Silent Witness - time to retire this

I am also enjoying this series. The ones which heavily involved Jack and Nikki’s private life I found really irritating .

I like that it is science based and yes one does have to suspend belief when they are out and about investigating, but overall it is a good watch.

If they stop producing this I presume the BBC will invest the money on ‘celebs’ doing something or other as there is not much Drama choice.

My 1st SW episode was the chemical one, when the boss was killed. Then Drama started to show from the start so I recorded the episodes (no internet connected tv's here, (then!!)) and I watched early and current episodes and to be honest, I didn't think much of the early episodes. Even after Amanda Burton had left, I didn't like them. I do like the ones from the minute Jack started with HIS assistant and I've continued. I DON'T like the fact that 3 have departed, Cara, Gabriel & Velpy and replaced with 2.

Last year our old faithful DVR box died so I bought a new one, next day, TV died, went back to Argos, got a new one, cheap and cheerful here but still does everything. NOW I have on-demand.

If you haven't seen it, if you like SW, and can access it, BONES!! I could never watch it before and it finished 7 years ago, let's just say I have watched all episodes, BRILLIANT! Even the dead bodies don't bother me now, I have to laugh with some of them due to the writing of how some of the people discover the remains! Wedding Bungee Jump anyone? Paintball experience? Car wheel stuck in mud....... Swallow a tooth?

I love it and will do until Emilia leaves. Then it should finish.

Sorry to disagree but I enjoy it. Please remember it's not real or meant to be...it's a drama...poetic licence.. if you want reality watch a documentary

I know Silent Witness is very popular. I have tried to watch it several times over the years but have come to the conclusion that it is just not for me. I find it boring and I would be very surprised if it represents anything like reality. Of course, lots of dramas aren't very realistic, but I don't even find this programme entertaining.

SheepyIzzy I'm on my second time around with Bones watched it when it first came out and now, only 1 more series to go, perhaps I'll start watching CSI again on a rainy afternoon when it finishes.

I am just finding it a bit like the BBC turning social issues into a drama to send a subliminal message to the masses, like a modern day Aesops fables, have you noticed they always turn a previous 12 months of major news stories into a 'drama'!Just look at this current series, poor treatment of the elderly in society episodes 1 & 2, asbestos and dangerous housing for the homeless and deprived areas episodes 3 & 4, and virus outbreak

It has turned so unbelievably boring and should finished now. Dr Nikki Alexander and jack cooing over each other is getting on my wick! Fedup with it!

Why has Thingy ( I can't remember her name ). Is she a professor od some sort? Anway, why has she got a piano* in her office*.
Suits me but its a bit weird.

We still enjoy it, although DH has to look away in the mortuary scenes. The special effects are quite excellent, and the bodies very deathlike. 😉 However we don’t think the ‘romance’ is working. Much better to leave that love unrequited.

To be honest it's just another tv crime drama, can't see how the character manages to be out of the department so much and solving all the crimes! Had it's day. BORING!

We have not been a fan of this series, though have not watched all the available episodes yet. Particularly annoying is how Jack and Nikki keep canoodling in the workplace.

I was quite surprised at the latest episode when Nikki had to explain to a qualified airline pilot what CRBN stood for.......wouldnt that be part of the job description ??

I like it!
We have watched it for years and yes it has changed - this series the new characters are brilliant but I could do without the lovey dovey story line!

I love it and I think this series has stepped up a notch. Really enjoying the new characters - Maggie Steed is excellent a stalwart of British tv who I’ve not seen for ages & I think the newcomer Francesca Mills is so lovely she’s a great find

Never mind what Nikki sees in Jack - what does HE see in HER? To me she looks like a 45-year-old in a pre-teen body. Certainly not the child-bearing hips of my generation!

sweetcakes

At the end of the day if you don't like it don't watch it nobody is twisting your arm. I like it and will continue to watch it.

Well that’s the point with me - I don’t like it, so I don’t watch it - no one is twisting my arm to do so!

As I said previously, though, I liked the earlier episodes, and of course, there has to be some degree of unreality (even with the earlier episodes), it is entertainment, after all. For me, though, it’s become so far fetched that it has become nonsensical, therefore I won’t waste my time watching it.

I enjoy it. It’s fiction not a documentary!

sweetcakes

SheepyIzzy I'm on my second time around with Bones watched it when it first came out and now, only 1 more series to go, perhaps I'll start watching CSI again on a rainy afternoon when it finishes.

Sweetcakes, I used to love CSI (The original lot, Grissom and Co). DVR and TV BOTH died a couple of weeks before Black Friday (typical) and I had only started watching Bones then (needed a couple of weeks to get used to buttons and how it all works) and Bones box set was on offer at Amazon and I did consider it. The only thing that annoys me about On Demand, you can't fast forward through the ads. I was fortunate, original watching Bones, NO ads, so I could see a couple of episodes back to back, now though if I skim through any, blasted ads!

But the writing, well done to them!

I enjoy watching Silent Witness, always have done. Really like Nikki, her fashion sense also gives me ideas too. I literally bumped into her at Heathrow Airport last year she was with I presume her fiance (husband now I believe) and she looked and sounded just the very same as she apologised for the 'bump' I couldn't believe my eyes as I was literally side by side. I just wish I'd have taken he opportunity to say 'hello'.

I love it, especially with the two new characters. I love Maggie Steed. I am enjoying it as much as I always have, and that’s saying something when I have stopped watching all of the soaps!

Sarnia

And there was me thinking how consistently good it still is.

Me too

I was a fan of Doctors until the BBC saw fit to cancel it. There were always people complaining about it being unrealistic, with the doctors rushing off to solve a patient's crisis at home, or sitting by their bedside in hospital. But how boring would it be to have a realistic depiction of a GP's surgery? "Yes that ankle has healed up nicely" "The blood tests were fine, I think we can reduce the dose" "Paracetamol and keep drinking. There's a lot of it about" Wouldn't really keep you glued to the screen.

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They'd just be on the phone, advising unseen patients all day!

You’ll love tonight’s then . They showed n and j in bed together and her seducing jack on the sofa . My husband loves Nikki but even he was shouting at the tv . This is not what silent witness is about .
I’m not keen on all the romance during their working day it’s very unrealistic office behaviour.