The Silence is a BBC One 4-part prime-time crime thriller/family drama about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder, first broadcast between 12–15 July 2010. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr (in her first major role following her successful screen debut in Channel 4's The Amazing Dermot), alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall. It was directed by Dearbhla Walsh.