Silent Witness Characters Overview

| Character_ | Actor | Series | Notes_ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Farmer | Clare Higgins | Series 1 | A superintendent, and Tom Adams` boss and mentor, who accompanied him on investigating several cases during his time in the force. |
| Tom Adams | John McGlynn | Series 1 | An investigator with the Cambridgeshire police force, who had an affair with Kerry Cox, before her death. |
| Kerry Cox | Ruth Gemmell | Series 1 | A junior trainee detective who had an affair with Tom Adams, but was later killed in a freak accident in a hospital basement. |
| Marcia Evans | Janice Acquah | Series 1 | A fellow junior trainee detective for the Cambridgeshire police force, who resigned after Kerry Cox`s death. |
| Ricky Ryan | Matthew Steer | Series 1 | Wyn`s son, and Sam`s nephew, who regularly got into trouble and was expelled from school for very poor behaviour. |