Francesca Mills and Maggie Steed join the Silent Witness team at The Lyell Centre for Series 28.  

Ahead of its return in early 2025, the BBC have announced some news about the upcoming run of Silent Witness.

The show’s 28th series opens with a disturbing mystery, when the death of an elderly woman found in a cave has the team asking what drives a person to murder someone so vulnerable.

While Emilia Fox and David Caves return as Dr. Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson, the new series also brings us two new team members.

Maggie Steed (Rivals, Paddington 2) joins the show as Harriet Maven, the new Head of The Lyell Centre.

Francesca Mills (Harlots, The Witcher: Blood Origin) will play Kit Brooks, a Crime Analyst who works with Jack.

Maggie Steed says:

“I was delighted to be asked to join Silent Witness. I’ve enjoyed it many times over the years and it’s always been the most intriguing and entertaining series going, so it’s been a thrill to join.”

Francesca Mills says:

“I’m thrilled to be joining such a long running, much loved series as Silent Witness and I really look forward to being a part of the stellar cast. This will be the 28th Series, and it is still going from strength to strength.”

Series 28 arrives in the New Year with five brand new stories, told over ten episodes. Additionally, the BBC confirm that pre-production is underway for a series in 2026 too.

Silent Witness Series 28 is a BBC Studios Drama production for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The executive producers are Suzi McIntosh for BBC Studios, Nawfal Faizullah for the BBC, and Emilia Fox. Seán Gleeson produces.

You can stream the entire Silent Witness back catalogue on BBC iPlayer.