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Protection, Part 1

Silent WitnessSeries 18
Episode 5 of 10

Forensic crime drama series. When a suspected paedophile is found murdered in a children's playground, the team link the death to a missing child case.

When suspected paedophile Dale Barge is found murdered in a children's playground, Nikki and Jack are brought in by inexperienced detective Rory Drennan. It's not long before the team link Barge's death to a missing child, Lizzie Craddock.

Jack teams up with hard-nosed child protection DI Gina Conroy. They put pressure on Lizzie's parents Johnnie and Cheryl to try to find her. Lizzie's social worker Louise is brought in to help, and Nikki encourages her to stay positive when she blames herself for Lizzie's disappearance.

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Mon 19 Jan 201521:00
BBC One

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Credits

Dr Nikki AlexanderEmilia Fox
Jack HodgsonDavid Caves
Dr Thomas ChamberlainRichard Lintern
Clarissa MulleryLiz Carr
Louise MarshClaudie Blakley
Johnny CraddockJason Maza
Cheryl CraddockNatasha Sparkes
Lizzie CraddockKayleigh Davis
Judge GilmoreDavid Sibley
Kevin GarveyJack Rowan
MargaretJackie Howe
DI Rory DrennanJohn Dagleish
DI Gina ConroyLorraine Burroughs
CarlyMehima Heer
Sean PatrickDes McAleer
Delores PatrickPauline Cadell
Niamh GarveyClaire Lams
Daniel GarveyMicah Balfour
Cathy GarveyNiamh Lewis
Carol MansfieldAmy Huberman
Dr Rhavi DhillonAmit Shah
WriterTimothy Prager
DirectorDaniel O'Hara
ProducerSharon Bloom
Executive ProducerPhillippa Giles

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