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Shows Like Silent Witness

If you loved Silent Witness's Crime and Drama storytelling, these series deliver a similar experience — chosen for tone, narrative quality, and viewer satisfaction. Each includes where to stream it now.

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Bones
8.2

Bones

2005

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

Waking the Dead
7.2

Waking the Dead

2001

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

Lewis
7.6

Lewis

2007

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.

Forensic Files
7.8

Forensic Files

1996

Real crimes, disease outbreaks and accidents around the world are solved by experts using scientific laboratory analysis which helps them find previously undetectable evidence. Brilliant scientific work helps convict the guilty and free the innocent.

Harrow
7.6

Harrow

2018

When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.

Crossing Jordan
7.2

Crossing Jordan

2001

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

CSI: Vegas
7.8

CSI: Vegas

2021

Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.

Vera
7.5

Vera

2011

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

The Coroner
6.3

The Coroner

2015

High-flying solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.

Midsomer Murders
7.5

Midsomer Murders

1997

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

Inspector Morse
7.9

Inspector Morse

1987

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.

Cold Case Files
8.5

Cold Case Files

1999

Explore compelling cases that have gone cold for years, chronicling the journeys of the detectives who reopened them. The detectives relive the events of the crimes, reveal new twists and startling revelations, relying on breakthroughs in forensic technology and the influence of social media to help crack these cases.

The Chemistry of Death
6.6

The Chemistry of Death

2023

When bodies begin turning up in the tranquil English countryside that he has recently made home, a forensic anthropologist helps local police in a race against time.

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
6.7

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

2024

An elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto.

CSI: NY
7.3

CSI: NY

2004

Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
7.2

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2002

DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.

The First 48
7.9

The First 48

2004

The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.

Prime Suspect
7.7

Prime Suspect

1991

Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.

Vigil
7.2

Vigil

2021

The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain’s national security.

Why These Shows Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Silent Witness (1996): Crime and Drama themes, similar pacing, and comparable production quality. NoBadPicks uses TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface series most likely to resonate with fans of Silent Witness.

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