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Nikki, Jack, Thomas and Clarissa are just settling down for their respective festive celebrations when they are interrupted by a call-out to a tragedy at a family home. With the conclusion of a challenging Christmas, the team are reunited with their families. Nikki learns that her colleagues have bought her a present. Thomas performs a post-mortem on a soldier who died in military training.

His investigation takes a turn when he discovers traces of a possible nerve agent. When the body of a missing teenager is found in a field near his village, Nikki and the Lyell team must determine whether the killer is a stranger or a local. Investigating the murder of missing teenager Jason Forbes, Nikki and the Lyell team are pressured by police officers who are keen to secure a conviction.

Silent Witness Series 23 Thursdays 8. BBC First. Show Synopsis Dr Nikki Alexander and the team at the Lyell Centre must solve five more thrilling mysteries in this award-winning crime drama. Silent Witness Dr Nikki Alexander and the team at the Lyell Centre must solve five more thrilling mysteries in this award-winning crime drama. Next On Episode 1, Series 23 Friday November 12 at am Deadhead, Part 1 Episode 1 Series 23 The team find unexpected connections between the death of a former US ambassador in a plane crash and the apparent suicide of a successful businessman.

Episode 2, Series 23 Friday November 12 at pm Deadhead, Part 2 Episode 2 Series 23 The team discover a connection between the plane crash and a sinister online forum. Episode 6, Series 21 Saturday November 13 at pm A Special Relationship - Part 2 Episode 6 Series 21 While analyzing crime scene photos, Nikki realizes there is a pattern and together the team uncover a secret that has been held by those at the very top of the US government.

Episode 8, Series 21 Saturday November 13 at pm One Day - Part 2 Episode 8 Series 21 The team are determined to uncover the truth about unexplained deaths of patients at a care home. For the previous eight years in a row, a new series of Silent Witness has debuted in early January, but this was forced to change this year as a knock-on effect of the production issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

But after the dramatic events of the series 23 finale, two of the four main cast members have left the show: Richard Lintern Lyell Centre boss Thomas Chamberlain and Liz Carr forensics expert Clarissa Mullery. Thomas Chamberlain had a pretty definitive exit storyline, suffering a painful on-screen death from nerve agent poisoning. Clarissa Mullery has also departed the show, although thankfully not in a body bag. On life. Silent Witness has given me such an amazing opportunity to develop as an actor but I know this is the right time to take a leap of faith, leaving what I know and seeing what other opportunities await.

Sign up to receive television and entertainment email newsletters from our award-winning editorial team. You can unsubscribe at any time. There was also some development for Jack Hodgson throughout the series, as his brother Ryan has been released from prison on probation. Despite trying to steer him down the right path, Ryan has no interest in following the rules and has been sneaking out, refusing to follow probation terms, and even has a gun stashed in Jack's house where he's been staying.

Later on, Ryan beats up his father Connor and runs away with his cash and cards. In the second part of Brother's Keeper , the team continued their search for the people responsible for Kieran's death.

It was already clear that the underground boxing ring was responsible, but more evidence was definitely needed. Simone Tyler was able to find some evidence which led Jack and investigating officer DI Lisa Brodie to a tattoo parlour, leading them to a man named Samuel Covitch where they revealed he was placed at the scene where Lee and Ben Coogan were attacked, and was involved with the underground boxing ring.

What's more, he'd been the one to dispose of Kieran's body. Meanwhile, Michelle Lafferty was behaving very suspiciously and when confronted about Ben and Kieran, she revealed that "Ben was fast but Kieran was stronger". She admitted to telling Kieran to throw the fight, but he refused. Eventually, Michelle confessed to killing Kieran after he had threatened to reveal the truth about her drugging him and setting Ben up by putting plaster in his wraps.

Apparently riddled with guilt, she set fire to herself in the boxing ring after apologising for what she'd done. Jack had his own personal drama to deal with too, after tracking down his brother Ryan who had attacked their father and ran off with his money.

There's also a chance that Cara could be Jack's daughter and not Ryan's, creating even more tension between the duo. Things seem to be escalating between Nikki and Jack too, as Simone has noticed the chemistry between them.

So could Silent Witness fans finally be seeing romance between the two colleagues? In the first of the two-part finale Matters of Life and Death , plenty of drama went down on both a professional and personal level! The episode opened with the death of care home resident that was initially put down to natural causes, until some of Nikki's students discovered something wasn't right with the body. But getting to the bottom of what happened was only the start of their problems, as a storm raged on outside, causing a serious flood risk for the care home staff and residents, as well as Jack and newcomer Simone who are on site.

Meanwhile, Jack's father is in trouble after suffering a nasty fall at home, while his house is slowly filling up with water from the bath.

Will he be okay? Meanwhile, apparent sparks between Jack and Nikki still haven't gone anywhere and fans are disappointed that Jack went off on a blind date and woke up with her the next morning.

They were even more disappointed to find out that Nikki had slept with one of her students! Is this the end for the Jack and Nikki romance saga? In the final part of the series finale, the drama continued as the storm raged on causing chaos and flooding, while the elderly residents, along with Jack and Simone, were stuck inside the care home.

As Nikki tries to contact Jack, she phones DS Galloway who asks her if she knew of someone called Janice Pitram, who was a care home worker in Scotland and was convicted of aiding and abetting her boyfriend in killing his elderly parents.

Once out of prison, she had changed her name to Amrita Naidu, who now works at the current care home, where Robbo was murdered. Meanwhile, elderly resident Derek begins to experience severe pain, while his wife Beattie struggles to breathe as her oxygen tank runs low on battery.

Amrita disappears and a frantic Derek asks Jack to euthanize him with morphine to save him from his excruciating pain, but Jack refuses. Simone helps care home manager Mary look for Amrita, while Jack goes outside to search for her, where he sees her caravan get swept away in the flood. The next morning, amidst the search for Amrita, romantic sparks fly between Jack and Nikki as they kiss for the first time, but a voicemail from Nikki ruins the moment.

A gutted Jack returned home only to discover more bad news as he found out that his father, Connor Richard Durden , was visited by the ambulance during the storm after falling over and hitting his head, which we saw him get treated for while he phoned Nikki to try and get in contact with Jack. Connor glossed over the incident to Jack, but Jack sobbed as he hugged his father, apologising for not being there.

Soon, Jack became a suspect in the murder of Derek as he was alone with him shortly before his death and was seen handling the green box filled with morphine injections. But, before Jack could be taken off the case, he was busy solving the mystery on his own and soon discovered that it was Beattie Sian Phillips who killed both Robbo and Derek so she could stop their suffering.

Upon finding her dead, Mary dumped her body in a flooded field. David is a Senior Digital Content Editor with over 15 years experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest soap spoilers and television news for Whatsontv. Before working for Whatsontv, David spent many years on TV Times magazine, interviewing some of television's most famous stars including Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland, singer Lionel Richie and wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough.