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Powell is a fictional character portrayed by Peter Guinness in the TV series Silent Witness.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Lost Child: Part 1 (season 12), they were 58 years old.
They appear in 2 episodes out of a total of 247 aired so far

Powell

by Peter Guinness

character

Episodes2

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    The Lost Child: Part 1
    episode S12.E9 october 2008
    The half-naked corpse of a twelve-year-old boy is found in his school grounds and Liam, the child in whose company he was last seen, has disappeared. Nikki is particularly involved because the school's head teacher,Noel Hopkins, is the teacher who, years earlier, encouraged her interest in science.
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    The Lost Child: Part 2
    episode S12.E10 october 2008
    A severely mutilated corpse is found on a railway line, belonging to a known paedophile in his twenties, Francis Neil. Noel Hopkins is arrested, following revelations years earlier of an affair with a young pupil Nikki believes to be Francis but he is released due to insufficient evidence, though he is sacked from his job and his house torched, his saviour being Danny, father of the dead boy Michael. It is ultimately revealed that in fact Liam did not exist - he was the 20-something Francis, obsessed with Michael, and both were victims of the paedophile ring. Ultimately Nikki helps Noel to overcome prejudice and regain his job.