Name: The Silence
Released: 2011-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Genevieve Barr, Douglas Henshall, Dervla Kirwan

TV Show · Drama · Mystery

A stylish thriller which sees 18 year old Ameila witnessing the audacious murder of a policewoman. Jim is assigned the case and Amelia identifies a drug squad police officer as the killer.

2011 · 57m

Starring Genevieve Barr, Douglas Henshall, Dervla Kirwan

Director Dearbhla Walsh

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Deaf teenager Amelia is learning to cope with her new cochlear implants and ability to hear. Whilst walking their dog one night she sees a woman being run over by two men, one of whose faces she sees.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Maggie insists Amelia tell nobody what she saw but this piles pressure on Jim to say nothing when a witness owns to seeing a young girl near the murder site.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Jim brings a transcript of Amelia's interpretation of the conversation between the bent coppers to colleague Terry.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Jim goes to the Professional Standards department to have the drug squad corruption investigated but everybody, including Evans, closes rank against him.

Manhunt
Murderland
The Conviction: The Case of Stephen Lawrence
The Long Shadow
Steeltown Murders
Collision
Jericho
The Field of Blood
Black Work

Genevieve Barr

Amelia
Douglas Henshall

DCI Jim Edwards
Dervla Kirwan

Maggie
Gina McKee

Anne
Hugh Bonneville

Chris
Harry Ferrier

Tom
Tom Kane

Joel
Rebecca Oldfield

Sophie
Jody Latham

Roach
Rod Hallett

Mac
David Westhead

Frank

Information

Studio: Acorn TV
Released: 2011
Rated: TV-MA

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom)
Audio: English (United States) (AD, AAC)
Subtitles: English (United States) (CC, SDH)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
: Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.

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