The Silence (2010 drama)
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| Genre | Crime drama • Thriller |
| Written by | Fiona Seres |
| Directed by | Dearbhla Walsh |
| Starring |
Genevieve Barr Gina McKee Hugh Bonneville Douglas Henshall Dervla Kirwan Harry Ferrier Tom Kane Rebecca Oldfield |
| Theme music composer | John Lunn |
| Country of origin | England |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | George Faber Charles Pattinson |
| Producer(s) | Eleanor Greene |
| Location(s) | Bristol |
| Cinematography | Dublin |
| Editor(s) | Ben Yeates Una Ni Dhonghaile |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Company Pictures |
| Distributor | All3Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 12 July – 15 July 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Silence is a British television crime drama, first broadcast on BBC One in 2010, which follows the story of a young deaf girl who witnesses a murder. The series was broadcast between 12–15 July 2010. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr in her first major role following her successful screen debut in Channel 4's The Amazing Dermot, alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall. The series was also directed by Dearbhla Walsh. The series, produced by Company Pictures, was filmed in Dublin, but set in Bristol.
The Silence is set in and around Bristol, south-western England. The plot centres around Amelia, portrayed by Genevieve Barr, an eighteen-year-old struggling to integrate into a hearing world following cochlear implantation, who witnesses the murder of a police officer. The subsequent investigation unravels a net of police corruption.
DCI Jim Edwards (Henshall) is investigating a gang execution, and invites Amelia, his niece, to stay with him for respite and to help her to hear using her recent implant. Amelia has overprotective parents, Anne and Chris (McKee and Bonneville), and relishes the chance to party with her cousins Tom, Joel and Sophie (Ferrier, Kane and Oldfield). While there, Amelia witnesses the murder of Jane Shilladay (O'Grady), a policewoman who works for the domestic violence unit and is romantically involved with colleague and amateur boxer Rocky (Campbell). By lip-reading CCTV footage, Amelia provides Edwards with a link between the two apparently unrelated murders, and recognises a member of the drug squad as one of the killers. He keeps her evidence and identity a secret in order to protect her, putting his career at risk, but their lives become endangered when he begins to unravel police corruption within the drug squad.
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