidence against the prime suspect, leaving DI Ahmed furious that she is unable to charge anyone and appease the continuing anger and violence in the community. Jack meets up with his new ‘friends’ in the pub and is asked whether he can be trusted to share and uphold their patriotic values, while Kit discovers the true identity of Alex Nelson. There soon follows another attack, and for one member of the police team, it’s personal. Crime drama, starring Emilia Fox, David Caves, Maggie Steed and Francesca Mills.

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UK TV programmes to watch this week : 31/01/2026

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 1st February 2026)

Sister Catherine is distraught when a newborn baby is snatched from the maternity home, and the Turners grow increasingly concerned for Christopher’s well-being.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 2nd February 2026) ** NEW SERIES **

The Disappearance of Alice Hill (Part 1). Series 29, episode 1. The forensic crime team return with five two-part stories that see Nikki, Jack and Harriet working out of a new base in Birmingham. Nikki and Jack hunt a suspected hitman, who later claims responsibility for a murder that gripped the nation, and which someone else is in prison for. Crime drama, starring Emilia Fox, David Caves, Maggie Steed and Francesca Mills.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 3rd February 2026)

The Disappearance of Alice Hill (Part 2). Series 29, episode 2. Part two of two. Nikki and Jack are called to the sergeant’s body and consider the apparent suicide as DI Ferris arrives – but not in an official capacity. Jason tries to reconcile with Alice’s family, but to no avail, prompting him to ask Nikki if she is open to talk. Giving her growing suspicion, will she agree to meet him? Crime drama, starring Emilia Fox, David Caves and Dino Fetscher.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 6th February 2026) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

An exclusive couples retreat turns deadly when the therapist is drowned at sea during her evening swim. When fingermarks are found on the victim’s neck, Mervin confirms foul play was involved and suspicion soon shifts to her clients – two couples who have paid a small fortune to mend their fractured marriages. However, all four appear to have reliable alibis. Meanwhile, Mervin is determined to track down his brother, along with the possessions Solomon stole from him. Gary Wilmot guest stars, with Don Gilet and Don Warrington.

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UK TV programmes to watch this week : 01/02/2025

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC 1/HD | 6:50pm to 7:50pm | Saturday 1st February 2025)

The comedian presents a night of family entertainment from London’s prestigious Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Miranda Hart plays new game Remember Me, darts superstar Luke Littler helps Michael pull off a surprise on a deserving member of the public, and M People’s Heather Small gets stuck in a lift in the Unexpected Star. With music by Calum Scott.

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 2nd February 2025)

A solo delivery puts Sister Julienne’s skills to the upmost test, and she must find the strength to help the mother through a traumatic birth whilst overcoming her own personal crisis. The Nonnatus team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung, and Violet decides to create the Poplar Commonwealth Games in an official, safe capacity and enlists the help of Cyril, who has returned from Jamaica.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 3rd February 2025)

I Believe in Love (Part 1). Series 28, episode 9. Part one of two. Six people are killed when gunfire erupts from a Syrian pizza restaurant. Nikki and Jack work against the clock to find the shooter before he kills again. A suspect is quickly identified from CCTV footage, but he is soon found having apparently killed himself using the same unusual bullets fired in the shooting.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 4th February 2025)

I Believe in Love (Part 2). Series 28, episode 10. Nikki and Harriet make an interesting discovery while examining Doug’s brain and another gruesome murder leads the team closer to discovering the identity of the shooter. Calvin discovers a young man is stealing packages from his van.

Coldplay Radio 2 Piano Room (BBC 1/HD | 10:40pm to 11:15pm | Wednesday 5th February 2025)

The band take centre stage at Maida Vale for Radio 2’s Piano Room Month. Showcasing their timeless hits, some new music with intimate arrangements alongside a string quartet and special guest Laura Mvula. Plus, an unexpected cover chosen especially for the occasion.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 7th February 2025) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

A game show contestant is stabbed during filming of the series’s grand finale. In a baffling turn of events, the victim is murdered in mid-air whilst hurtling down a zip line. As various members of the TV crew come under suspicion, Mervin surprises his colleagues by signing a contract to prolong his stay on Saint Marie. However, he and Selwyn clash when it becomes clear Mervin has an ulterior motive for extending his visit. It also turns out that Selwyn has secrets of his own. Drama, starring Don Gilet and Don Warrington.

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UK TV programmes to watch this week : 25/01/2025

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC 1/HD | 6:50pm to 7:50pm | Saturday 25th January 2025)

The comedian hosts an evening of entertainment from London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Michael Sheen hands over his phone – which is filled with A-list contacts – for Send to All, Olly Murs helps pull off an ambitious surprise on an unsuspecting fan, and a member of the public becomes the Unexpected Star of the Show. With music from Craig David.

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 26th January 2025)

The Nonnatus team prepares for the arrival of a new nun and trainee midwife, Sister Catherine. Under Nurse Crane’s supervision, Sister Catherine is thrown into a complex case. Dr Turner is taken aback when mother of seven Peggy Wrigley asks for an abortion, and is disappointed by the general apathy towards the measles vaccination clinic.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 27th January 2025)

Vanishing Point (Part 1). Series 28, episode 7. Part one of two. Nikki travels by plane from Mumbai to London, and finds herself at the centre of a crisis when one of the other passengers comes down with an unknown, potentially deadly, illness. As the team in London investigate a similar case in India, Nikki realises that the only way to discover the nature of the infection is to perform an autopsy while the passenger is still alive.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 28th January 2025)

Vanishing Point (Part 2). Series 28, episode 8. Nikki and the Lyell team work hard to uncover the truth and find a cure as more passengers begin to fall ill on the plane. Vikram’s post-mortem comes up with a shocking result that changes everything for the team and the suspected target.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 31th January 2025) ** PICK OF THE WEEK & NEW SERIES **

Though the team members are looking forward to welcoming a new recruit into their midst, Mervin, in contrast, cannot wait to get away from the island. However, before he catches his flight, he becomes embroiled in the murder of a young man whose body has been recovered from a ravine. The case becomes more compelling when it is discovered the victim has left behind a mysterious message. Drama, starring Don Gilet and Don Warrington.

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UK TV programmes to watch this week : 18/01/2025

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 19th January 2025)

Rosalind requires all her skills as a midwife when a disabled baby is delivered at the maternity home, whilst a gas explosion in an old tenement building shocks the community. Sister Julienne calls on Trixie’s managerial skills when she is summoned to a meeting with Dr Threapwood to discuss the renewal of their contract with the council.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 20th January 2025)

Broken (Part 1). Series 28, episode 5. Part one of two. A woman’s hand is found in the canal, setting the Lyell team on the trail of the rest of her body and Nikki on a course for the world of criminal justice. The wife of a barrister who disappeared two years previously while being harassed by a client receives another body part in the post.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 21st January 2025)

Broken (Part 2). Series 28, episode 6. After Nikki conducts a post-mortem on Faith’s head, the team get a ping on her car but when they find it it’s engulfed in flames with a male body inside. An address from the black box leads them to a shocking discovery and DNA evidence forces the team to seek advice from an unexpected quarter.

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UK TV programmes to watch this week : 11/01/2025

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 12th January 2025)

Trixie cares for Arlean Brewer, a heavily pregnant unmarried woman recently discharged from the Linchmere Mental Hospital after being diagnosed with depression and mania. When Arlene struggles with her new psychiatric drug regime, Trixie must draw on all her medical and emotional skills to avert disaster. Rising rates of gonorrhoea in the district cause alarm, and Dr Turner decides to implement a contact-tracing scheme run by the Greater London Council. Rosalind and Cyril volunteer at a homeless shelter.

7/7: The London Bombings (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Sunday 12th January 2025)

In a major breakthrough, police use CCTV to trace the movements of the bombers from King’s Cross back to Luton, identifying a fourth bomber and begin to search for a motive. But on July 21, four more bombs are planted on London’s transport network, but don’t kill or injure anyone as they fail to properly detonate. Intelligence leads the police to a south London address and surveillance officers follow a suspect onto a train, and firearms officers run into the carriage and shoot him dead.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 13th January 2025)

Homecoming (Part 1). Series 28, episode 3. Part one of two. The team is called out to deal with the case of an estate agent who has been viciously bludgeoned to death with a claw hammer. They find some unexpected familiar faces waiting for them at the crime scene, and when the murder weapon subsequently goes missing, they find themselves drawn deep into a conspiracy involving local government.

7/7: The London Bombings (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 13th January 2025)

Police believe they have shot one of the would-be July 21 bombers on a tube train, but the dead man’s personal effects suggest he’s Brazilian national Jean Charles de Menezes and not the bomber. A tip-off leads police to the bomb factory, and a desperate manhunt culminates in two armed encounters between police and the terrorists. Two decades on, investigators, rescuers, survivors and grieving relatives reveal how the bombings have shaped their lives.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 14th January 2025)

Homecoming (Part 2). Series 28, episode 4. After another hammer attack, the Lyell team start uncovering connections to a conspiracy involving blackmail and the local government. DC Whelan finds himself in the middle of a potentially fatal dispute.

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UK TV programmes to watch this week : 04/01/2025

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 5th January 2025) ** NEW SERIES **

In March 1970, the team support a pregnant teenage girl whose parents believe in an immaculate conception. Demonstrations cause havoc for the Nonnatus team, whilst Nancy’s relationship blossoms.

7/7: The London Bombings (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Sunday 5th January 2025) ** NEW SERIES **

Documentary looking at the 2005 attack on London’s transport system and the ensuing police investigation and the three-week hunt to catch the bombers. On July 7, 2005, bombs detonated on trains at Aldgate, Edgware Road and Russell Square, with another blowing up a bus at Tavistock Square an hour later. Forensic officers carry out a detailed search and a CCTV coordinator steps over body parts at Tavistock Square trying to find evidence, but the police were still not certain if this was the work of suicide bombers.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 6th January 2025) ** NEW SERIES **

Exodus 20:17 (Part 1). Series 28, episode 1. Part one of two. The body of an elderly woman is found in a cave, with her fingerprints burnt off and a posy of foxgloves at her side that she did not pick herself. The case is complicated further when they discover that she died three months before her body was discovered. Jack is apprehensive about the arrival of new boss Professor Harriet Maven (Maggie Steed).

7/7: The London Bombings (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 6th January 2025)

Police and security services are concerned that a new attack is coming as they don’t know for certain that the bombers killed themselves in the blasts. At the explosion sites, scene of crime investigators pick through the wreckage and endure the emotionally taxing task of recovering human remains, discovering evidence leading them to conclude these were suicide bombings.

Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 7th January 2025)

Exodus 20:17 (Part 2). Series 28, episode 2. As Benjamin continues his search for Gloria, Nikki makes a disturbing discovery that brings them closer to the truth. Plus, a new team member joins the Lyell and Lauren and Gary find themselves unknowingly caught up in a scam.

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