Crown Court
Season 1
197272 episodes
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.
Episode 1
Doctor's Neglect? (1)
Oct 18, 1972
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
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.
Episode 2
Doctor's Neglect? (2)
Oct 19, 1972
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Episode 3
Doctor's Neglect? (3)
Oct 20, 1972
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Episode 4
Liberman v Savage (1)
Oct 18, 1972
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
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?
Episode 5
Liberman v Savage (2)
Oct 19, 1972
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
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.
Episode 6
Liberman v Savage (3)
Oct 20, 1972
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
On the final day the live-in maid Florence Ferguson is called to give evidence, as is Lieberman's son Mark.
Episode 7
Regina v Lord (1)
Oct 25, 1972
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
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.
Episode 8
Regina v Lord (2)
Oct 26, 1972
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
Episode 9
Regina v Lord (3)
Oct 27, 1972
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
Episode 10
Regina v Bryant (1)
Jan 11, 1972
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.
Episode 11
Regina v Bryant (2)
Nov 2, 1972
Episode 12
Regina v Bryant (3)
Nov 3, 1972
Episode 13
Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)
Nov 8, 1972
Episode 14
Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)
Nov 9, 1972
Episode 15
Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)
Nov 10, 1972
Episode 16
Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)
Nov 15, 1972
Episode 17
Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)
Nov 16, 1972
Episode 18
Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)
Nov 17, 1972
Episode 19
The Eleventh Commandment (1)
Nov 22, 1972
Episode 20
The Eleventh Commandment (2)
Nov 23, 1972
Episode 21
The Eleventh Commandment (3)
Nov 24, 1972
Episode 22
A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)
Nov 29, 1972
Episode 23
A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)
Nov 30, 1972
Episode 24
A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)
Dec 1, 1972
Episode 25
Espionage (1)
Dec 6, 1972
Episode 26
Espionage (2)
Dec 7, 1972
Episode 27
Espionage (3)
Dec 8, 1972
Episode 28
Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)
Dec 13, 1972
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
Episode 29
Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)
Dec 14, 1972
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
One of the accused, Trevor Luckhurst, takes the witness stand, but his behaviour doesn't help his case.
Episode 30
Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)
Dec 15, 1972
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
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?
Episode 31
Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)
Dec 20, 1972
Episode 32
Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)
Dec 21, 1972
Episode 33
Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (3)
Dec 22, 1972
Episode 34
Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)
Dec 27, 1972
Episode 35
Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)
Dec 28, 1972
Episode 36
Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)
Dec 29, 1972
Episode 37
The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (1)
Dec 29, 1972
Episode 38
The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (2)
Dec 30, 1972
Episode 39
The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (3)
Dec 31, 1972
Episode 40
The Open Invitation
Jul 18, 1973
Episode 41
Beggar on Horseback
Jul 27, 1973
Episode 42
The Night for Country Dancing
Aug 1, 1973
Episode 43
Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook
Aug 8, 1973
Episode 44
The Judgement of Soloman
Aug 22, 1973
Episode 45
Destruct, Destruct
Aug 29, 1973
Episode 98
Good and Faithful Friends
Sep 11, 1974
Episode 99
Strange Past
Sep 18, 1974
Episode 100
On Impulse
Sep 25, 1974
Episode 103
The Messenger Boy
Oct 16, 1974
Episode 105
Winklers
Nov 6, 1974
Episode 106
The Alb of St. Honoratus
Nov 13, 1974
Episode 107
Cover Up
Nov 20, 1974
Episode 108
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.
Episode 109
Arson
Dec 4, 1974
Episode 112
The Quest
Jan 8, 1975
Episode 113
A Difference in Style
Jan 15, 1975
Episode 115
The Personator
Jan 29, 1975
Episode 116
Two in the Mind of One
Feb 5, 1975
Episode 117
The Murder Monitor
Feb 12, 1975
Episode 118
Who Cares
Feb 19, 1975
Episode 119
Saboteur
Feb 26, 1975
Episode 120
The Trees
Mar 5, 1975
Episode 121
Bad Day at Black Cape
Mar 12, 1975
Episode 122
The Mad, Mad Man
Mar 19, 1975
Episode 123
Contempt of Court
Mar 25, 1975
Episode 124
Possessed
Apr 2, 1975
Episode 125
The Also Ran
Apr 9, 1975
Episode 126
Take Back Your Mink
Apr 16, 1975
Episode 127
Light the Blue Touch-Paper
Apr 30, 1975
Episode 128
The Healing Hand
May 7, 1975
Episode 129
The Obsession
May 14, 1975
Episode 130
My Mother Said I Never Should...
May 21, 1975