A new character, dr nikki alexander emilia fox, was introduced in. Nikki alexander and professor leo dalton can derive enough evidence, clues and suppositions from a deceased body to begin to crack even the most baffling of cases. Silent witness fans go wild as emilia fox sports brunette. Actress emilia fox talks about her character finally finding love, plus her reasons for returning to the crime show year after year. Forensic experts dr leo dalton william gaminara, dr harry cunningham tom ward and dr nikki alexander emilia fox investigate various cases including. In five more chilling episodes, baffled police turn to forensic pathologists nikki alexander, jack hodgson and thomas chamberlain for help.
Actor michael landes on dashing american matt garcia. Sam ryan before leaving the show during the eighth series. All you need to know about silent witness series 23 bt. Silent witness series 21 family dr nikki alexander. Silent witness season finale aired tonight february 5 on bbc one, and it ended with a truly powerful and pertinent message after pathologist dr nikki alexander emilia fox got humiliated in. In a relationship dr nikki alexander is a major character in silent witness. Series 21 has seen forensic pathologist dr nikki alexander emilia fox seek professional help to come to terms with her abduction in mexico. We talked about whether i could be nikkis twin sister, vicky alexander, but then we thought we would just get on with it. Is silent witness star emilia foxs dr nikki alexander pregnant. The acting is decent, the scripts are okaybut sometimes verge on dodgy, and it keeps you interested in the story. Further tales from the morgue, as professor leo dalton, dr harry cunnigham and nikki alexander uncover more grizzly misdemeanours. The pathologists find that she was tortured and beaten but died from having her throat slit. Nikki alexander, david caves as jack hodgson liz carr as clarissa mullery, and richard lintern as dr.
Leo gives evidence at a custody hearing in the wake of a childs death,his opinion overruling that of dr helen karamides,which annoys her former pupil nikki,who sees helen as the victim of the male establishment and cannot believe the accusation that helen is retaining tissue samples from past cases. Silent witness s nikki alexander has had a rough time of it. With tom ward, emilia fox, william gaminara, luing andrews. Following burtons departure in series 8, episode 2, emilia fox joined the show in series 8, episode 5 as new forensic pathologist nikki. Forensic pathologist professor sam ryan has always delved into the past lives of the corpse she examines. This series kicks off with an raf helicopter crashing into an asylum seekers detention centre. Theres an obvious formula to silent witness, bbc ones longrunning crime series, but it just about still works, says isabel mohan 3 emilia fox stars as dr nikki alexander in bbc ones silent. But its for her enduring tv role as dogged forensic pathologist dr nikki alexander in silent witness that shes best known, and this year silent witness celebrates its 20th anniversary, and emilias th year with the show.
Forensic pathologists professor leo dalton, dr harry cunningham and dr nikki alexander are back in one of the bbcs most successful and longestrunning crime dramas. The 21st series of silent witness promises some happier times for forensic pathologist nikki alexander. Race to the scene of a driveby shooting littered with dying gang members. Silent witness returns to bbc one tonight in full dramatic style with a deadly plane crash leaving the forensic team scratching their heads. Nikki alexander who leads a team of forensic pathologists to investigate gruesome crimes. Yet she didnt cave in, or give up her burgeoning passion for science. The latest gripping series sees pathologist dr nikki alexander and her dedicated team help the police solve a slew of mystifying murders. Information from police intelligence suggests that they may be dealing with a group of radical. Nikki alexander hunts for clues to the connection before the evidence gets too hot to handle. Emilia fox has been on the series for over a decade happy to get rid of you is what.
Not only was she buried alive in mexico at the end of the last series, shes also had more dating pitfalls than your average tinder. Dr nikki alexander to suffer heartbreaking loss after. The show is still running and nikki is still on it, but i cant watch her without harry and leo around, it just feels wrong. She is a forensic pathologist and is also an expert in anthropology. Silent witness british tv british mysteries mystery. The following is a list of all episodes that have been broadcast across all television series, since the series began on 21 february 1996. Since her departure the series has featured an ensemble cast, which consisted of emilia fox, david caves, liz carr and richard lintern until the end of series 23, when carr and lintern both departed. Thats what were left wondering after a precredits teaser in silent witness episode four revealed a shot of dr nikki alexander emilia fox sitting on the toilet and examining a pregnancy test. The first seven series featured amanda burton in the lead role. The dead never do tell tales, but expert forensic pathologists dr. Bbc however, nikki was finally credible in court again and aimed a speech at alice about justice. Shock plot twist as emilia foxs nikki alexander exposes saboteur image. Silent witness series 21 family dr nikki alexander emilia fox the team are brought together by the conclusion of shocking family tragedy silent witness series 21 family chief inspector cooke.
Nikki alexander and professor leo dalton, as they investigate suspicious deaths. Thats where the silent witness experts come in, but it isnt actually the gory death itself that makes this such a landmark moment in the series. Subscribe for more exclusive clips, trailers and more. In this series, the irrepressible jack hodgson, a talented forensic scientist, joins the team as head of a new. After 23 years silent witness has changed beyond all recognition, but is it still a worthwhile fixture. Silent witness viewers shocked by most harrowing tv death. Silent witness is coming back to tv for a 23rd season, as the longestrunning british crime drama on tv. Nikki alexander reunited with her american boyfriend matt garcia. Victor first appears in the meaning of death, where nikkis grandmother attempts to bring them together again shortly before her death. Dr nikki alexander is a major character in silent witness.
He appeared to be oblivious to the emotional harm he had caused nikki, which continued to affect her into adulthood. The final episode of the 20th series of silent witness was a tense hourlong wait to find out whether emilia foxs character nikki alexander. Steel yourself for gruesome crime scenes and intricate plots in one of the uk s most popular and longestrunning crime thrillers. Why dr nikki alexander is our favourite forensic detective. She has got a lovely figure and looks far better for not being as thin as shes been in previous series. Join nikki and her london colleagues, doctors thomas chamberlain, and jack hodgson, in their betterlatethannever efforts to pry secrets from. Her dead body has obviously been posed and the autopsy reveals she may have been tortured before death.
Emilia fox as dr nikki alexander in silent witness. Thats what were left wondering after a precredits teaser in silent witness episode four revealed a shot of dr nikki alexander emilia fox. On his rounds one fiery night he finds a woman wandering the streets looking for shelter. Harry and nikki deal with the case of a young woman who is found dead in an animal shelter. Silent witness viewers rejoice as nikki alexander survives daily mail. Silent witness is back and once again fans were hoping to see romance blossom between jack hodgson and nikki alexander.
With william gaminara, tom ward, emilia fox, pete ashmore. He walked out on nikki and her mother when his daughter was quite young and rarely contacted her. Harry and leo are her obvious successors, but what will they make of new recruit nikki alexander. Is silent witness star emilia foxs dr nikki alexander. In this series, when four bodies are found in the river thames, the team soon realises that they are dealing with a peopletrafficking operation gone wrong. When a new crime scene looks like the carbon copy of a case from her past, forensic pathologist dr. Silent witness viewers rejoice as nikki alexander survives. Harry cunningham and forensic anthropologist nikki alexander examine gruesome evidence in four new cases. Silent witness 1996current is a bbc series centered around a team of forensic pathologists. He reappears in double dare, where it is revealed he remarried, only for his wife to have been killed in an accident. Nikki is forced to work closely with a potentially deadly pathologist following the disappearance of a friend. But the discovery of her longlost son confirms that that its time to confront her own past, and her future, and move on. Silent witness season finale leaves viewers with a. Silent witness dvd lawrence public library bibliocommons.
The most memorable cases from silent witness silent. It is, in fact, an hrrelated matter, because this case heralds the debut of dr nikki alexander. The series originally starred amanda burton as professor sam ryan. Emilia fox, 42, has played nikki alexander for 12 years in silent witness after replacing amanda burton as the lead in series eight. Inspired by a scene from silent witness series 22 episode 06, to brighton, to brighton. Silent witness is a british television crime drama series, produced by the bbc, which focuses. The producers on silent witness said they really liked it brunette. Then her mum died, and there was a huge emotional toll on the young nikki.
Every character from the original series has exited and the only character that has been in it for any length of time is that of nikki alexander who is now the central foil for most of the plots. The final episode of the 20th series of silent witness was a tense hourlong wait to find out whether emilia foxs character nikki alexander would survive being buried alive. The longrunning bbc drama, which began in 1996, aired what fans are deeming its most. This series starts with leo arrested for drink driving and finding himself doing community service on. Nikki and harry under attack by a rampaging gunman. With james cosmo, elliot birch, tom ward, emilia fox.
Victor alexander was the father of nikki alexander. Fox took over the lead role from amanda burton the commander, who starred in the series through season 8. Nikki alexander is lost, and has no idea where the nearest shelter is. Scramble with them and see how soon you can identify the. Viewers of silent witness were blindsided following the harrowing death of one of its main characters. So, no more silent witness videos for me, unless i one day decide to make another one for nostalgic reasonsor when harry returns which is extremely unlikely to ever happen. Follow a team of expert pathologists, including dr. Twentythree series of silent witness have been broadcast since 1996. Emilia fox on silent witness and her reallife dramas. Each case is split into two episodes airing in the same week at 9pm on bbc one starting tuesday and wednesday, january 7 and 8 but keep an eye on tv listings as the days its on each week can change. Harry suspects a possible raf whitewash and finds himself.
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