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