Silent Witness Finding Rachel: Part 1 (1996– ) Online
- Original Title :
- Finding Rachel: Part 1
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Crime / Drama / Mystery
- Year :
- 1996–
- Directror :
- Tim Fywell
- Cast :
- Emilia Fox,Tom Ward,William Gaminara
- Writer :
- Michael Crompton,Nigel McCrery
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 58min
- Rating :
- 7.0/10
Stephen Harrington, a friend of Leo, is concerned that his daughter Rachel, an aid worker, has gone missing in Zambia. Leo and his colleagues fly to Africa where Rachel's corpse is discovered. It seems that she was investigating the deaths of local villagers and may have been silenced. In the absence of the local coroner, the team get involved but find that uncooperative police officers are not exclusive to Britain.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Emilia Fox | - | Dr. Nikki Alexander |
 | Tom Ward | - | Dr. Harry Cunningham |
 | William Gaminara | - | Professor Leo Dalton |
 | Lindiwe Matshikiza | - | Rachel Harrington |
 | Patrick Baladi | - | Peter Ellis |
 | Robert Pugh | - | Stephen Harrington |
| Glen Gabela | - | Customs Official |
| Tumisho Masha | - | DI Cosmas Hamukoma |
| Momelezi V. Ntshiba | - | Police Officer (as Momelezi Ntshiba) |
| Nina Milner | - | Bethany Andrews |
| Sian Webber | - | Harriet Andrews |
 | Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe | - | Maidstone (as Siyabonga Shibe) |
| Masasa Mbangeni | - | Eunice |
| Thulani Msiza | - | Car Jacker 1 (as Thulani Msiwe) |
 | Thomas Gumede | - | Man with Eunice |
The scene in which Nikki identifies a murderer by the flies attracted to the traces of blood on his blade is a direct reference to the first Forensic Entomologist, Song Ci, who, as early as 1247, identified a murderer by the flies attracted to the traces of blood on his sickle.
This episode is set in Zambia, which is the birthplace of series regular William Gaminara.
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