Season 1

Season 1 (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.


Episodes: 72

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Episodes List

Ep.1 Doctor's Neglect? (1)

Air Date: 1972-11-10

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.

Ep.2 Doctor's Neglect? (2)

Air Date: 1972-12-10

Ep.3 Doctor's Neglect? (3)

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Ep.4 Liberman v Savage (1)

Air Date: 1972-10-18

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?

Ep.5 Liberman v Savage (2)

Air Date: 1972-10-19

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.

Ep.6 Liberman v Savage (3)

Air Date: 1972-10-20

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

Ep.7 Regina v Lord (1)

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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.

Ep.8 Regina v Lord (2)

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Ep.9 Regina v Lord (3)

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Ep.10 Regina v Bryant (1)

Air Date: 1972-01-11

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.

Ep.11 Regina v Bryant (2)

Air Date: 1972-02-11

Ep.12 Regina v Bryant (3)

Air Date: 1972-03-11

Ep.13 Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)

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Ep.14 Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)

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Ep.15 Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)

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Ep.16 Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)

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Ep.17 Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)

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Ep.18 Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)

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Ep.19 The Eleventh Commandment (1)

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Ep.20 The Eleventh Commandment (2)

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Ep.21 The Eleventh Commandment (3)

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Ep.22 A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)

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Ep.23 A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)

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Ep.24 A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)

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Ep.25 Espionage (1)

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Ep.26 Espionage (2)

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Ep.27 Espionage (3)

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Ep.28 Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)

Air Date: 1972-12-13

Ep.29 Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)

Air Date: 1972-12-14

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

Ep.30 Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)

Air Date: 1972-12-15

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?

Ep.31 Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)

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Ep.32 Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)

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Ep.33 Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (3)

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Ep.34 Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)

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Ep.35 Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)

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Ep.36 Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)

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Ep.37 The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (1)

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Ep.38 The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (2)

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Ep.39 The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (3)

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Ep.40 The Open Invitation

Air Date: 1973-07-18

Ep.41 Beggar on Horseback

Air Date: 1973-07-27

Ep.42 The Night for Country Dancing

Air Date: 1973-08-01

Ep.43 Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook

Air Date: 1973-08-08

Ep.44 The Judgement of Soloman

Air Date: 1973-08-22

Ep.45 Destruct, Destruct

Air Date: 1973-08-29

Ep.98 Good and Faithful Friends

Air Date: 1974-09-11

Ep.99 Strange Past

Air Date: 1974-09-18

Ep.100 On Impulse

Air Date: 1974-09-25

Ep.103 The Messenger Boy

Air Date: 1974-10-16

Ep.105 Winklers

Air Date: 1974-11-06

Ep.106 The Alb of St. Honoratus

Air Date: 1974-11-13

Ep.107 Cover Up

Air Date: 1974-11-20

Ep.108 Beloved Alien

Air Date: 1974-11-27

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.

Ep.109 Arson

Air Date: 1974-12-04

Ep.112 The Quest

Air Date: 1975-01-08

Ep.113 A Difference in Style

Air Date: 1975-01-15

Ep.115 The Personator

Air Date: 1975-01-29

Ep.116 Two in the Mind of One

Air Date: 1975-02-05

Ep.117 The Murder Monitor

Air Date: 1975-02-12

Ep.118 Who Cares

Air Date: 1975-02-19

Ep.119 Saboteur

Air Date: 1975-02-26

Ep.120 The Trees

Air Date: 1975-03-05

Ep.121 Bad Day at Black Cape

Air Date: 1975-03-12

Ep.122 The Mad, Mad Man

Air Date: 1975-03-19

Ep.123 Contempt of Court

Air Date: 1975-03-25

Ep.124 Possessed

Air Date: 1975-04-02

Ep.125 The Also Ran

Air Date: 1975-04-09

Ep.126 Take Back Your Mink

Air Date: 1975-04-16

Ep.127 Light the Blue Touch-Paper

Air Date: 1975-04-30

Ep.128 The Healing Hand

Air Date: 1975-05-07

Ep.129 The Obsession

Air Date: 1975-05-14

Ep.130 My Mother Said I Never Should...

Air Date: 1975-05-21