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  Silent Witness leaves fans' hearts pounding after penultimate episode

  Silent Witness is nearing the end of its current 25th-anniversary special series and it seems the BBC show has not been short on drama. The penultimate episode, which aired on Monday evening, had viewers on the edge of their seats with their "hearts pounding" after its dramatic ending. MORE: Silent Witness: this Bridgerton star once starred on show - and she looks so different! Taking to social media, many gave their verdict on the episode. One person said on Twitter on Tuesday: "THANK goodness

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  Silent Witness: this Bridgerton star once starred on show - and she looks so different!

  Silent Witness recently returned for a 25-year anniversary special, bringing back a familiar face, Amanda Burton, to reprise her role as Dr Sam Ryan. MORE: Silent Witness: why did these former stars leave the show? The comeback of the iconic role inspired us to head down memory lane and take a look back at some other familiar faces who have appeared on the forensic drama in its 25 year run – and we came across a certain Bridgerton star! WATCH: Silent Witness teases rocky relationship ahead for N

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  Silent Witness: why did these former stars leave the show?

  Fans of Silent Witness were delighted when the brand new series of the crime drama returned to screen this month – and they were no doubt even more thrilled by the return of Amanda Burton! MORE: Emma Thompson's daughter lands role in BBC's Silent Witness The actress, who played the iconic role of Sam Ryan from when the show started until series eight, has reprised her part for the 20th anniversary after being asked back by bosses. WATCH: Silent Witness returns for the anniversary special But Ama

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  Alison Rowat's TV review: Silent Witness; George Clarke's Flipping Fast: Grayson's Art Club; Scotland - the Passion of the Play-Offs

  CONGRATULATIONS to Silent Witness (BBC1, Monday-Tuesday), back for its 25th series, with particular props to all those slab boys and girls who have gamely played corpses down the years without corpsing.

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  Emma Thompson's daughter lands role in BBC's Silent Witness

  Dame Emma Thompson and Greg Wise's daughter is a chip off the old block as the budding actress has landed a role in the most recent series of BBC's Silent Witness. MORE: Dame Emma Thompson reveals shocking revelation about her neighbourhood to Princess Eugenie Gaia Wise, who looked every inch her mother's double, appeared as a student named Jo Reynolds in the first episode of series 25, titled History: Part One, which aired on Monday. WATCH: Silent Witness returns for the 25th anniversary series

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  Silent Witness: Who is Tom Faulkner?

  Silent Witness made its hotly anticipated return to our screens on Monday night with its 25th-anniversary series, which saw the return of Amanda Burton's iconic Sam Ryan. MORE: Silent Witness viewers left worried for beloved character in 25th series return The opening episode, which is the first part of an instalment titled History, saw Sam join Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) in the lab after the murder of health secretary Alice Reynolds. WATCH: Are you enjoying the new series? Alice was shot foll

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  Silent Witness viewers left worried for beloved character in 25th series return

  Silent Witness made its highly anticipated return on Monday night with the debut of its 25th-anniversary series. But while viewers were glad to have the crime drama back on their screens, they were left fearing for one beloved character. MORE: Why did Amanda Burton leave Silent Witness? The new episode saw Amanda Burton's iconic Sam Ryan joining Emilia Fox's Nikki Alexander in the lab after the murder of health secretary Alice Reynolds, who was shot following a press conference held by a company

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  Why did Amanda Burton leave Silent Witness?

  Silent Witness fans were left shocked back in 2004 when star of the show, Amanda Burton, announced she was exiting the forensic drama. MORE: Silent Witness star reveals exit from show following 25th-anniversary series But fans are in luck because the actress, who was known and adored for her iconic role as pathologist Dr Sam Ryan, is making a triumphant comeback in celebration of the forensic drama's 25th anniversary, 18 years after she last appeared. So why did Amanda leave in the first place?

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  Silent Witness series 25, episode 1 review: Amanda Burton brings the show back to life

  “Take your time, the body’s going nowhere.” Those were the first words spoken by pathologist Sam Ryan in the first episode of Silent Witness (BBC One) back in February 1996. And she was right, the bodies have gone nowhere – the pungent parade of cadavers have amassed 212 episodes across 24 series in 26 years. Even when Ryan (Amanda Burton) left the Lyell Centre in series eight, the bodies went nowhere – more than 7 million of us still tune in for Stiff of the Week. Emilia Fox replaced Burton and

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