Silent Witness and New Tricks creator Nigel McCrery dies aged 71 Former police officer had revealed last year he had been diagnosed with an unspecified terminal illness.
The TV writer Nigel McCrery – creator of the series Silent Witness – has died aged 71, his agent has confirmed.
The former police officer, who also devised the cold case show New Tricks, revealed last year that he had been diagnosed with an unspecified terminal illness.
McCrery, who served with the Nottinghamshire constabulary, began Silent Witness in 1996 – the BBC programme about a police pathologist released its latest series, its 28th, this year.
These included The Footballers Who Fought and Died in the Great War; Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War and Season in Hell: British Footballers Killed in the Second World War.
