Silent Witness Triple Bill (2015-16)

The team tackle East End gangsters Steven Hartley, Beth Goddard (one of those faces you just see on everything) and son James Farrar (who's rather good) in One of Our Own (Tom Butterworth and Chris Hurford / David Drury), which takes its departure point as the death of a good copper. Mark Frost and Elly Fairman (and latterly Steven Pacey) investigate; Jason Watkins appears.

Season 19 kicks off by putting Nikki in danger as an apparent suicide makes her realise she's mis-diagnosed an old case featuring her mentor Georgie Glen. Ed Whitmore writes a thrilling but quite far-fetched story as usual, putting Nikki in prison at one point, then later shot at by a hit man. She does some silly things, doesn't tell the police when she should etc., annoying detective Liza Tarbuck.

Dean Lennox Kelly is the man released from prison, Dean Andrews his angry son. Geraldine Somerville the murderer - oops! I mean wife. After the Fall was again directed by Drury, and photographed by James Friend, later to win Oscar for All Quiet on the Western Front.

But it was the noticeably high contrast photography and skilful designs that caught my attention in the following story, Flight, shot by Steve Lawes, best known for Death Comes to Pemberley and Sherlock. It's about the survivors of a war zone who have become radicalized and plan to do silly things: Abigail Hardingham and Assad Raja (mum is Wanda Opalinska). Graham Mitchell wrote, Richard Senior directed.