Silent Witness - Legacy - 12:20 am Thursday, July 2 on U&Drama +1

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Legacy
Season 16, Episode 4

Feature-length episode. The discovery of a teenager's remains halts an eco-housing project, putting Nikki and Jack under pressure to help solve the mystery so construction can continue - and leading to an unexpected romance for Nikki. Meanwhile, Leo is caught up in a dangerous hospital siege when distraught father Tom Hancock holds a ward at gunpoint, insisting his terminally ill son's life-support is switched off. Emilia Fox, William Gaminara and David Caves star, with Mark Womack and Ed Stoppard

HD subtitles 16x9 audio-description

Detective/Thriller Movie/Drama Mystery

Did You Know..

Emilia Fox (Actor) .. Dr Nikki Alexander

Born: July 31, 1974 in London

Best Known For: Silent Witness.

Early-life: Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox was born on July 31, 1974, in London, to thespians Edward Fox and Joanna David. With so many relatives involved in the entertainment industry, including her uncles James and Robert, and grandmother Angela, Emilia naturally gravitated towards an acting career and made her screen debut in the acclaimed TV version of Pride and Prejudice alongside Colin Firth and her mother Joanna while still a student at Oxford University. Her younger brother, Freddie, has also decided to follow the family tradition. Emilia is also musical - she plays the cello, piano and trumpet.

Career: Since leaving full-time education, Fox has worked consistently on TV, but still found time to tread the boards and appear in movies. Period dramas Rebecca, The Round Tower and the aforementioned Pride and Prejudice brought her fame, but it was the remake of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) in 2000 that made her a household name. In 2002 she starred in Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning The Pianist and has more recently worked with Britain's acting elite in Gunpowder, Treason & Plot, The Virgin Queen, Marple: The Moving Finger, Born Equal, Upstairs Downstairs and Fallen Angel. In 2004 she took over from Amanda Burton as the lead actress in Silent Witness, and has been playing forensic pathologist Nikki Alexander ever since.

Quote: On attending film premieres: 'If you want to see that film, then great, but don't do it just to have your photo taken because that's silly, and inevitably you get hurt by it. People start picking up on things about your life that are irrelevant.'

Trivia: She is a patron of the environmental and human rights charity the Environmental Justice Foundation.

William Gaminara (Actor) .. Prof Leo Dalton

Adie Allen (Actor) .. Stella Hancock

Josef Altin (Actor) .. Colin Connor

Jake Arrowsmith (Actor) .. Peter Hancock

Teresa Banham (Actor) .. Alison Ryder

Pasha Bocarie (Actor) .. Dr Sanjeev Jumani

James Burrows (Actor) .. Derren Blackburn

Liz Carr (Actor) .. Clarissa

David Caves (Actor) .. Jack Hodgson

Wayne Foskett (Actor) .. Brian Blackburn

Cal MacAninch (Actor) .. David Loader

Born: November 24, 1963 in Govan, Glasgow

Best Known For: HolbyBlue and Mr Selfridge.

Early-life: Cal was born in Govan, Glasgow, on November 24, 1963. He discovered acting at Glasgow University after a knee injury ruined his chances of playing professional football. After a brief spell at Bristol Old Vic drama school, Cal was cast in a number of small roles at Glasgow's Citizen Theatre.

Career: After moving to London, MacAninch spent a year working in telesales jobs between auditions until he was cast in Edinburgh-set legal drama The Advocates. After making a number of guest appearances on TV shows, he landed recurring roles in Rockface, Sorted, HolbyBlue and Wild at Heart. More recently, he has starred in Downton Abbey, Silent Witness and Mr Selfridge.

Quote: On Mr Selfridge: 'I walked onto the set for the first time and I thought it was so beautiful.'

Trivia: MacAninch enjoys running marathons.

David Richards (Director)

Stephen Gallagher (Writer)