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Crown Court Season 1

Returning Series 1972–1984
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Crown Court Season 1 Plot

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.

Season 1 Episodes

45 episodes
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Doctor's Neglect? (1)
Oct 18, 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.
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Doctor's Neglect? (2)
Oct 19, 1972
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Doctor's Neglect? (3)
Oct 20, 1972
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Liberman v Savage (1)
Oct 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?
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Liberman v Savage (2)
Oct 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.
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Liberman v Savage (3)
Oct 20, 1972
On the final day the live-in maid Florence Ferguson is called to give evidence, as is Lieberman's son Mark.
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Regina v Lord (1)
Oct 25, 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.
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Regina v Lord (2)
Oct 26, 1972
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Regina v Lord (3)
Oct 27, 1972
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Regina v Bryant (1)
Jan 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.
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Regina v Bryant (2)
Nov 2, 1972
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Regina v Bryant (3)
Nov 3, 1972
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Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)
Nov 8, 1972
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Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)
Nov 9, 1972
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Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)
Nov 10, 1972
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Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)
Nov 15, 1972
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Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)
Nov 16, 1972
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Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)
Nov 17, 1972
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The Eleventh Commandment (1)
Nov 22, 1972
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The Eleventh Commandment (2)
Nov 23, 1972
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The Eleventh Commandment (3)
Nov 24, 1972
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A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)
Nov 29, 1972
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A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)
Nov 30, 1972
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A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)
Dec 1, 1972
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Espionage (1)
Dec 6, 1972
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Espionage (2)
Dec 7, 1972
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Espionage (3)
Dec 8, 1972
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Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)
Dec 13, 1972
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Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)
Dec 14, 1972
One of the accused, Trevor Luckhurst, takes the witness stand, but his behaviour doesn't help his case.
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Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)
Dec 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?
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Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)
Dec 20, 1972
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Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)
Dec 21, 1972
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Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (3)
Dec 22, 1972
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Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)
Dec 27, 1972
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Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)
Dec 28, 1972
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Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)
Dec 29, 1972
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The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (1)
Dec 29, 1972
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The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (2)
Dec 30, 1972
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The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (3)
Dec 31, 1972
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The Open Invitation
Jul 18, 1973
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Beggar on Horseback
Jul 27, 1973
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The Night for Country Dancing
Aug 1, 1973
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Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook
Aug 8, 1973
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The Judgement of Soloman
Aug 22, 1973
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Destruct, Destruct
Aug 29, 1973