← Crown Court

Season 1

72 episodes · 1972

Courtroom drama, each case takes three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.

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    Doctor's Neglect? (1)

    Oct 18, 197223 min★ 7.7

    Mr Simpson was admitted to hospital following a car crash in Fulchester. He was examined by doctors and treated for minor injuries before being discharged. Moments later, Mr Simpson collapsed on the forecourt of the hospital and was rushed back inside for emergency brain surgery, from which he died. His widow Mrs Simpson is suing the hospital for neglect, claiming that the doctors who initially treated her husband missed the injury.

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    Doctor's Neglect? (2)

    Oct 19, 197223 min★ 8.0

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    Doctor's Neglect? (3)

    Oct 20, 197224 min★ 7.3

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    Liberman v Savage (1)

    Oct 18, 197221 min★ 8.0

    Wealthy Property developer Emmanuel Lieberman is trying to evict his former fiancé Delia Savage from an exclusive penthouse apartment overlooking London's Green Park. He claims that he merely allowed her to live in the apartment until they were married, but Ms Savage insists that Mr Lieberman gave her the property as an engagement gift. Mr Lieberman says the engagement was called off when he discovered his own son naked with Ms Savage when he returned home unexpectedly from a trip to San Francisco. Did he really give the apartment as a gift? Or is he simply trying to recover the prestigious property in order to sell it on at huge profit?

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    Liberman v Savage (2)

    Oct 19, 197224 min★ 7.7

    Ms Savage's evidence appears to suggest that her relationship with Mark Lieberman was platonic and that his presence in her flat was merely coincidental.

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    Liberman v Savage (3)

    Oct 20, 197223 min★ 7.9

    On the final day the live-in maid Florence Ferguson is called to give evidence, as is Lieberman's son Mark.

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    Regina v Lord (1)

    Oct 25, 197224 min★ 8.0

    Helen Lord, a maths teacher at Fulchester's John Fordhurst secondary school, is accused of wounding a police officer with a chisel. The court will hear that Miss Lord went to Calderley police station to speak to Detective Bretherton about the contents of a letter which he had sent to the headmistress of the school, advising her that Miss Lord was not suitable to work with children. When she was denied access to Detective Bretherton, she 'went berserk' and attacked the desk sergeant. The decision of the headmistress to employ Miss Lord without checking references is also being brought into question.

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    Regina v Lord (2)

    Oct 26, 197224 min★ 8.6

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    Regina v Lord (3)

    Oct 27, 197225 min★ 8.2

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    Regina v Bryant (1)

    Jan 11, 197224 min★ 8.2

    Following an armed raid by four masked men on a Fulchester bank in which £30,000 was stolen, local villain Harry Bryant was identified as one of the robbers. In court, he decides to sack his defence team at the start of the trial and defend himself. He bases his defence on unreliable identification and on the fact that due to his criminal background, the police are determined to 'fit him up' for a crime that he did not commit.

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    Regina v Bryant (2)

    Nov 2, 197224 min★ 8.0

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    Regina v Bryant (3)

    Nov 3, 197225 min★ 8.0

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    Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)

    Nov 8, 197223 min★ 7.8

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    Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)

    Nov 9, 197223 min★ 7.7

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    Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)

    Nov 10, 197224 min★ 7.3

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    Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)

    Nov 15, 197224 min★ 7.8

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    Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)

    Nov 16, 197224 min★ 7.8

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    Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)

    Nov 17, 197225 min★ 7.7

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    The Eleventh Commandment (1)

    Nov 22, 197222 min★ 7.4

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    The Eleventh Commandment (2)

    Nov 23, 197223 min★ 7.7

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    The Eleventh Commandment (3)

    Nov 24, 197224 min★ 7.6

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    A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)

    Nov 29, 197224 min★ 8.3

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    A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)

    Nov 30, 197224 min★ 8.3

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    A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)

    Dec 1, 197224 min★ 8.1

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    Espionage (1)

    Dec 6, 197222 min★ 7.3

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    Espionage (2)

    Dec 7, 197223 min★ 7.3

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    Espionage (3)

    Dec 8, 197225 min★ 6.6

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    Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)

    Dec 13, 197224 min★ 8.0

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    Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)

    Dec 14, 197223 min★ 8.0

    One of the accused, Trevor Luckhurst, takes the witness stand, but his behaviour doesn't help his case.

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    Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)

    Dec 15, 197223 min★ 8.6

    In his summing up, the defence barrister James Elliot QC accuses the night watchman of extreme anti-left wing bias. Could this save the young couple?

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    Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)

    Dec 20, 197224 min★ 8.0

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    Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)

    Dec 21, 197223 min★ 7.8

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    Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (3)

    Dec 22, 197223 min★ 7.5

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    Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)

    Dec 27, 197225 min★ 7.3

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    Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)

    Dec 28, 197225 min★ 7.6

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    Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)

    Dec 29, 197225 min★ 7.4

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    The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (1)

    Dec 29, 1972

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    The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (2)

    Dec 30, 1972

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    The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (3)

    Dec 31, 1972

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    The Open Invitation

    Jul 18, 1973

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    Beggar on Horseback

    Jul 27, 1973

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    The Night for Country Dancing

    Aug 1, 1973

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    Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook

    Aug 8, 1973

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    The Judgement of Soloman

    Aug 22, 1973

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    Destruct, Destruct

    Aug 29, 1973

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    Good and Faithful Friends

    Sep 11, 1974

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    Strange Past

    Sep 18, 1974

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    On Impulse

    Sep 25, 1974

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    The Messenger Boy

    Oct 16, 1974

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    Winklers

    Nov 6, 1974

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    The Alb of St. Honoratus

    Nov 13, 1974

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    Cover Up

    Nov 20, 1974

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    Beloved Alien

    Nov 27, 1974

    Doubt is thrown on Emma Lakeland's account about being held captive by Grigori Petrov, as she could have escaped. Inspector Clement believed Lakeland was in danger. Mr. Harvesty says Lakeland's role was a bluff to allow Petrov to escape.

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    Arson

    Dec 4, 1974

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    The Quest

    Jan 8, 1975

  56. 113

    A Difference in Style

    Jan 15, 1975

  57. 115

    The Personator

    Jan 29, 1975

  58. 116

    Two in the Mind of One

    Feb 5, 1975

  59. 117

    The Murder Monitor

    Feb 12, 1975

  60. 118

    Who Cares

    Feb 19, 1975

  61. 119

    Saboteur

    Feb 26, 1975

  62. 120

    The Trees

    Mar 5, 1975

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    Bad Day at Black Cape

    Mar 12, 1975

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    The Mad, Mad Man

    Mar 19, 1975

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    Contempt of Court

    Mar 25, 1975

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    Possessed

    Apr 2, 1975

  67. 125

    The Also Ran

    Apr 9, 1975

  68. 126

    Take Back Your Mink

    Apr 16, 1975

  69. 127

    Light the Blue Touch-Paper

    Apr 30, 1975

  70. 128

    The Healing Hand

    May 7, 1975

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    The Obsession

    May 14, 1975

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    My Mother Said I Never Should...

    May 21, 1975