Eyewitness is an acclaimed scripted format originally produced by NRK, Norway, and since successfully adapted in multiple territories including France (Les Innocents) and Germany (Die Augenzeugen).
The series follows two teenagers who are secretly in love and meet one evening at a remote sand quarry, fearful of being discovered. When a car pulls up unexpectedly, it looks like the boys have stumbled upon the location for a gangland execution, but instead they witness the coldblooded slaughter of the executioners by the captive.
The captive then sets his sights on the boys, who have seen everything. Terrified for their lives, they manage to escape, but – fearful of the consequences of bringing knowledge of their relationship into the open – they form a pact never to reveal what they saw.
But the investigation catches up with them. Local Chief of Police and foster mother to one of the boys has caught the case of the sand quarry murders, a case that is strangely not adding up, suggesting links to the crime world and the use of police informers. Crucially, she doesn’t yet know her son is a key witness in this huge case. As long as the witnesses stay silent the case will never be solved but for how long will they be able to hide what they’ve witnessed? How long until the murder weapon is recovered putting both boys and those closest to them in danger? And how long until their secret is revealed? It’s a matter of life and death, especially with the newly appointed Chief of the Organized Crime Unit keen to bury the case.
Format created by NRK, Norway