Jailbird in the frame
SILENT WITNESS BBC1, 9pm
EMILIA Fox is back in her white protective overalls, camera in hand, which means the return of the long-running forensics crime show.
This is the 24th series, with five brand-new intriguing murder cases told across 10 gripping episodes.
Emilia plays Dr Nikki Alexander, who works in a dedicated forensics team at the Lyell Centre, along with Dr Jack Hodgson, played by David Caves.
It’s an action-packed start to the first case, with a prison fight, sirens wailing, security guards running and inevitable violence.
Jack and Nikki are called to the high-security prison afterwards when an inmate is found dead in suspicious circumstances.
Nikki walks in and immediately recognises someone, then starts having disturbing flashbacks.
The BBC was tasked with digging out archive footage for this one – the man she recognises is someone who popped up in an episode in series 13.
He is the victim’s cellmate, Scott Weston (Elliott Tittensor), the student responsible for a mass shooting Nikki witnessed 10 years earlier.
She becomes increasingly convinced that Scott is their prime suspect, but Jack worries that she holds a personal vendetta against the jailbird and is not following the evidence.
As always, we’re drip-fed clues – a security guard mentions debts being settled, letters under a bed, a whittled down toothbrush, a photo...
But does any of it matter when Nikki reckons she has her man?
Tune in tomorrow night for the second part.