Silent witness used to be good , there was only two reasons to really watch it 1. British drama is far far superior than the American drivel 2. Emilia fox's arse The show is just silly now Emilia and David ( Nicki and Jack ) are now fully fledged coppers , sitting in and interrogating witness'/ suspects , running after and apprehending the ner do wells All the while they are meant to be pathologists ? Clarissa, well don't get me started, and the other fella Richard Lintern what's he all about Bring back the birch I say especially for the writers of this

Silent Witness is a good British crime drama. The acting is decent, the scripts are okay(but sometimes verge on dodgy), and it keeps you interested in the story. As in all good crime dramas it's often quite difficult to accurately guess 'whodunnit'. However I'm stunned to read some of the other reviewers who describe it as realistic. Realistic?!? I don't think so ... I'm sure Forensics and pathology is a hugely interesting and rewarding career, exciting in it's own way. I'm also equally sure that they don't assume control of police investigations, interrogate suspects and get so embroiled in the culprits or victims private lives that they often find themselves staring down the barrel of a gun or two. In this respect it's hugely unrealistic - almost as unrealistic as the thought that anyone as whiny, interfering and annoying as Dr Nikki Alexander (played by Emilia Fox) wouldn't have been locked in a laboratory cupboard and forgotten about just to give everyone some respite.

Silent Witness is, put simply, a brilliant show. Not only are the plots very honest, the bodies realistic and the acting quite good but the characters are fantastic. This is a show that isn't afraid to say that crimes aren't always solved, the right people aren't always put in jail, your favourite characters aren't always in love and England isn't the good guy all the time. The characters are witty, funny, intelligent and kind but also stubborn, untrusting and sometimes almost awful people. Not only are they in-depth characters with flaws but they are all very different and have wonderful chemistry. For me, the most stand out feature of the show, asides from the characters, are the endings. In most crime dramas the episodes end not only with the bad guy being caught and put away for a long time but society seems almost to have changed. Gang wars have been stopped or racism has lessened. In silent witness it is a common occurrence that the 'bad guy' isn't put away for what we feel is a just amount of time, we see that despite the fact that a murder has been solved there will continue to be bloodshed. The only bad thing I have to say about the show is: "Dammit Harry and Nikki, why didn't you get together?"

I originally gave up watching Silent Witness when I found that AB's character annoyed me. Every episode (that I watched) appeared to follow the formula:1) Ryan saying that the death was not suspicious - the police should stop kicking up such a fuss (they were buffoons). 2) Police accepted her opinion, stopped investigating 3) Ryan then decided it was suspicious and kicked up a huge fuss that the police were incompetent!Ryan seem to alternate between cool, calm professional and near hysteric.How exactly was she supposed to be worthy of promotion to professor, rather than put on probation?Not really an advert for Women's lib! Were they just copying Quincy's pointless outbursts?Just started watching an Emilia Fox episode, better so far...Emilia hasn't thrown any hissy fits.