Silent Witness followers have each cause to be a bit miffed this week (and final) as the favored BBC One sequence has fallen foul of a irritating schedule change – so why isn’t it on tonight?
Final week, viewers tuned in for the continuation of sequence 27 however have been left severely upset. As an alternative of the second instalment of the two-parter Grievance Tradition, they discovered the long-running TV drama had been pulled from the schedules. Legal, proper?
On Tuesday, January 16, 2024, the BBC changed Silent Witness sequence 27 half 4 with yet one more sporting occasion. Match of the Day Reside: The FA Cup protection confirmed Bristol Metropolis v West Ham United.
So how will this have an effect on the remainder of Silent Witness sequence 27? And why isn’t the sequence on tonight (Tuesday, January 23, 2024)? Right here’s all the things it is advisable know.
What occurred to sequence 27 within the schedules?
Silent Witness sequence 27 has fallen foul of irritating schedule modifications.
Followers of the long-running forensic drama sequence will know that it all the time airs on a Monday and Tuesday all through January. The newest season started on January 08, with visitor star John Hannah making a visitor look.
Episodes 3 and 4 have been attributable to comply with on Monday, January 15, and Tuesday, January 26, 2024. Nonetheless, the second instalment didn’t air.
As an alternative, BBC One confirmed Match of the Day Reside: The FA Cup, which took over the entire night. The channel then selected to belatedly present the second a part of the two-hander, entitled Grievance Tradition, every week later. It aired on Monday, January 22, 2024.
That’s every week between episode 3 and episode 4. Nonetheless, the BBC did make Grievance Tradition half 2 obtainable to look at on BBC iPlayer for individuals who weren’t ready to attend.
Why isn’t Silent Witness on tonight?
As a result of the second a part of Grievance Tradition aired on Monday, January 22, 2024, there wasn’t an episode to indicate on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
So Silent Witness followers tuning in on Tuesday shall be left upset once more. As an alternative of the Emilia Fox sequence, BBC One is displaying a repeat to fill the empty area.
On Tuesday at 9pm, the broadcaster is displaying an previous episode of Who Do You Suppose You Are? Comic Josh Widdecombe traces his ancestry, starting with an early relative who was reduce out of the household fortune. The Final Leg star the strikes on to Elizabethan and Tudor the Aristocracy, together with a royal love triangle!
You’re alright Josh… However Tuesdays aren’t the identical with out Nikki’s completely styled blonde bob, and Jack Hodgson towering over her in a blue general!
When is Silent Witness subsequent on?
After a interval of unwelcome disruption, Silent Witness is again to its traditional slot the week starting Monday, January 29, 2024.
On that Monday, sequence 27 of Silent Witness will proceed with episode 5. Episode 6 will comply with the subsequent day, Tuesday, January 30, 2024.
In episodes 5 and 6 – entitled Invisible – the staff examine one other uncommon case. Nikki and Jack should act when the mummified corpse of a girl is present in a flat after being lifeless for a yr.
They draw on all of their forensic and pathology information to search out out the reality of her identification and what occurred to her. The Lyell are decided that she should get justice, even when the world had forgotten her…
Nadine Marshall visitor stars as DI Sarah Torres within the double-hander. She first performed the function within the 2023 episodes Acquainted Faces.
Learn extra: Aki Omoshaybi, aka Professor Gabriel Folukoya in Silent Witness, admits he ‘didn’t slot in’ after being fostered as a child
Silent Witness returns to BBC One on Monday, January 29, 2024 at 9pm.
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