Silent Witness: Series 26
Season 26 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Silent Witness Season 25.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 26 Progress Shield
The Penitent (1)
Jan 2, 2023 · 58 min
When a man plummets from a high-rise building, the Lyell team cross paths with the NCA and a notorious mafia group, pushing Nikki to make a tough decision.
The Penitent (2)
Jan 3, 2023 · 58 min
Nikki becomes even more involved with the Ndrangheta mafia-group and Jack uncovers some disturbing leads. An unlikely alliance leads Nikki closer to the truth, but not without some
Familiar Faces (1)
Jan 9, 2023 · 57 min
A lorry is found with people locked inside, some dead. With the survivors refusing to speak, Nikki and the team must use their pathological and forensic skills to identify them.
Familiar Faces (2)
Jan 10, 2023 · 59 min
The Lyell team work together to find out why the lorry was found with bodies inside and a dead driver at the wheel, and are truly shocked to discover where it leads them. Gabriel b
Star (1)
Jan 16, 2023 · 59 min
The Lyell team are thrown into the dark side of social media, where nothing is as it seems, and the perfect profiles of the influencers they are investigating raise disturbing ques
Star (2)
Jan 18, 2023 · 59 min
The investigation continues to take unexpected turns, with Nikki managing to get behind the mask of the lead suspect. Jack has a breakthrough at the festival site and Nikki takes a
Hearts of Darkness (1)
Jan 23, 2023 · 58 min
Levelling-up leaders and environmental activists clash in a small town trying to look to the future. With a sabotaged train and a dead mayor, the activists become suspects.
Hearts of Darkness (2)
Jan 24, 2023 · 58 min
The Lyell team return to the tunnel and uncover some difficult truths, while the police raid the protester camp, desperate for answers. Family ties are pushed to their limits.
Southbay (1)
Jan 30, 2023 · 58 min
Jack comes to the aid of an old friend, and is sucked into a difficult case, where he is pitted against his former mentor. As Nikki and the team start to create a picture of what h
Southbay (2)
Jan 31, 2023 · 58 min
As they get to the heart of their investigation, the Lyell team navigate corruption, loss and deceit within the local police force, who have become a law unto themselves.