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P.C. Coleman is a fictional character portrayed by Tom Chadbon in the TV series Silent Witness.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Buried Lies: Part 1 (season 1), they were 49 years old.
They appear in 2 episodes out of a total of 247 aired so far

P.C. Coleman

by Tom Chadbon

character

Episodes2

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    Buried Lies: Part 1
    episode S1.E1 february 1996
    Forensic pathologist Dr. Sam Ryan returns to Cambridge to take up a teaching assignment and to work for the police as required. In her first case, she has to deal with the death of a six year old girl find floating in a nearby river. The autopsy reveals that the child has suffered previous abuse, including cigarette burns and several broken ribs. Sam receives information from a prison inmate that implicates someone in a previous death and Sam suggests a radical step. In her personal life, Sam has to deal with her elderly mother who is showing signs of dementia and her sister Wyn with whom she has a strained relationship.
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    Buried Lies: Part 2
    episode S1.E2 february 1996
    With the exhumation of a child that had died from abuse some years earlier, Sam is able to demonstrate that there are similarities between the deaths of the two children. There is also only one individual with a connection to both cases. When Sam's house is broken into, her personal safety is a risk but she pursue the case with her usual zeal.