Silent Witness is a British crime drama series, produced and shown on the BBC.
The show focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and follows their investigations into various crimes. The original series was actually based on Professor Helen Whitwell who is a forensic pathologist who is based in Sheffield. In turn, the series originally followed the activities of a female pathologist, however the character departed early in the eighth series, so they started following around other and new characters.
The drama has 19 seasons, 1996 - 2016.
The series was written and created Nigel McCrery, who has also worked on New Tricks and All the King's Men.
The director of the pilot was Harry Hook who has also directed and is well known for Lord of the Flies, The Kitchen Toto and The Last of His Tribe.
Some of the most regular directors are Richard Signy with 7 episodes, 1997-2005 (Doctors, Monarch of the Glen and The Bill), Renny Rye with 6 episodes, 2002-2013 (Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie: Poirot and Close & True) and Nicholas Renton with 6 episodes, 2003-2014 (Hamish Macbeth, Inspector George Gently and Lewis).
The series has been running for a very long time due to it's popularity in the different storylines and the different twists that interest the audience. In terms of directors, the series experiments with a bunch of different directors instead of just alternating between a few. 56 different directors have worked on the series, which is a big number, however due to their being 19 seasons it makes sense.
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I like this series, and I particularly like the colour that they use in the series. The colour is natural, b ut it has a hint of blue undertones as well as keeping the saturation down to make the footage quite musky and a little bit dark. This is the look I want to use within my work, but I want to keep the saturation up a little. I want to add a blue undertone to my video to make the tone mysterious.
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