
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
Star Cast:
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

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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

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
