Silent Witness: Season 28 - DVD [3 Discs]

The team of forensic pathologists and scientists face five more gripping cases - ranging from global politics to the more personal. As Nikki, Jack, Harriet and Kit settle into their new lab - The Bowman Centre of Excellence, in Birmingham - their caseload remains as complex as ever. Investigations feature cutting-edge AI being weaponised to fuel racial tensions. A confession that reignites a case that swept the nation. An elderly gentleman found impaled by a screwdriver. Elsewhere, Jack faces a life-threatening predicament. And the death of a Chinese-British activist ignites complex international tensions.

Forensic pathologist Professor Sam Ryan has always delved into the past lives of the corpse she examines. But the discovery of her long-lost son confirms that that it's time to confront her own past --and her future --and move on. Harry and Leo are her obvious successors, but what will they make of new recruit Nikki Alexander? The upheaval of Sam's departure doesn't mean there are fewer cases landing on their desks --it's now up to them

What do a people-smuggler, a photogenic young schoolteacher, a missing teenager and a father/son pair have in common? Alas, their remains are the most reliable witnesses of how they died, and if they were murdered who killed them. Following grisly clues, Dr. Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) and her team of forensic pathologists delve into London's illegal immigrant community, a toxic media storm, families camped on a riverbank, a shocking c