To watch Silent Witness despite it being the worst TV show ever?

@Isittimeformynapyet They did work it into the end of series 29. And it was made clear they were all going or none.

Didn’t help that series 29 was shown out of order. Made Maggie Steed’s character look like she’s forgetful. I’m told she very much has all her marbles.

The Harry and Leo era was the best and I quite liked Thomas. Loved Clarissa. There were a few episodes I couldn’t stand. Nikki being buried in the desert WTF? Always accompanying the detectives everywhere. Is that what pathologists do? Nikki has a new home in nearly every series. Don’t like the move to Birmingham

He must live fairly locally to me as I have seen him in our local town a few times in recent years. I haven’t seen him in anything on tv though in a long time, so maybe he has moved into another line of work.

Drives me nuts. The storyline with jack beating someone up was ridiculous. And there’s absolutely absolutely no chemistry between Jack and Nicky whatsoever.
Also, why did the entire team relocate to Birmingham ? Surely in real life some would stay in London!!

We gave up after that awful ‘Angels’ karaoke moment and them getting together.
SW had been getting increasingly bad (it wasn’t always!). I loved the original series and the Nicky, Harry, Leo era was great.
I always rather loved Clarissa too but the trouble was that she came with Jack who has always been incredibly annoying.
Jack was just about tolerable as part of a bigger team. But getting him and Nicky become a couple was a terrible move and completely out of character. A development that stank of writer’s room desperation.
That said, I do rather miss it!

But did they work it into the narrative of the show? I tuned in for this series and it was suddenly in Birmingham and I wondered if I'd missed something.

Regionality. Apparently too much TV production happens in London / Home Counties and OfCom says it needs to be spread across the country to give everyone a chance to work in TV without having to relocate to the South.

Back in the day, TV was countrywide but BBC/ITV decided to centralise in the 80s, and now they’re trying to turn the clock back.

So Silent Witness moved from London to Birmingham meaning Jack & Nikki et al moved from The Lyell to The Bowman.

Hahahahahha! Love this! Now that’s going to live in my head too and I’m game.

this series is a lot better than the last which was the pits. I mean it’s never going to to be great, but I’ve assumed new writers…

I think Kit is just a bit of a flirt but who knows. Love her

Kit is the best thing about this show’s current cast - but as a bit of a sporadic watcher, is she meant to have a crush on Jack, or is it just me that thinks she does?

Many of us have made the point that too much happens!

I will forever be of the opinion that watching box sets of TV programmes IS watching TV.

Not caught up on the last few seasons, but I love SW. Occasionally I think some of the themes are too dark and grim (I'm a big wholesome wuss) but I like the people and have had a very soft spot for EF for as long as I can remember).

Yes, I like Kit.

Never got on with "Velvy" though.

I hate Jack and Nikki together. Awful! The new series doesn’t start here till next month. I’m not sure about watching it as the last series was terrible.

There was a thread on here ages ago about things you had misheard and someone posted they had thought the first line of the Silent Witness theme was “there’s a horsie, there”. Loved it and sing it in my head when the programme starts.

😂 Exactly that. And…they are filming the next series and I am already wishing, to
my eternal shame, they would make more of them. Those 5 weeks just fly by dammit. I’m off to perfect double plaits now in time for next year

I don’t watch tv anymore, wait for the boxes to come out and binge, but I had this on during a boring hotel stay for work a couple of weeks ago (usually just crack the news channel on) as I remember it being on when I lived at home. It seemed bearable when I was younger and hadn’t yet worked in pathology/mortuary services.

Jesus Christ I was so bored. Blonde lady (now assuming this is Nikki) walking around in the mortuary monologuing about some
shite. And it went on for ages it seemed. Literally nothing else happened.

Why did they move from The Lyall Centre to Birmingham? Enjoyed one of the episodes but the one where Jack thought he’d killed the bloke was painful

It’s always been my winter tv ritual. After Christmas silent witness starts and I record the two episodes to watch on a Saturday night with wine and treats. My god I’ve struggled with it this year. It’s unwatchable

I’m only watching because I like spotting places I know around Birmingham. The brummy accents are awful, Jack is the worst character ever and the storylines are depressing.

It's all gone to absolute shit.

I agree. Nikki and Jack? No no no. She deserves much better.

Love Silent Witness. The Leo and Harry era was my favourite. Never understood why Nikki and Harry didn’t get together. I miss Clarissa and her double act with Jack. I’m always fascinated how Nikki always walks with her arms by her side; they don’t seem to swing. In the most recent series Jack seemed to look bloated and the ridiculous beard made him look sinister. Really don’t think Nikki would have ever been interested in him. Bit of a silly move to make them a couple

After finding this thread I seriously want the show to be commissioned for the rest of my days. The discussion here has been hilarious.

I've finisbed season 29, and I'm not going to bother watching any further seasons. It's gone so downhill in quality and character. The only good thing about it in recent years, is the diversity within it now, but it's almost like they've set THAT up to fail with such terrible writing and story arcs.