Emilia Fox returns to BBC One as Forensic Pathologist Dr. Nikki Alexander next week for a new season of Silent Witness.

The long-running crime drama’s eighteenth season begins at 9pm on Tuesday 6 January on BBC One.

Emilia Fox is joined by David Caves as Forensic Scientist Jack Hodgson, Liz Carr as Forensic Lab Scientist Clarissa Mullery and Richard Lintern as Forensic Pathologist Dr. Thomas Chamberlain.

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The first of five new two-part stories, ‘Sniper’s Nest’, sees Nikki and Jack strive to track down a sniper at large in London after three people are shot dead at a petrol station.

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