| Release Date | 21 February 1996 |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery, Crime |
| Country | UK |
| Filming Locations | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Stereo |
| Color | Color |
Silent Witness is a BBC thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the fourteenth series was broadcast beginning 3 January 2011. The series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective in Nottingham. He later went on to create the hit series New Tricks with Roy Mitchell. The series was based on Prof. Helen Witwell, a forensic pathologist based in Sheffield, whom McCrery had known while serving as a police officer. The series normally attracts around seven million viewers in the UK. In the United States, the show airs during 'Mystery Monday' on BBC America. It airs in Norway using the name "Tause vitner" on the Norwegian Broadcast Channel NRK, and in Belgium on VRT channel Canvas.