Silent Witness

As part as research we had to watch the drama series 'Silent Witness' from the 1st and 2nd August 2005. The episodes were split up into two parts with one being shown on the Saturday and the other on the Sunday. The episode was the second episode in the 9th series of silent witness and were the 63-64 episodes ever made of silent witness. For Part 1 on the 1st August it recieved 6.32 million viewers and for Part 2 it had 6.13 millon viewers.  The episode was written by Doug Milburn and Directed by Andy Hay.

Silent Witness if broadcast on the BBC who have many dramas on offer for viewers to watch. Here is a list of some of them :

• Eastenders(1985)
• Holby City(1999)
• Casualty(1986)
• Merlin(2008)
• Doctors(2000)
• Sherlock(2010)

In the opening scene, we see the owner of the nightclub Modest and his girlfriend Helen pull up in his car after he has just given her an engagement ring. They then get out of the car and a car pulls up outside the nightclub and starts shoting out of the car towards the club at people. Modest girlfriend is also shot. The character that was involved were Modest, Modest Girlfriend, nightclub goes and the gangsters shooting at the club.

The Primary audience for Silent Witness would be middle class 35-50. The secondary audience would be working class 25-35. The things I liked about the drama was the tense storyline and I was looking forward throughtout it to find out what happened next. However, what I least like about the drama was how throughtout the programme it all builded up to a big finale at the end which never seemed to happen.