Silent Witness
E117450
British television series
crime drama television series
forensic drama television series
police procedural television series
Silent Witness is a long-running British crime drama television series that follows forensic pathologists as they investigate complex and often disturbing deaths.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silent Witness canonical | 21 |
| Silent Witness universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T995644 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silent Witness Context triple: [Gaia Wise, notableWork, Silent Witness]
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A.
Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
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B.
Lie to Me
Lie to Me is an American crime drama television series centered on a deception expert who assists law enforcement by analyzing facial expressions and body language to detect lies.
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C.
Top of the Lake
Top of the Lake is a critically acclaimed mystery drama television series, co-created by Jane Campion, that follows a detective investigating disturbing crimes in a remote New Zealand community.
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D.
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that follows a team of forensic investigators solving crimes in New York City as part of the CSI franchise.
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E.
Rizzoli & Isles
Rizzoli & Isles is an American crime drama television series that follows a Boston homicide detective and a medical examiner as they solve complex murder cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silent Witness Target entity description: Silent Witness is a long-running British crime drama television series that follows forensic pathologists as they investigate complex and often disturbing deaths.
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A.
Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
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B.
Lie to Me
Lie to Me is an American crime drama television series centered on a deception expert who assists law enforcement by analyzing facial expressions and body language to detect lies.
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C.
Top of the Lake
Top of the Lake is a critically acclaimed mystery drama television series, co-created by Jane Campion, that follows a detective investigating disturbing crimes in a remote New Zealand community.
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D.
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that follows a team of forensic investigators solving crimes in New York City as part of the CSI franchise.
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E.
Rizzoli & Isles
Rizzoli & Isles is an American crime drama television series that follows a Boston homicide detective and a medical examiner as they solve complex murder cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
ⓘ
crime drama television series ⓘ forensic drama television series ⓘ police procedural television series ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | television ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Nigel McCrery ⓘ |
| depicts |
court cases
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police investigations ⓘ post-mortem examinations ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home video
ⓘ
streaming ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1996 ⓘ |
| follows | forensic pathologists ⓘ |
| format |
episodic
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multi-part story arcs ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
forensic drama ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeStructure | cases typically span two episodes ⓘ |
| hasFanBase | international ⓘ |
| hasLongRunningStatus | yes ⓘ |
| hasOriginMedium | television ⓘ |
| hasRecurringElement |
moral dilemmas in criminal justice
ⓘ
multi-disciplinary investigations ⓘ team-based forensic work ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | no widely known spin-off ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
complex deaths
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forensic science ⓘ legal proceedings ⓘ violent crime ⓘ |
| isBroadcastBy | BBC One ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
criminal investigation
ⓘ
forensic pathology ⓘ suspicious deaths ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Nikki Alexander
ⓘ
Sam Ryan ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Amanda Burton
ⓘ
Emilia Fox ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC Studios ⓘ |
| setIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| setting | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
ⓘ
serious ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Silent Witness Description of subject: Silent Witness is a long-running British crime drama television series that follows forensic pathologists as they investigate complex and often disturbing deaths.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Silent Witness universe