Emilia Fox has paid tribute to Silent Witness creator Nigel McCrery following his death aged 71. Nigel, a former police officer who also created the BBC series New Tricks, revealed last year he was diagnosed with an unspecified terminal illness.

Silent Witness star Emilia Fox has paid tribute to the show's creator Nigel McCrery, who has died aged 71.

Emilia Fox has paid tribute to the "kind" and "warm" Nigel McCrery. The creator of the long-running BBC forensic crime drama 'Silent Witness' - which stars the 50-year-old actress as Doctor Nikki Alexander - died on February 4 aged 71 after battling a terminal illness since October 2024.

Emilia Fox and David Caves have spent more than 10 years working alongside one another on BBC's Silent Witness, with Emilia calling her co-star an "incredibly skilled" actor

Longevity of Silent Witness is down to ‘incredible’ Nigel McCrery – Emilia Fox - Former police officer McCrery created the forensics series Silent Witness and the cold case show New Tricks.

Nigel McCrery worked as an officer with the murder squad of Nottinghamshire Constabulary before moving into TV and writing popular police procedurals Silent Witness and New Tricks.

Following her split from Harris, Fox began dating actor Jeremy Gilley in 2010, with whom she shares a daughter, Rose. Their relationship wasn't to be, and Fox went on to date famous chef Marco Pierre White, 13 years her senior. The pair dated for 3 years, splitting in 2016.