Crown Court - Season 1

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Doctor's Neglect? (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.

Doctor's Neglect? (2)

2 - Doctor's Neglect? (2)

Air Date: December 10, 1972

Doctor's Neglect? (3)

3 - Doctor's Neglect? (3)

Liberman v Savage (1)

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?

Liberman v Savage (2)

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.

Liberman v Savage (3)

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.

Regina v Lord (1)

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.

Regina v Lord (2)

8 - Regina v Lord (2)

Regina v Lord (3)

9 - Regina v Lord (3)

Regina v Bryant (1)

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.

Regina v Bryant (2)

11 - Regina v Bryant (2)

Air Date: February 11, 1972

Regina v Bryant (3)

12 - Regina v Bryant (3)

Air Date: March 11, 1972

Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)

13 - Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)

Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)

14 - Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)

Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)

15 - Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)

Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)

16 - Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)

Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)

17 - Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)

Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)

18 - Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)

The Eleventh Commandment (1)

19 - The Eleventh Commandment (1)

The Eleventh Commandment (2)

20 - The Eleventh Commandment (2)

The Eleventh Commandment (3)

21 - The Eleventh Commandment (3)

A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)

22 - A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)

A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)

23 - A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)

A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)

24 - A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)

Espionage (1)

25 - Espionage (1)

Espionage (2)

26 - Espionage (2)

Espionage (3)

27 - Espionage (3)

Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)

28 - Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)

Air Date: December 13, 1972

Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)

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.

Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)

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?

Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)

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

Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)

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

Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (3)

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

Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)

34 - Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)

Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)

35 - Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)

Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)

36 - Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)

The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (1)

37 - The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (1)

The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (2)

38 - The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (2)

The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (3)

39 - The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (3)

The Open Invitation

40 - The Open Invitation

Air Date: July 18, 1973

Beggar on Horseback

41 - Beggar on Horseback

Air Date: July 27, 1973

The Night for Country Dancing

42 - The Night for Country Dancing

Air Date: August 1, 1973

Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook

43 - Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook

Air Date: August 8, 1973

The Judgement of Soloman

44 - The Judgement of Soloman

Air Date: August 22, 1973

Destruct, Destruct

45 - Destruct, Destruct

Air Date: August 29, 1973

Good and Faithful Friends

98 - Good and Faithful Friends

Air Date: September 11, 1974

Strange Past

99 - Strange Past

Air Date: September 18, 1974

On Impulse

100 - On Impulse

Air Date: September 25, 1974

The Messenger Boy

103 - The Messenger Boy

Air Date: October 16, 1974

Winklers

105 - Winklers

Air Date: November 6, 1974

The Alb of St. Honoratus

106 - The Alb of St. Honoratus

Air Date: November 13, 1974

Cover Up

107 - Cover Up

Air Date: November 20, 1974

Beloved Alien

108 - Beloved Alien

Air Date: November 27, 1974

Arson

109 - Arson

Air Date: December 4, 1974

The Quest

112 - The Quest

Air Date: January 8, 1975

A Difference in Style

113 - A Difference in Style

Air Date: January 15, 1975

The Personator

115 - The Personator

Air Date: January 29, 1975

Two in the Mind of One

116 - Two in the Mind of One

Air Date: February 5, 1975

The Murder Monitor

117 - The Murder Monitor

Air Date: February 12, 1975

Who Cares

118 - Who Cares

Air Date: February 19, 1975

Saboteur

119 - Saboteur

Air Date: February 26, 1975

The Trees

120 - The Trees

Air Date: March 5, 1975

Bad Day at Black Cape

121 - Bad Day at Black Cape

Air Date: March 12, 1975

The Mad, Mad Man

122 - The Mad, Mad Man

Air Date: March 19, 1975

Contempt of Court

123 - Contempt of Court

Air Date: March 25, 1975

Possessed

124 - Possessed

Air Date: April 2, 1975

The Also Ran

125 - The Also Ran

Air Date: April 9, 1975

Take Back Your Mink

126 - Take Back Your Mink

Air Date: April 16, 1975

Light the Blue Touch-Paper

127 - Light the Blue Touch-Paper

Air Date: April 30, 1975

The Healing Hand

128 - The Healing Hand

Air Date: May 7, 1975

The Obsession

129 - The Obsession

Air Date: May 14, 1975

My Mother Said I Never Should...

130 - My Mother Said I Never Should...

Air Date: May 21, 1975