Crown Court — Season 1
72 episodesFirst aired 18 October 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.
E1Doctor's Neglect? (1)
8.0Oct 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.
- E2
Doctor's Neglect? (2)
8.0Oct 1972
- E3
Doctor's Neglect? (3)
8.0Oct 1972
- E4
Liberman v Savage (1)
8.0Oct 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?
- E5
Liberman v Savage (2)
8.0Oct 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.
- E6
Liberman v Savage (3)
8.0Oct 1972
On the final day the live-in maid Florence Ferguson is called to give evidence, as is Lieberman's son Mark.
- E7
Regina v Lord (1)
7.0Oct 1972
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.
- E8
Regina v Lord (2)
7.0Oct 1972
- E9
Regina v Lord (3)
7.0Oct 1972
- E10
Regina v Bryant (1)
Jan 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.
- E11
Regina v Bryant (2)
Nov 1972
- E12
Regina v Bryant (3)
Nov 1972
- E13
Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)
Nov 1972
- E14
Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)
Nov 1972
- E15
Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)
Nov 1972
- E16
Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)
Nov 1972
- E17
Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)
Nov 1972
- E18
Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)
Nov 1972
- E19
The Eleventh Commandment (1)
Nov 1972
- E20
The Eleventh Commandment (2)
Nov 1972
- E21
The Eleventh Commandment (3)
Nov 1972
- E22
A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)
Nov 1972
- E23
A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)
Nov 1972
- E24
A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)
Dec 1972
- E25
Espionage (1)
Dec 1972
- E26
Espionage (2)
Dec 1972
- E27
Espionage (3)
Dec 1972
- E28
Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)
7.0Dec 1972
- E29
Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)
7.0Dec 1972
One of the accused, Trevor Luckhurst, takes the witness stand, but his behaviour doesn't help his case.
- E30
Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)
7.0Dec 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?
- E31
Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)
Dec 1972
- E32
Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)
Dec 1972
- E33
Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (3)
Dec 1972
- E34
Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)
Dec 1972
- E35
Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)
Dec 1972
- E36
Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)
Dec 1972
- E37
The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (1)
Dec 1972
- E38
The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (2)
Dec 1972
- E39
The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (3)
Dec 1972
- E40
The Open Invitation
Jul 1973
- E41
Beggar on Horseback
Jul 1973
- E42
The Night for Country Dancing
Aug 1973
- E43
Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook
Aug 1973
- E44
The Judgement of Soloman
Aug 1973
- E45
Destruct, Destruct
Aug 1973
- E98
Good and Faithful Friends
Sept 1974
- E99
Strange Past
Sept 1974
- E100
On Impulse
Sept 1974
- E103
The Messenger Boy
Oct 1974
- E105
Winklers
Nov 1974
- E106
The Alb of St. Honoratus
Nov 1974
- E107
Cover Up
Nov 1974
- E108
Beloved Alien
Nov 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.
- E109
Arson
Dec 1974
- E112
The Quest
Jan 1975
- E113
A Difference in Style
Jan 1975
- E115
The Personator
Jan 1975
- E116
Two in the Mind of One
Feb 1975
- E117
The Murder Monitor
Feb 1975
- E118
Who Cares
Feb 1975
- E119
Saboteur
Feb 1975
- E120
The Trees
Mar 1975
- E121
Bad Day at Black Cape
Mar 1975
- E122
The Mad, Mad Man
Mar 1975
- E123
Contempt of Court
Mar 1975
- E124
Possessed
Apr 1975
- E125
The Also Ran
Apr 1975
- E126
Take Back Your Mink
Apr 1975
- E127
Light the Blue Touch-Paper
Apr 1975
- E128
The Healing Hand
May 1975
- E129
The Obsession
May 1975
- E130
My Mother Said I Never Should...
May 1975
