Miniseries · Netflix
The Witness
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jordan Bolger
André Hanscombe
3 eps
Neil Maskell
DI Keith Pedder
3 eps
Mark Stanley
DS Ivan Agnew
3 eps
Max Fincham
Alex Hanscombe
3 eps
Sean Gilder
DCS Nicholas Campbell
3 eps
Jamie Bisping
Colin Stagg
3 eps
Kevin Eldon
DCI Mick Wickerson
3 eps
Kerry Godliman
June
3 eps
Jon Pointing
DC Nick Sparshatt
3 eps
James Dryden
DC Paul Miller
3 eps
James Bradshaw
DCI Tony Nash
3 eps
Claire Rushbrook
Dr. Jean Harris-Hendriks
3 eps
Jahsaiah Williams
3 eps
Paul Chahidi
Professor Paul Britton
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Witness actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Witness reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
With their 2-year-old as the sole witness to her murder, Rachel Nickell's partner fights to protect him amid a flawed investigation.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 3 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Limited Series
20263 episodes
4.0IMDbWhen Rachel Nickell was murdered on Wimbledon Common in 1992, André became a single parent overnight. Putting his own grief to one side, he made his son Alex – the only eyewitness to the attack – the centre of his world. Navigating the unscrupulous media furore and the urgency of an increasingly desperate police investigation, his sole concern became the welfare of his traumatised son. This is the story of how a father and son moved through the aftermath of unimaginable tragedy, from darkness into light.
Best episode · S01E02 Episode 2
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Episode 2
As DI Pedder's undercover operation develops, another murder hits the headlines. André and Alex move abroad, but their grief continues to follow them.
- Directed by Alex Winckler
- Written by Rob Williams
S01E03
Episode 3
Over a decade later, old evidence is re-examined by new eyes on the case. Will André and Alex finally get justice — or is there more to the story?
- Directed by Alex Winckler
- Written by Rob Williams
S01E01
Episode 1
A woman is murdered in front of her 2-year-old in '90s London. While his father tries to shield him from a media storm, the police identify a key suspect.
- Directed by Alex Winckler
- Written by Rob Williams
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- John YorkeExecutive Producer
- Rob WilliamsExecutive Producer
- Alison SterlingProducer
- Sarah BrownExecutive Producer
Writing
- Rob WilliamsWriter
Direction
- Alex WincklerDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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