Trying to find out what happened in the last 10 minutes of someone's life, trying to piece that together through pathology. “I still find the premise of the show gripping. Meanwhile, Emilia - who has played Nikki since season 8 - explained why she is drawn to return year after year. They want to show her in lots of different lights and take the opportunity to show a lot of different kinds of ways of communicating. But more widely, it's also exciting that the BBC and Silent Witness want to show a wonderful deaf character. Rhiannon expressed to the BBC how excited she was that Cara's role is expanded this season, declaring, "or me personally, selfishly, it is very exciting. She's returned to London to pursue a criminology degree and persuades Jack to let her stay with him. Which regular cast members are back for the new season of Silent Witness?Īt this point Silent Witness just wouldn’t be Silent Witness without Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson played by Emilia Fox and David Caves and they're back in the new season, as is Rhiannon May as Jack’s niece Cara. It might not have been Tom, but if it was, then he might appear again or at least be mentioned in Silent Witness season 26 at some point. Nikki then got a text message miles away from a phone that appeared to have been planted on her saying, “I can’t let it go. In the finale she finally proved he was innocent of multiple murders by working out how DNA was being fabricated to incriminate him.
The matter of who Tom Faulkner was in Silent Witness was huge as fans learnt he was Nikki’s former husband. Though there is one plot thread from the Silent Witness season 25 finale that might still be relevant. This means many of the mysteries that were key last time like who Ethan Daley was in Silent Witness probably won’t matter going forwards.
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We already know that the new season of Silent Witness won’t have one overarching storyline spanning the whole series like season 25. Silent Witness season 25 finale whirlwind recap From then on the scheduling remains the same, with part 1 of the next episode airing on the following Monday and part 2 on the following Tuesday.
According to the BBC website, Silent Witness season 26 starts with The Penitent Part 1 on January 2nd 2022.Īnd unlike series 25 which opted for a new style to celebrate the BBC drama’s 25 year anniversary, it’s business as usual in season 26.Įach distinct Silent Witness storyline is once again split across two episodes airing on consecutive nights so The Penitent Part 2 will be broadcast on January 3rd. Now there’s just a few weeks before Nikki and Jack are back putting their expertise to the test. Time might fly when you’re having fun but after the season 25 Silent Witness ending landed in May, the show's return likely couldn’t have seemed further away. When does Silent Witness season 26 start? With so much set to unfold in the new season of Silent Witness, it’s likely a relief to fans they won’t have to wait much longer to see it. “There is a real underlying menace in this series, which I think is really, really good.”ĭavid also explained that fans can expect more topical storylines including one focused on immigration and another on the dangers of social media.
How does the other person deal with that? What does it mean?” he said. When you're working in that sort of world with somebody you love, then one of you is constantly in peril, if not both of you. That’s part of the fun of the character, and it seems to be a part which people address on social media a lot - hairstyles and what we’re wearing."Nikki gets quite heavily involved and is faced with a terrible dilemma, which puts Jack at risk because he’s her weakness. It’s a contemporary show, and certainly I've found the pathologists we have met have very particular styles of dressing. We all have an influence on what we wear in the show. "I only ever go to the shops when I go costume shopping. She also revealed that the one time she goes to clothes shops is for Nikki's costumes. We often film out of sequence, and so you have to remember what information the character already knows during certain scenes, because otherwise - and particularly at the speed that we film - we're coming into scenes thinking 'Where are we in this story?' and 'Was that in the last script or was that here?’" We'd expect more hard-hitting plots but hopefully, Nikki and Jack will remain together.Įmilia says she actually makes plot charts to keep track of what’s going on in each series. "I find it really helpful. Jack was seen lifting Nikki up in his arms on the beach. Little is known about the new series plot, although Nikki and Jack were in a good place at the end of the series. Jack swept Nikki off her feet at the end of the last series (Image credit: BBC)
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