The Silence

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The Silence
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Previously Aired Episode

AIRED ON 7/15/2010

Season 1 : Episode 4

Show Summary

In this four part drama, a young deaf girl witnesses a murder and she finds being thrust into the investigations rather difficult. Her Uncle Jim, the leading officer on the case, has to protect his niece from the guilty parties getting to her whilst also proving their guilt and also dealing with his own family troubles.

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SUBMIT REVIEW
  • WTFFFF

    5.0
    Just watched this on Netflix ... I understand wanting to be artistic & subtle, leave things to the viewer's imagination etc, but that was fucking a ridiculous ending - way too many loose ends left undone.



    Unlike the reviewer below I WILL give it away - after 4 hrs invested we still don't know how it ends - will Mac & Lee be arrested? Will Professional Standards believe Jim? What will Rocky do? Will Jim's son escape the drugs charges? Will his other son be tested for ***ation? For fuck's sake. Soooo good, then they just gave up. What a bunch of ***s. Gave it 5 out of 10 ... which is an average of 10 for the build up & zero for the ending.moreless
  • An engaging mini series - should have been longer!

    8.0
    The beauty of the BBC HD channel! Buried amongst its collection of simulcasts of other BBC programmes from BBC2-4, are repeats of quality drama from the last couple of years.

    Which is how i came across The Silence.

    I don't remember it being on the first time back in 2010 (I was probably still annoyed with ITV for cancelling The Bill) but I thought I would give this ago second time around.

    Genevieve Barr makes a brilliant acting debut in this series as the deaf Amelia (Barr is deaf in real life) and stands up well with the other actors including veterans Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall.

    The use of sound (or lack of it) to help portray Amelia's condition and position in many scenes helps to add depth and realism to the story. Although we know fairly early on who commited the murder, the writing and pacing keeps you wanting more - will Jim protect his family and Amelia from the culprit(s)? will he finally put his family first instead of his career? can anyone be trusted? Will Amelia make amends with her parents?

    As well as the usual police procedural elements, the series adds a touch of family drama as Amelia moves in with her cousins preferring to live with them rather than her drab and slightly dull parents and her dealing with relationships and her hearing issues. This helps not only in drawing the drama out into four parts but also in adding depth to the characters in what could have been a collection of two dimensional cardboard characters.

    My only gripe would be with the ending - I won't give it away but it definately felt like there should have been a fifth part and the series would have been a lot better for it.

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