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Season 1972

  • S1972E01 Doctor's Neglect? (1)

    • October 11, 1972
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    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.

  • S1972E02 Doctor's Neglect? (2)

    • October 12, 1972
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  • S1972E03 Doctor's Neglect? (3)

    • October 13, 1972
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  • S1972E04 Liberman v Savage (1)

    • October 18, 1972
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    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?

  • S1972E05 Liberman v Savage (2)

    • October 19, 1972
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  • S1972E06 Liberman v Savage (3)

    • October 20, 1972
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  • S1972E07 Regina v Lord (1)

    • October 25, 1972
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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.

  • S1972E08 Regina v Lord (2)

    • October 26, 1972
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  • S1972E09 Regina v Lord (3)

    • October 27, 1972
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  • S1972E10 Regina v Bryant (1)

    • November 1, 1972
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    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.

  • S1972E11 Regina v Bryant (2)

    • November 2, 1972
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  • S1972E12 Regina v Bryant (3)

    • November 3, 1972
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  • S1972E13 Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)

    • November 8, 1972
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    Did Lawrence Webb murder his cancer - stricken wife Moira by giving her an overdose of morphine? Was the overdose taken accidentally? Was Moira Webb's death the result of a 'mercy killing' or an 'assisted suicide'? The jury will have to consider some emotive issues before reaching their verdict.

  • S1972E14 Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)

    • November 9, 1972
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  • S1972E15 Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)

    • November 10, 1972
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  • S1972E16 Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)

    • November 15, 1972
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    A father and son are charged with attempting to smuggle a huge amount of heroin into the country. The drugs were discovered during a search of the vessel on the River Thames after it arrived from France. The couple claim they knew nothing about the heroin on their boat.

  • S1972E17 Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)

    • November 16, 1972
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  • S1972E18 Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)

    • November 17, 1972
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  • S1972E19 The Eleventh Commandment (1)

    • November 22, 1972
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    Two friends, Linda Mitchell and Rosemary Clayton, are accused of conspiring to shoplift a dress from Hombards Boutique in Fulchester. A store detective claims that Mitchell tried on four dresses in the changing rooms but emerged with only three. Ms Clayton, it is claimed, tried to cause a distraction when Mitchell was challenged about the missing dress by claiming that her purse had been stolen. The store detective claims to have seen the two women put the stolen dress into their car, hidden beneath a raincoat, before Clayton drove away.

  • S1972E20 The Eleventh Commandment (2)

    • November 23, 1972
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  • S1972E21 The Eleventh Commandment (3)

    • November 24, 1972
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  • S1972E22 The Medium (1)

    • November 29, 1972
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    A spiritualist is accused of fraudulently obtaining money from a widower after performing a series of séances at which he claimed to be making contact with the woman's recently deceased son. The payments for the séances ranged from small cash gifts to a large house. The prosecution claim that the spiritualist took advantage of a vulnerable woman.

  • S1972E23 The Medium (2)

    • November 30, 1972
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  • S1972E24 The Medium (3)

    • December 1, 1972
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  • S1972E25 Espionage (1)

    • December 6, 1972
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    Foreign Office employee Margaret Terson took top secret documents back to her home while she was dating East German businessman Hans Muller. The prosecution claim that Muller, a communist, was a spy. Miss Terson, who had been under police surveillance during her dalliance with Muller, is now accused of breaching the official secrets Act.

  • S1972E26 Espionage (2)

    • December 7, 1972
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  • S1972E27 Espionage (3)

    • December 8, 1972
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  • S1972E28 Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)

    • December 13, 1972
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    A radical young journalist and his student girlfriend are accused of conspiring to cause an explosion which rocked the offices of a local company. The prosecution is based on two pieces of evidence found at the couple's flat during a raid - a pair of plimsolls containing fragments of glass matching the glass at the company's offices, and letters written by the couple suggesting that the premises should be attacked.

  • S1972E29 Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)

    • December 14, 1972
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  • S1972E30 Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)

    • December 15, 1972
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  • S1972E31 Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)

    • December 20, 1972
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    Art collector Walter Lander purchased an extremely valuable painting from British collector Alice Starkie. When he announced his purchase to the art world, another collector came forward to claim that he has had the original painting for several years, and that Lander's purchase must be a fake. Alice Starkie is charged with obtaining money by deception, but claims she sold the painting in good faith, believing it to be the original. Is she telling the truth?

  • S1972E32 Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)

    • December 21, 1972
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  • S1972E33 Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (3)

    • December 22, 1972
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  • S1972E34 Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)

    • December 27, 1972
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    Roddy Maitland, the rising if temperamental star of British tennis, stormed off court during a Wimbledon semi-final. He then drove up to Fulchester to confront Dr. Holt-Matthews, the father of his pregnant girlfriend Gail. On being told that that her pregnancy was now over he attempted suicide in a hotel room by slashing his wrists. However it is Maitland who is now on trial for criminal libel after writing a letter in which the Prosecution allege he maliciously and falsely claimed the doctor to be "an abortionist" and "a murderer". The Defence case is that Dr. Holt-Matthews's callous attitude led him to such a conclusion and that there is no proof Gail had a genuine miscarriage.

  • S1972E35 Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)

    • December 28, 1972
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  • S1972E36 Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)

    • December 29, 1972
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Season 1973

  • S1973E01 Whatever Happened to George Robins? (1)

    • January 3, 1973
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    George Robins is a second hand car dealer and well-known ladies man. He has disappeared. Blood stains were found at his country cottage. A local car thief, Harold Barnes, is charged with his murder, but Barnes claims that Robins has not been murdered but has faked his own death so that his wife can claim a large insurance pay-out. The prosecution will try to prove that Barnes has indeed murdered Robins even though no body has ever been found.

  • S1973E02 Whatever Happened to George Robins? (2)

    • January 4, 1973
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  • S1973E03 Whatever Happened to George Robins? (3)

    • January 5, 1973
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  • S1973E04 Blackmail: Regina v Brewer and Brewer (1)

    • January 10, 1973
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    The spurned lover of a Church of England clergyman is accused of blackmail after threatening to expose their affair unless the vicar pays £400.

  • S1973E05 Blackmail: Regina v Brewer and Brewer (2)

    • January 11, 1973
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  • S1973E06 Blackmail: Regina v Brewer and Brewer (3)

    • January 12, 1973
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  • S1973E07 Sunset of Arms: Fitton v Pusey (1)

    • January 17, 1973
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    A military historian has been accused of libel by a British Army Major following the publication of a book on the British Army's involvement in the Korean War. The author claims that the Major abandoned his post and left his company of soldiers to be massacred by the North Koreans. The Major insists that he was the last man standing in the conflict and escaped to safety only after the rest of his company was wiped out. Was the Major a hero, or a coward?

  • S1973E08 Sunset of Arms: Fitton v Pusey (2)

    • January 18, 1973
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  • S1973E09 Sunset of Arms: Fitton v Pusey (3)

    • January 19, 1973
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  • S1973E10 Persimmons and Dishwashers: Regina v Curl (1)

    • January 24, 1973
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    Fulchester's notorious Curl brothers are accused of demanding money with menaces and GBH. The court will hear that the brothers had been conducting a reign of terror over Fulchester's club and bar owners through a Chicago-style protection racket. After refusing to pay the brothers for protection, a number of club owners suffered injuries ranging from falls down stairs, feet burned with electric fires and attacks with hammers. Indeed, one of the brother's own enforcers has disappeared and is believed to have been buried under the new M16 motorway foundations.

  • S1973E11 Persimmons and Dishwashers: Regina v Curl (2)

    • January 25, 1973
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  • S1973E12 Persimmons and Dishwashers: Regina v Curl (3)

    • January 26, 1973
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  • S1973E13 A Public Mischief (1)

    • January 31, 1973
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    Town Hall corruption is exposed in this case, as two employees of Fulchester Borough Council are charged with fraudulently purchasing land which was at the centre of a planning permission wrangle. The land was then quickly re-sold at a much higher price than that originally paid by the council employees to the previous owner, a local market gardener, who claims that he only sold his land when he was informed that a new motorway by-pass would run through his farming land. Did the Council employees use their inside knowledge for their own financial gain?

  • S1973E14 A Public Mischief (2)

    • February 1, 1973
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  • S1973E15 A Public Mischief (3)

    • February 2, 1973
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  • S1973E16 Portrait of an Artist (1)

    • February 7, 1973
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    Before his death a year ago, a renowned artist wrote a will in which he bequeathed his estate to his favourite model, Rose Messiter. The will is being challenged by his business partner Brenda Kingsley, who had been named as sole beneficiary in an earlier will written by the artist. She claims that at the time of writing the second will, the artist was not of sound mind. Ms KIngsley is now challenging the second will and is laying claim to the artist's estate.

  • S1973E17 Portrait of an Artist (2)

    • February 8, 1973
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  • S1973E18 Portrait of an Artist (3)

    • February 9, 1973
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  • S1973E19 Crime in Prison (1)

    • February 14, 1973
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    A prison officer at Fulchester's Park Moor Prison is charged with accepting bribes to smuggle a number of prohibited items into and out of the prison by an inmate, who is also facing charges.

  • S1973E20 Crime in Prison (2)

    • February 15, 1973
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  • S1973E21 Crime in Prison (3)

    • February 16, 1973
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  • S1973E22 Infanticide or Murder? (1)

    • February 21, 1973
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    A 15 year old schoolgirl has given birth to an illegitimate baby. Within a week of the birth, the body of the baby has been found buried in the girl's back garden by police acting on a tip-off. The schoolgirl's father (the baby's grandfather) has been charged with the murder of the baby after it was discovered that the infant had been strangled.

  • S1973E23 Infanticide or Murder? (2)

    • February 22, 1973
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  • S1973E24 Infanticide or Murder? (3)

    • February 23, 1973
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  • S1973E25 An Act of Vengeance (1)

    • February 28, 1973
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    A 21 year old man has been blinded after an attacker flung acid into his face. Was the attack carried out by his own cousin following a family feud?

  • S1973E26 An Act of Vengeance (2)

    • March 1, 1973
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  • S1973E27 An Act of Vengeance (3)

    • March 2, 1973
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  • S1973E28 Freak-Out (1)

    • March 7, 1973
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  • S1973E29 Freak-Out (2)

    • March 8, 1973
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  • S1973E30 Freak-Out (3)

    • March 9, 1973
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  • S1973E31 The Mugging of Arthur Simmons (1)

    • March 14, 1973
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    A pensioner is mugged in a dark alley. two young black men are identified as the muggers in a local youth club. However, the defense claims that the identity parade was not carried out according to correct police procedure.

  • S1973E32 The Mugging of Arthur Simmons (2)

    • March 15, 1973
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  • S1973E33 The Mugging of Arthur Simmons (3)

    • March 16, 1973
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  • S1973E34 Love Thy Neighbour (1)

    • March 21, 1973
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    A man is left paralyzed after being shot on his own doorstep following an argument about a betting slip. Two brothers living next door stand accused of attempted murder but claim the gun went off by accident during a scuffle.

  • S1973E35 Love Thy Neighbour (2)

    • March 22, 1973
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  • S1973E36 Love Thy Neighbour (3)

    • March 23, 1973
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  • S1973E37 The Death of Dracula (1)

    • March 28, 1973
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    Count Alucard, a Dracula-themed illusionist, is shot dead on stage when a stunt involving a gun goes horribly wrong. His assistant (his wife, Rita) is accused of having tampered with the gun, killing him after discovering yet another of his affairs. did she purposely kill her husband, or was the gun faulty?

  • S1973E38 The Death of Dracula (2)

    • March 29, 1973
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  • S1973E39 The Death of Dracula (3)

    • March 30, 1973
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  • S1973E40 Wise Child (1)

    • April 4, 1973
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    A wealthy industrialist who made his fortune in African mining projects has died and left his fortune to his widow and two children. However, an African man has come forward to claim his share of the inheritance by claiming that he is the son of the businessman from a previous, secret marriage to an African lady. Is he genuinely the son, or is he an impostor trying to fraudulently claim money?

  • S1973E41 Wise Child (2)

    • April 5, 1973
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  • S1973E42 Wise Child (3)

    • April 6, 1973
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  • S1973E43 Beware of the Dog (1)

    • April 11, 1973
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    A night security firm stands accused of attacking a young courting couple with dogs and truncheons after they had entered a private development via a hole in the perimeter fence. The couple claim the attack took place outside the fence after they had left the premises. The firm's right to use truncheons is also being questioned by the prosecution.

  • S1973E44 Beware of the Dog (2)

    • April 12, 1973
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  • S1973E45 Beware of the Dog (3)

    • April 13, 1973
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  • S1973E46 Theft by Necessity

    • April 18, 1973
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    A retired lawyer decides to defend himself in court after he is charged with shoplifting.

  • S1973E47 The Gilded Cage (1)

    • April 19, 1973
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    An estranged wife has accused her husband of rape. The husband denies the charge and claims that his wife has made up the allegation in anger after he refused to increase her maintenance payments.

  • S1973E48 The Gilded Cage (2)

    • April 20, 1973
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  • S1973E49 Credibility Cap (1)

    • April 25, 1973
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    A construction company building a suspension bridge is being sued for compensation by the wife of a workman who has been badly injured in a fall from the bridge. The prosecution claims that the workmen had not been provided with safety belts. The defense insist that safety belts were available, but the workman chose not to wear one and may even have been drunk when he fell from the bridge.

  • S1973E50 Credibility Cap (2)

    • April 26, 1973
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  • S1973E51 Credibility Cap (3)

    • April 27, 1973
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  • S1973E52 The Long Haired Leftie (1)

    • May 2, 1973
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    A militant trade union activist is accused of stirring up trouble on a picket line outside a newspaper headquarters. The defense are suggesting that there is a political motive behind his arrest but the judge has insisted that the trial must not be turned into a political debate.

  • S1973E53 The Long Haired Leftie (2)

    • May 3, 1973
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  • S1973E54 The Long Haired Leftie (3)

    • May 4, 1973
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  • S1973E55 Intent To Kill (1)

    • May 9, 1973
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    A gang of four criminals have raided a warehouse and a night-watchman has been shot and seriously wounded. Two of the gang have been acquitted of attempted murder at an earlier trial. The third member of the gang is now on trial after finally being apprehended in Essex. The fourth gang member, the getaway driver, has turned Queens evidence in return for police protection and is now being used as a prosecution witness. Is his evidence reliable enough?

  • S1973E56 Intent To Kill (2)

    • May 10, 1973
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  • S1973E57 Intent To Kill (3)

    • May 11, 1973
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  • S1973E58 There Was a Little Girl (1)

    • May 16, 1973
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    Fiona Gray is charged with arson after setting fire to her estranged husband's house. As her children were in the house at the time, the defense are claiming diminished responsibility.

  • S1973E59 There Was a Little Girl (2)

    • May 17, 1973
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  • S1973E60 There Was a Little Girl (3)

    • May 18, 1973
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  • S1973E61 A View to Matrimony (1)

    • May 23, 1973
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    Archie McNeil is a bigamist. He married three women under Islamic Law in Somalia, where he has business interests, and a further three women in the U.K. Is he just a hopeless romantic? (The press have dubbed him 'The blue-beard of Scotland'). Or did he, as the prosecution claim, marry his wives for financial gain? After being traced by a Private Detective to a hotel room in Scarborough, where he was on honeymoon with wife number six, Mr McNeil must now explain his actions in court.

  • S1973E62 A View to Matrimony (2)

    • May 24, 1973
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  • S1973E63 A View to Matrimony (3)

    • May 25, 1973
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  • S1973E64 Settling a Score (1)

    • May 30, 1973
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    Fulchester United's star striker Arnie Campbell's career is over following a foul by Porthampton City's hard-man defender John 'Chopper' Bates. Bates denies making the foul challenge and claims that one of Campbell's own team-mates was responsible. Did Campbell's own team-mate deliberately injure him after discovering that Campbell was taking bribes from a local bookmaker to 'throw' matches. The court will hear that bribery, betting scams and corruption have become a common feature of modern professional football.

  • S1973E65 Settling a Score (2)

    • May 31, 1973
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  • S1973E66 Settling a Score (3)

    • June 1, 1973
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  • S1973E67 To Catch a Thief (1)

    • June 6, 1973
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  • S1973E68 To Catch a Thief (2)

    • June 7, 1973
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  • S1973E69 To Catch a Thief (3)

    • June 8, 1973
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  • S1973E70 Patch's Patch (1)

    • June 13, 1973
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    Fulchester builder Benjamin Patch is accused of fraud. He became a national celebrity when he devised a revolutionary scheme which enabled young couples to purchase cheap new houses for just a one thousand pounds deposit. After the scheme collapsed, hundreds of investors have lost their money and are still without a house.

  • S1973E71 Patch's Patch (2)

    • June 14, 1973
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  • S1973E72 Patch's Patch (3)

    • June 15, 1973
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  • S1973E73 Who Was Kate Greer (1)

    • June 20, 1973
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    The wife of a university lecturer stands accused of perjury and perverting the course of justice. At a previous trial, she gave evidence against one of her husband's students, who was then convicted of stealing a valuable vase from the university. But the vase turned up at an auction three weeks after the student was convicted of stealing it.

  • S1973E74 Who Was Kate Greer (2)

    • June 21, 1973
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  • S1973E75 Who Was Kate Greer (3)

    • June 22, 1973
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  • S1973E76 A Right To Life (1)

    • June 27, 1973
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    A doctor, and the mental institute at which he works, are being sued for damages by a mentally retarded young woman. Whilst living as a patient at the mental institute, the young woman became pregnant. She claims that the doctor performed an abortion on her against her will and knowledge. The doctor is well known for his controversial views on genetics, which to some appear similar to those held by NAZI ideologists in the 1930's.

  • S1973E77 A Right To Life (2)

    • June 28, 1973
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  • S1973E78 A Right To Life (3)

    • June 29, 1973
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  • S1973E79 The Inner Circle (1)

    • July 4, 1973
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    The Sunday Nation newspaper, and one of its leading reporters, are being sued for libel after describing a psychotherapy group as 'harmful' and 'fraudulent'. Stephen Harvesty QC, for the defendants, will try to convince the court that the psychotherapy group is indeed nothing more than a cult which forces its members to part with large sums of money for very little in return.

  • S1973E80 The Inner Circle (2)

    • July 5, 1973
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  • S1973E81 The Inner Circle (3)

    • July 6, 1973
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  • S1973E82 The Black Poplar (1)

    • July 11, 1973
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    A Fulchester lady is accused of attempted murder after shooting a council worker who was felling a rare Black Poplar tree in her front garden. She claims that she did not aim the gun directly at the worker but merely intended to scare him and prevent him from carrying out his work in protest against the council's decision to chop down the tree.

  • S1973E83 The Black Poplar (2)

    • July 12, 1973
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  • S1973E84 The Black Poplar (3)

    • July 13, 1973
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  • S1973E85 The Open Invitation (1)

    • July 18, 1973
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    Maurenn Sellers is accused of kidnapping a baby which had been left in its pram outside a Fulchester supermarket. She claims she had the mother's permission to take the baby, who she had previously babysat for, but the mother denies this.

  • S1973E86 The Open Invitation (2)

    • July 19, 1973
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  • S1973E87 The Open Invitation (3)

    • July 20, 1973
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  • S1973E88 Beggar On Horseback (1)

    • July 25, 1973
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    The Personnel Manager of a metal factory is accused of stealing a coat belonging to the Managing Director. The prosecution claim that this relatively trivial offence was just the latest in a long line of petty crimes against the Managing Director by the accused, which began after he was served with a redundancy notice.

  • S1973E89 Beggar On Horseback (2)

    • July 26, 1973
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  • S1973E90 Beggar On Horseback (3)

    • July 27, 1973
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  • S1973E91 The Night For Country Dancing (1)

    • August 1, 1973
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    Barbara Airey is a hairdresser earning £1500 a year according to her tax returns. How, then, does she afford her lavish lifestyle which includes fancy cars and a private education for her two children? The Inland Revenue, and the prosecution team, want answers. Ms Airey insists that her three wealthy lovers lavish cash gifts upon her which enable her to live the sort of lifestyle that would require earnings in the region of £10,000 per annum.

  • S1973E92 The Night For Country Dancing (2)

    • August 2, 1973
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  • S1973E93 The Night For Country Dancing (3)

    • August 3, 1973
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  • S1973E94 Mrs Moresby's Scrapbook (1)

    • August 8, 1973
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    A ten year old girl has accused a man of groping her as she made her way past his seat in the cinema. However, it is the girls' mother who is in the dock accused of blackmailing the man, demanding money from him in return for not reporting the incident to the police. The man denies the child's' accusation and claims that he had slapped her leg for being rude to him.

  • S1973E95 Mrs Moresby's Scrapbook (2)

    • August 9, 1973
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  • S1973E96 Mrs Moresby's Scrapbook (3)

    • August 10, 1973
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  • S1973E97 My Old Man's a Dustman (1)

    • August 15, 1973
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    A Fulchester man is accused of dumping thousands of gallons of toxic waste from Fulchester Metals Ltd into a quarry, but claims he had no idea that the waste was toxic. Was he conned into dumping the chemicals by the boss of the metals company, who is also on trial?

  • S1973E98 My Old Man's a Dustman (2)

    • August 16, 1973
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  • S1973E99 My Old Man's a Dustman (3)

    • August 17, 1973
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  • S1973E100 The Judgment of Solomon (1)

    • August 22, 1973
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    An African couple are accused of deliberately trying to run over the man who, for the past nine years, has been the foster parent of their young daughter. It appears that a custody battle for the young girl between the natural parents and the foster parents has turned into something more sinister. The incident, which took place in a pub car park, appears to be just one of many in a series of unpleasant acts against the foster parents.

  • S1973E101 The Judgment of Solomon (2)

    • August 23, 1973
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  • S1973E102 The Judgment of Solomon (3)

    • August 24, 1973
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  • S1973E103 Destruct Destruct (1)

    • August 29, 1973
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    A 13 year old boy is charged with the murder of his 12 year old pal after suffocating him with a plastic bag. Was there a real intent to harm the boy or did a game they were playing go horribly wrong? The defense will try to prove that the accused boy was not aware of his actions and agree to have the youngster placed under hypnosis in court to prove a point.

  • S1973E104 Destruct Destruct (2)

    • August 30, 1973
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  • S1973E105 Destruct Destruct (3)

    • August 31, 1973
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  • S1973E106 Public Lives (1)

    • September 5, 1973
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    A theatre production company is charged with breaching obscenity laws following the performance of a play at the Fulchester Palace Theatre. The performance, which included nudity and sex acts, led to dozens of complaints being made to the Fulchester echo. The defense insist that the trial cannot continue until the jury has watched a performance of the play. The prosecution insist that reading the script should suffice. The judge has a decision to make on this issue before the trial can proceed.

  • S1973E107 Public Lives (2)

    • September 6, 1973
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  • S1973E108 Public Lives (3)

    • September 7, 1973
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  • S1973E109 The Thunderbolts (1)

    • September 12, 1973
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    After previously being convicted of assaulting a police officer, the leader of The Thunderbolts, a local motorcycle gang, has returned to court. He's accusing the policeman of malicious prosecution, claiming that the officer bore a grudge against him after he dated the policeman's daughter.

  • S1973E110 The Thunderbolts (2)

    • September 13, 1973
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  • S1973E111 The Thunderbolts (3)

    • September 14, 1973
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  • S1973E112 Treason (1)

    • September 19, 1973
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    A Belgian mercenary soldier is charged with treason after leading an uprising in Santa Isabella, a small British dependency. The defense argue that as the accused is not a British national, he owes no allegiance to the Queen and therefore cannot possibly be charged with treason.

  • S1973E113 Treason (2)

    • September 20, 1973
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  • S1973E114 Treason (3)

    • September 21, 1973
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  • S1973E115 A Stab in the Front (1)

    • September 26, 1973
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    Following an argument at a summer barbecue in Fulchester, a lady guest, Mrs Lawlor, is attacked by the hostess, Mrs Blandford, with a heated kebab skewer. Mrs Blandford stands accused of malicious wounding. The accused claims that she slipped on wet grass as she was serving food and that the injuries were caused by accident.

  • S1973E116 A Stab in the Front (2)

    • September 27, 1973
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  • S1973E117 A Stab in the Front (3)

    • September 28, 1973
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  • S1973E118 Just Good Friends (1)

    • October 10, 1973
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    An author is accused of blackmail after writing a book titled 'Just Good Friends?' in which he claimed that the close relationship between two eminent former M.P.s (one of whom has recently died) was of a homosexual nature. The author denies the charge and claims that he was offered £15000 not to publish the book by the surviving Member of Parliament, who wanted to keep the nature of the relationship quiet. The politician denies that the relationship was homosexual and claims he was blackmailed by the author.

  • S1973E119 Just Good Friends (2)

    • October 11, 1973
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  • S1973E120 Just Good Friends (3)

    • October 12, 1973
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  • S1973E121 To Suffer a Witch (1)

    • October 17, 1973
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    Just minutes before his death through illness, Charles Laker told his doctor that he believed he had been cursed. Adelaide Vincente, the head of a little-known Fulchester witches coven, stands accused of murder. A witness from the medical profession tells the court of a growing belief among doctors that causing death and injury by witchcraft is indeed possible.

  • S1973E122 To Suffer a Witch (2)

    • October 18, 1973
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  • S1973E123 To Suffer a Witch (3)

    • October 19, 1973
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  • S1973E124 Hit and Miss (1)

    • October 24, 1973
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    In the village of Chelton, just outside Fulchester, an elderly man is knocked off his bicycle and killed by a speeding green Mercedes convertible. The car is traced to a local wealthy businessman who now needs to explain why the car in question was taken to a local garage for repairs within hours of the incident. The accused denies causing death by dangerous driving. His defense counsel are claiming that the policeman dealing with the case held a grudge against the accused ever since a previous attempt to prosecute him on another matter proved unsuccessful.

  • S1973E125 Hit and Miss (2)

    • October 25, 1973
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  • S1973E126 Hit and Miss (3)

    • October 26, 1973
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  • S1973E127 No Spoiling (1)

    • October 31, 1973
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    her 14 month old son after he is admitted to Fulchester General Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The mother claims the injuries were sustained when the baby fell down a flight of stairs while she was busy dealing with a leaking washing machine.

  • S1973E128 No Spoiling (2)

    • November 1, 1973
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  • S1973E129 No Spoiling (3)

    • November 2, 1973
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  • S1973E130 The Age of Leo Trotsky (1)

    • November 7, 1973
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    Jack Smith is an aging ex-convict with a string of convictions. He appears to have formed a Fagin-like relationship with a young boy, Leo Trotsky. Together, they are charged with stealing copper piping from a building and also of using this to cause actual bodily harm.

  • S1973E131 The Age of Leo Trotsky (2)

    • November 8, 1973
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  • S1973E132 The Age of Leo Trotsky (3)

    • November 9, 1973
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  • S1973E133 Robin and His Juliet (1)

    • November 14, 1973
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    School teacher Juliet Tomlin is accused of indecently assaulting one of her 15 year old pupils. She denies the charge, but it has come to light that the pupil, named in court only as Robin, recently spent two nights at the house of the teacher. Were the pair conducting an illicit affair, or did they simply become the victims of misplaced playground and staffroom gossip?

  • S1973E134 Robin and His Juliet (2)

    • November 15, 1973
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  • S1973E135 Robin and His Juliet (3)

    • November 16, 1973
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  • S1973E136 The Most Expensive Steak in the World (1)

    • November 21, 1973
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    An Argentinian cattle rancher is suing a Scottish beef farmer after buying a bull for a record price at a Fulchester cattle auction. After the purchase, the bull was discovered to be infertile.

  • S1973E137 The Most Expensive Steak in the World (2)

    • November 22, 1973
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  • S1973E138 The Most Expensive Steak in the World (3)

    • November 23, 1973
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  • S1973E139 A Message To Ireland (1)

    • November 28, 1973
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    An acclaimed political author stands accused of the rare crime of 'incitement to disaffection', in other words, encouraging two young soldiers serving in Northen Ireland to dessert the army. The prosecution claim that the idea to dessert the army only entered the soldier's minds after reading his book, which criticized the way in which the British Army was behaving in the province.

  • S1973E140 A Message To Ireland (2)

    • November 29, 1973
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  • S1973E141 A Message To Ireland (3)

    • November 30, 1973
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  • S1973E142 No Smoke Without Fire (1)

    • December 5, 1973
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    The prosecution claim that the accused, Mr Bennington, was responsible for an arson attack on the home of a man who he suspected of having an affair with his wife. Mr Bennington denies the charge and claims that he was at home asleep following a heavy drinking session at the time.

  • S1973E143 No Smoke Without Fire (2)

    • December 6, 1973
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  • S1973E144 No Smoke Without Fire (3)

    • December 7, 1973
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  • S1973E145 Conduct Prejudicial (1)

    • December 12, 1973
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    A Royal Air Force squadron leader is accused of spying, a serious charge which carries life imprisonment. After crashing his car, diagrams and scribbled notes relating to a new design of bomb have been discovered in his pocket. Why did he have them? And why was a young Russian lady also in his car?

  • S1973E146 Conduct Prejudicial (2)

    • December 13, 1973
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  • S1973E147 Conduct Prejudicial (3)

    • December 14, 1973
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  • S1973E148 Tables of the Heart (1)

    • December 19, 1973
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    Dr Stephen Saul is a young Australian surgeon charged with manslaughter. It is claimed that during routine heart surgery, he performed a risky heart transplant on patient Eric Maple, who died during the operation. Dr Saul insists that he secured permission to carry out the transplant from the patient before the operation but Mr Maples' wife is adamant that this is not true. Another surgeon at Bellsides hospital claims that Dr Saul only carried out the unnecessary transplant to make a name for himself in the world of surgery.

  • S1973E149 Tables of the Heart (2)

    • December 20, 1973
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  • S1973E150 Tables of the Heart (3)

    • December 21, 1973
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  • S1973E151 Murder Most Foul

    • December 27, 1973
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    Christmas episode

Season 1974

  • S1974E01 The Dogs (1)

    • January 2, 1974
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    After suspecting that irregular betting patterns had taken place at a greyhound stadium, bookmaker Ronald Charles refused to pay out on a winning betting slip worth over £200,000. A group of men have subsequently been accused of having conspired to cheat the on-track Tote betting system, and Mr Charles, out of thousands of pounds.

  • S1974E02 The Dogs (2)

    • January 3, 1974
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  • S1974E03 The Dogs (3)

    • January 4, 1974
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  • S1974E04 Further Charges (1)

    • January 9, 1974
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    A Fulchester man has pleaded guilty to obtaining money by deception but now faces a more serious charge of arson, which he denies. The latter charge follows a fire at a Fulchester antique shop.

  • S1974E05 Further Charges (2)

    • January 10, 1974
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  • S1974E06 Further Charges (3)

    • January 11, 1974
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  • S1974E07 Hidden Scars (1)

    • January 16, 1974
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  • S1974E08 Hidden Scars (2)

    • January 17, 1974
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  • S1974E09 Hidden Scars (3)

    • January 18, 1974
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  • S1974E10 With Menaces (1)

    • January 23, 1974
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    Pakistani housing landlord Muhammed Aslam is accused of demanding money with menaces from a number of illegal immigrants from Pakistan, who have found their way to Fulchester across Europe by train and boat. Mr Aslam insists that he was merely demanding his fees for arranging the immigrant's journey and for housing rent.

  • S1974E11 With Menaces (2)

    • January 24, 1974
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  • S1974E12 With Menaces (3)

    • January 25, 1974
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  • S1974E13 Do Your Worst (1)

    • January 30, 1974
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    Following relegation Fulchester Rovers manager Aleksander Gruda is sacked. However he claims players Skelhorne, McIver and Appledene deliberately played badly in order to achieve this end. All three now stand trial for conspiracy.

  • S1974E14 Do Your Worst (2)

    • January 31, 1974
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  • S1974E15 Do Your Worst (3)

    • February 1, 1974
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  • S1974E16 The Flight of the Lapwing (1)

    • February 6, 1974
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    After surviving the crash of a light aircraft in which two passengers were killed, the pilot of the aircraft is suing a relative of one of the victims for libel. The relative claimed in a newspaper article that the pilot was medically unfit to fly the aircraft and may also have been attempting to commit suicide by deliberately crashing the plane. He denies the allegation.

  • S1974E17 The Flight of the Lapwing (2)

    • February 7, 1974
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  • S1974E18 The Flight of the Lapwing (3)

    • February 8, 1974
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  • S1974E19 The Getaway (1)

    • February 13, 1974
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    Phil McDowell has been deserted by his wife and daughter, has been sacked from his job as a bank clerk and is now on trial for abducting Fiona Sumner, a fourteen year old girl. He denies the offence and insists she agreed to go with him.

  • S1974E20 The Getaway (2)

    • February 14, 1974
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  • S1974E21 The Getaway (3)

    • February 15, 1974
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  • S1974E22 The Woman Least Likely (1)

    • February 20, 1974
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    Irene Rutland faces charges of theft, criminal damage and wounding a police officer. The officer was called to a restaurant after Mrs. Rutland was involved in an argument over what she considered an excessive bill. The prosecution argue that she was in a drunken rage and struck the officer while resisting arrest. She was also found in possession of a handbag belonging to another woman - Linda Brightson - and she is also charged with theft of this item and damage to the restaurant.

  • S1974E23 The Woman Least Likely (2)

    • February 21, 1974
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  • S1974E24 The Woman Least Likely (3)

    • February 22, 1974
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  • S1974E25 A Case of Murder (1)

    • February 27, 1974
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  • S1974E26 A Case of Murder (2)

    • February 28, 1974
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  • S1974E27 A Case of Murder (3)

    • March 1, 1974
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  • S1974E28 The Assault On Chogo Sar (1)

    • March 6, 1974
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    Two mountaineers died in an unsuccessful attempt to scale the Choga Sar in the Himalayas. That ill-fated expedition is now the subject of a libel trial. Captain Piers Bowman who led the climb alleged in a TV documentary that the men died as a result of the cowardly and negligent behaviour of fellow climber Dennis Wainwright. Wainwright argues the allegations were false: he behaved completely properly in dreadful conditions and the men's deaths could not have been prevented. He suggests Bowman has made the claims because he is unable to cope with failure and is looking for a scapegoat.

  • S1974E29 The Assault On Chogo Sar (2)

    • March 7, 1974
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  • S1974E30 The Assault On Chogo Sar (3)

    • March 8, 1974
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  • S1974E31 Duress (1)

    • March 13, 1974
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    James Mallard signed a confession admitting that he had stolen a car belonging to his doctor with whom he and his family have long been unhappy. He had hinted to the doctor just before the incident that he would do him some harm. Mallard has now retracted his confession and asserts his innocence. He argues that he was forced into a confession by Sergeant Attrass who has long victimised him because of his criminal past. The prosecution argue that the initial confession was absolutely correct.

  • S1974E32 Duress (2)

    • March 14, 1974
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  • S1974E33 Duress (3)

    • March 15, 1974
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  • S1974E34 30,000 pieces of Silver (1)

    • March 20, 1974
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    Rock musician Lance Porter is suing his father Reverend Fortescue Porter in a civil case. He composed a rock opera called "Jesus, Baby!" about the nativity. He promised his father the copyright to the show on the understanding that if he fell on hard times he would receive part of the proceeds. However his father then spent all the considerable revenue on charitable causes even though he strongly disapproved of the content and style of the show. Reverend Fortescue says he did nothing wrong. At the time neither he nor his son expected the production to make money. In his view Lance has not fallen on hard times and has no need for any share.

  • S1974E35 30,000 pieces of Silver (2)

    • March 21, 1974
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  • S1974E36 30,000 pieces of Silver (3)

    • March 22, 1974
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  • S1974E37 Nuts (1)

    • March 27, 1974
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    Charles Holloway is charged with murdering two women - an aunt and her niece - who lived in the flat above. He does not deny shooting the women but pleads diminished responsibility, arguing that their extreme anti-social behaviour caused him to lose control. The Prosecution, however, insist the shootings were premeditated.

  • S1974E38 Nuts (2)

    • March 28, 1974
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  • S1974E39 Nuts (3)

    • March 29, 1974
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  • S1974E40 Confine to Solitary (1)

    • April 3, 1974
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    Long serving prison officer William Hogarth, a strict disciplinarian, is accused of wounding with intent Johnson, an unpopular inmate. Johnson was found injured in the toilets where he had gone in search of secreted drugs. Hogarth insists his innocence and argues that the assault was actually committed by another inmate who then tried to frame him for the offence.

  • S1974E41 Confine to Solitary (2)

    • April 4, 1974
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  • S1974E42 Confine to Solitary (3)

    • April 5, 1974
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  • S1974E43 Big Annie (1)

    • April 10, 1974
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    Annie Robertson, a socialist and benefits rights campaigner, is suing social security officer Stephen Ash for libel. She alleges that he falsely and maliciously stated in a report that she was close to alcoholism, mentally unstable and cohabiting with Edward Rimmer and therefore ineligible for benefits. She denies all these claims and argues that Ash invented them when she resisted his sexual advances. By contrast Ash asserts that his comments were professional, honestly made and broadly true.

  • S1974E44 Big Annie (2)

    • April 11, 1974
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  • S1974E45 Big Annie (3)

    • April 12, 1974
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  • S1974E46 Falling Stars (1)

    • April 17, 1974
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    Critic Derek Glynn is being sued for libel by veteran actress Sarah Leigh after he wrote an article claiming she engineered the dismissal of her young co-star Patricia Drake from the play "Boobs". He insists his comments were true.

  • S1974E47 Falling Stars (2)

    • April 18, 1974
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  • S1974E48 Falling Stars (3)

    • April 19, 1974
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  • S1974E49 Son and Heir (1)

    • April 24, 1974
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    Lady Carvell received a telephone call from her son Sebastian telling her that he had been kidnapped by the KLF - a South African militant group - and that unless a ransom of $250 000 were paid he would be killed. Sebastian later turned up at the family home but the ransom money was missing from the house safe. Sebastian is now on trial accused of faking the kidnapping as a pretext for stealing the ransom money.

  • S1974E50 Son and Heir (2)

    • April 25, 1974
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  • S1974E51 Son and Heir (3)

    • April 26, 1974
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  • S1974E52 Death in the Family (1)

    • May 1, 1974
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    Elspeth Durrant, a temperamental woman with a history of mental illness and suicide attempts, is found dead in her bed after taking a large number of pills and alcohol. Shortly before she had told her husband Frank that she was going to commit suicide. However the prosecution insist this was not a genuine suicide but a case of murder - he was tired of her behaviour and asphyxiated her by turning her face into her pillow while she was unconscious.

  • S1974E53 Death in the Family (2)

    • May 2, 1974
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  • S1974E54 Death in the Family (3)

    • May 3, 1974
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  • S1974E55 Minnie (1)

    • May 8, 1974
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    For four years the Barlows fostered a young girl - Minnie Biddulph - whose biological parents were both alcoholics. The Barlows hoped to adopt Minnie but instead Miss Prossitt, the Head of Social Services, ordered that Minnie be returned to her biological mother who was now recovered. However the prosecution say that Mr. Barlow ignored the order and took the girl to London. He is now in court accused of child stealing.

  • S1974E56 Minnie (2)

    • May 9, 1974
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  • S1974E57 Minnie (3)

    • May 10, 1974
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  • S1974E58 Vermin (1)

    • May 15, 1974
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    Sean Jameson was shot and injured by farmer Paul Brimmer while walking across his land at night. Jameson was squatting with his girlfriend Angela Bourke in a dilapidated cottage on Brimmer's land and the Prosecution allege that Brimmer was angry about this and deliberately shot him. Brimmer denies the charge and says that Jameson had stumbled into a ditch while drunk and he had mistaken his red hair while on the ground for a fox.

  • S1974E59 Vermin (2)

    • May 16, 1974
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  • S1974E60 Vermin (3)

    • May 17, 1974
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  • S1974E61 South Tower (1)

    • May 22, 1974
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    The south tower of a new shopping centre collapsed resulting in the deaths of eight people. Was this a tragic accident or the responsibility of site agent Joe Carney? The prosecution allege that Carney objected to the "socialist" design and expense of the tower and was determined to see it fail with disastrous consequences. Carney does not deny that he disliked the building but denies he was in any way at fault. He argues that the building collapsed because of faults in a new material which he had warned against but his complaints had gone unheeded.

  • S1974E62 South Tower (2)

    • May 23, 1974
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  • S1974E63 South Tower (3)

    • May 24, 1974
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  • S1974E64 Triangle (1)

    • May 29, 1974
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    Terence Finlay was stabbed to death at the house where he lodged with Beryl Jackson and Gerald Prosser. Only one - or both - of these people could have committed the crime. The prosecution argue they jointly killed the victim whom they had manipulated and financially exploited for some time. However each defendant protests their innocence and claims the other was solely responsible.

  • S1974E65 Triangle (2)

    • May 30, 1974
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  • S1974E66 Triangle (3)

    • May 31, 1974
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  • S1974E67 Victims of Prejudice (1)

    • June 5, 1974
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    Wealthy local personality Malcolm Winfield was mugged walking through a park late at night with Ronald Hamilton whom he had met at a club earlier in the evening. Hamilton was unharmed in the attack. The victim's wallet was found later on at the home of Derek Clark and Sharon Cox, tucked inside a record player. Winfield says that Clark and Cox attacked him that evening. Hamilton is also accused of the same crime - the prosecution argue he was a male prostitute who willingly took part in a plan to entice Winfield to the park where his former house-mates could rob him.

  • S1974E68 Victims of Prejudice (2)

    • June 6, 1974
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  • S1974E69 Victims of Prejudice (3)

    • June 7, 1974
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  • S1974E70 Baby Farm (1)

    • June 12, 1974
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    Sylvia Spencer visited Dr. Jonathan Francis seeking to terminate her pregnancy - she had been deserted by her boyfriend and wanted to conceal her condition from her brutal, disapproving father. Dr. Francis told her that an abortion was not possible and persuaded her to continue the pregnancy and release her baby for adoption. She took this advice and immediately after birth the child was placed in the custody of Mrs. Hine who had been unsuccessfully trying to become pregnant for years. However the prosecution allege this was no legal or proper adoption case.

  • S1974E71 Baby Farm (2)

    • June 13, 1974
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  • S1974E72 Baby Farm (3)

    • June 14, 1974
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  • S1974E73 For the Good of the Many (1)

    • June 19, 1974
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    Douglas Cardy, head-teacher of a school for disabled children, stands accused of ill-treating one of his pupils - Tom Rigby, a fifteen year old with cerebral palsy. It is alleged he struck the boy after he turned on taps and flooded the school and then locked him in a bare room for nine hours. Cardy denies the charge and insists he punished the boy in a reasonable manner for the good of the whole school.

  • S1974E74 For the Good of the Many (2)

    • June 20, 1974
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  • S1974E75 For the Good of the Many (3)

    • June 21, 1974
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  • S1974E76 How to Rob a Memory Bank (1)

    • June 26, 1974
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    Computer programmer Samuel Warren is accused of transferring £125000 over a long period from his employers by computer to a non-existent company - whose supposed bank account number matched his own. Warren does not deny that he made the transfers but claims they were not fraudulent and intended to expose the poor computer security of the company which had consistently ignored his warnings of the problems.

  • S1974E77 How to Rob a Memory Bank (2)

    • June 27, 1974
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  • S1974E78 How to Rob a Memory Bank (3)

    • June 28, 1974
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  • S1974E79 The Wrecking of the Tedmar (1)

    • July 3, 1974
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    The Tedmar, a boat owned by businessman Edward Blaney, was wrecked at sea after apparently running into mechanical difficulties and bad weather. Blaney and his mistress Edwina Sheridan had to be rescued by another boat. However the insurance company representative Draxland refused to pay out, arguing that Blaney fabricated the claim and deliberately wrecked the craft. Blaney is now suing the company for the cost of his boat.

  • S1974E80 The Wrecking of the Tedmar (2)

    • July 4, 1974
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  • S1974E81 The Wrecking of the Tedmar (3)

    • July 5, 1974
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  • S1974E82 Two Rings for Margie (1)

    • July 10, 1974
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    Margie Middleton is standing trial accused of bigamy. The prosecution allege that she went through a marriage ceremony to Colonel Middleton knowing that she was still married to her long estranged husband Patrick Delaney. However the defence argue that her marriage to Delaney was itself null and void because he was actually still married to Kathleen whom he claimed had been killed in an air raid during the Second World War.

  • S1974E83 Two Rings for Margie (2)

    • July 11, 1974
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  • S1974E84 Two Rings for Margie (3)

    • July 12, 1974
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  • S1974E85 No Stranger in Court (1)

    • July 17, 1974
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    Inspector Bill Clegg, an unconventional detective, is accused of obtaining money by deception. The prosecution allege that he exaggerated his expense claims by over two hundred pounds, possibly to pay a major informer called Harry after his superior officers refused to authorise payment. Clegg argues that he has been unfairly accused by his colleagues and is merely guilty of making genuine errors.

  • S1974E86 No Stranger in Court (2)

    • July 18, 1974
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  • S1974E87 No Stranger in Court (3)

    • July 19, 1974
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  • S1974E88 Security Risk (1)

    • July 24, 1974
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    Robert Denton, a clerical officer at a weapons research establishment, stands charged with copying a secret document about a missile and then selling the information to the Soviet Union. The prosecution offer unusual proof that he copied the document and argue that he sold the information for £5000 to try to solve his major financial difficulties.

  • S1974E89 Security Risk (2)

    • July 25, 1974
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  • S1974E90 Security Risk (3)

    • July 26, 1974
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  • S1974E91 The Probationer (1)

    • July 31, 1974
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    Following an anonymous tip-off Lillian White was found in possession of stolen watches and jewellery, an offence for which she was later sent to prison. However she was also was in the care of recently-qualified probation officer Trevor Creswell whom she accused of helping her to conceal the items.

  • S1974E92 The Probationer (2)

    • August 1, 1974
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  • S1974E93 The Probationer (3)

    • August 2, 1974
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  • S1974E94 Midnight With No Pain (1)

    • August 7, 1974
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  • S1974E95 Midnight With No Pain (2)

    • August 8, 1974
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  • S1974E96 Midnight With No Pain (3)

    • August 9, 1974
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  • S1974E97 Not Dead But Gone Before (1)

    • August 14, 1974
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    The body of Joseph Meadows, a rich, reclusive, hypochondriac businessman, is found inside a deep-freeze cabinet in a cellar at his home. However this was no ordinary cellar but kitted out as a surgical ward under the charge of Hungarian refugee Dr. Karoly Sebes with whom he shared the house. The prosecution assert that Dr. Sebes murdered Meadows in a spurious cryogenic experiment. However the defence claim that Sebes is innocent - his technique was working and his patient only died when a police officer opened the cabinet and ruined any chance of success.

  • S1974E98 Not Dead But Gone Before (2)

    • August 15, 1974
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  • S1974E99 Not Dead But Gone Before (3)

    • August 16, 1974
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  • S1974E100 Corruption (1)

    • August 21, 1974
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  • S1974E101 Corruption (2)

    • August 22, 1974
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  • S1974E102 Corruption (3)

    • August 23, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E103 Pickets (1)

    • August 28, 1974
    • ITV1

    Anthony Smith and Jim Webb are accused of various offences relating to an incident when they picketed the premises of the True Loaf bakery where they were on strike. The prosecution allege that they obstructed and then intimidated lorry driver Ronald Bates who was attempting to deliver flour.

  • S1974E104 Pickets (2)

    • August 29, 1974
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  • S1974E105 Pickets (3)

    • August 30, 1974
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  • S1974E106 The Dogs Next Door (1)

    • September 4, 1974
    • ITV1

    Olivia Bessemer, a seventy three year old woman, is accused of poisoning her step-niece Carmel with the intent of harming her.

  • S1974E107 The Dogs Next Door (2)

    • September 5, 1974
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  • S1974E108 The Dogs Next Door (3)

    • September 6, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E109 Good and Faithful Friends (1)

    • September 11, 1974
    • ITV1

    Leonard Tyler (Paul Freeman) is accused of trespassing on land belonging to former girlfriend Mary Chatham (Alison Steadman).

  • S1974E110 Good and Faithful Friends (2)

    • September 12, 1974
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  • S1974E111 Good and Faithful Friends (3)

    • September 13, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E112 Strange Past (1)

    • September 18, 1974
    • ITV1

    On Valentine's Day in 1956 a young woman and alleged witch - Olive Rudy - was found dead in a field, the victim of an apparent ritual murder.

  • S1974E113 Strange Past (2)

    • September 19, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E114 Strange Past (3)

    • September 20, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E115 On Impulse (1)

    • September 25, 1974
    • ITV1

    Teacher Thomas Frears is accused of assaulting Jonathan Ashe, one of his students.

  • S1974E116 On Impulse (2)

    • September 26, 1974
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  • S1974E117 On Impulse (3)

    • September 27, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E118 Double, Double (1)

    • October 2, 1974
    • ITV1

    MI6 interpreter Kenneth Gould stands accused of passing secrets onto the KGB, in one instance resulting in the deaths of two British agents.

  • S1974E119 Double, Double (2)

    • October 3, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E120 Double, Double (3)

    • October 4, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E121 The Hunt (1)

    • October 9, 1973
    • ITV1

  • S1974E122 The Hunt (2)

    • October 10, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E123 The Hunt (3)

    • October 11, 1974
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  • S1974E124 Messenger Boy (1)

    • October 16, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E125 Messenger Boy (2)

    • October 17, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E126 Messenger Boy (3)

    • October 18, 1974
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  • S1974E127 The Dashing Young Officer (1)

    • October 23, 1974
    • ITV1

    Colonel John Egerton was jailed in India for gun-running and later dismissed from the army following a court martial. He alleged though in an article for the Sunday Star newspaper that he was innocent and was working for British intelligence who then disowned him when he was caught.

  • S1974E128 The Dashing Young Officer (2)

    • October 24, 1974
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  • S1974E129 The Dashing Young Officer (3)

    • October 25, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E130 Winklers (1)

    • October 30, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E131 Winklers (2)

    • October 31, 1974
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  • S1974E132 Winklers (3)

    • November 1, 1974
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  • S1974E133 Immoral Earnings (1)

    • November 6, 1974
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    Twenty year old Mary Hepple offers astrological readings under the name of "Miss Virgo". Although she works from a basement flat she is paying rent of £50 per week, far above the standard for similar properties.

  • S1974E134 Immoral Earnings (2)

    • November 7, 1974
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  • S1974E135 Immoral Earnings (3)

    • November 8, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E136 The Alb of St Honoratus (1)

    • November 13, 1974
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  • S1974E137 The Alb of St Honoratus (2)

    • November 14, 1974
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  • S1974E138 The Alb of St Honoratus (3)

    • November 15, 1974
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  • S1974E139 Cover Up (1)

    • November 20, 1974
    • ITV1

    An old tramp is accused of stealing a wallet, but has he been set up by the public-school headmaster?

  • S1974E140 Cover Up (2)

    • November 21, 1974
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  • S1974E141 Cover Up (3)

    • November 22, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E142 Beloved Alien (1)

    • November 27, 1974
    • ITV1

    Emma Lakeland stands accused of smuggling Grigori Petrov, a suspected terrorist, from France into Britain.

  • S1974E143 Beloved Alien (2)

    • November 28, 1974
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  • S1974E144 Beloved Alien (3)

    • November 29, 1974
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  • S1974E145 Arson (1)

    • December 4, 1974
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    Tipskill Manor, a large derelict, abandoned house burned down while retired teacher Millicent Conway watched on. At the scene Miss Conway, who once worked at the Manor, appeared to confess to a police officer that she set fire to the house.

  • S1974E146 Arson (2)

    • December 5, 1974
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  • S1974E147 Arson (3)

    • December 6, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E148 Forgive-Me-Not (1)

    • December 11, 1974
    • ITV1

    Frederick Barker stands accused of assaulting his neighbour Jimmy Dean and destroying his racing pigeons. 

  • S1974E149 Forgive-Me-Not (2)

    • December 12, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E150 Forgive-Me-Not (3)

    • December 13, 1974
    • ITV1

  • S1974E151 Pot of Basil (1)

    • December 18, 1974
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    Mrs. Constance Bell was shocked to read in a magazine that a ming vase had sold at auction for £95 000 - shocked because she argues this vase was family property bequeathed by her late mother and which she says had been sold without permission.

  • S1974E152 Pot of Basil (2)

    • December 19, 1974
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  • S1974E153 Pot of Basil (3)

    • December 20, 1974
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Season 1975

Season 1976

Season 1977

  • S1977E01 Beauty and the Beast (1)

    • January 4, 1977
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    Dr. William Ranford and John Meetham are accused of responsibility for illegal experiments on animals by their cosmetics company. The prosecution has been brought by an animals rights organisation that says the experiments were cruel and unnecessary; the defendants say their actions were justified and required for international sales

  • S1977E02 Beauty and the Beast (2)

    • January 5, 1977
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  • S1977E03 Beauty and the Beast (3)

    • January 6, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E04 Home Sweet Home (1)

    • January 25, 1977
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    Ralph Gibbs was working as a stock-man and living in a tied cottage until he was sacked and evicted by farm manager Robert Aldrich. Gibbs says he and his pregnant wife were harassed and victimised by Aldrich who now stands

  • S1977E05 Home Sweet Home (2)

    • January 26, 1977
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  • S1977E06 Home Sweet Home (3)

    • January 27, 1977
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  • S1977E07 Loved Ones (1)

    • January 2, 1977
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  • S1977E08 Loved Ones (2)

    • February 2, 1977
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  • S1977E09 Loved Ones (3)

    • February 3, 1977
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  • S1977E10 We Are The Champions (1)

    • February 8, 1977
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  • S1977E11 We Are The Champions (2)

    • February 9, 1977
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  • S1977E12 We Are The Champions (3)

    • February 10, 1977
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  • S1977E13 A Ladies Man (1)

    • February 15, 1977
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    Unemployed plasterer Frank Hanlon stands accused of burgling at night a shop called The Jewel Box and stealing a watch and a ring. He was arrested in the company of a young woman with whom he was having an affair - Marion King - and found to be in possession of identical items to those stolen and a screwdriver which the Prosecution claim he used to force open the door.

  • S1977E14 A Ladies Man (2)

    • February 16, 1977
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  • S1977E15 A Ladies Man (3)

    • February 17, 1977
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  • S1977E16 A Matter of Faith (1)

    • February 22, 1977
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    Faith healer Peter Croft is seeking damages for libel against Harry McDonald. In a radio interview McDonald described Croft as a fraud who exploited patients. McDonald's wife had consulted Croft after being paralyzed - it seemed permanently - following a riding accident.

  • S1977E17 A Matter of Faith (2)

    • February 23, 1977
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  • S1977E18 A Matter of Faith (3)

    • February 24, 1977
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  • S1977E19 Crime Passionel (1)

    • March 1, 1977
    • ITV1

    Jasper Fortesque and Sir Harold Dupuis have been at odds for years. However matters escalated dramatically when Sir Harold objected to a letter about the future of Gibraltar from Fortesque and when to his home to confront him - this confrontation ended with Sir Harold suffering stab wounds from Fortesque's dagger. Fortesque faces a charge of GBH but insists Sir Harold was wounded by accident. 

  • S1977E20 Crime Passionel (2)

    • March 2, 1977
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  • S1977E21 Crime Passionel (3)

    • March 3, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E22 A Swinging Couple (1)

    • March 8, 1977
    • ITV1

    This unusual trial centres on an alleged assault in the courtroom at the end of another case. Harold Phillips is accused of striking his wife at the close of a trial where her new partner, barrister Jeremy Halstead, had been prosecuting.

  • S1977E23 A Swinging Couple (2

    • March 9, 1977
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  • S1977E24 A Swinging Couple (3)

    • March 10, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E25 One For The Road (1)

    • March 15, 1977
    • ITV1

    Petra Clennell is accused of wounding her husband Alan with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. She stabbed him with a pair of scissors after he returned home late one night.

  • S1977E26 One For The Road (2)

    • March 16, 1977
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  • S1977E27 One For The Road (3)

    • March 17, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E28 A Charming Man (1)

    • March 22, 1977
    • ITV1

    Ronald Crosby faces accusations that he deceived investors about the current state of his companies in order to fraudulently drive up share prices for his own profit. These companies later collapsed and Crosby left the country

  • S1977E29 A Charming Man (2)

    • March 23, 1977
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  • S1977E30 A Charming Man (3)

    • March 24, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E31 A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (1)

    • March 29, 1977
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    Researcher Francis Galway faces the rare charge of inciting the police to disaffection, specifically towards strike action. He had been working for a right-wing pressure group who were campaigning against what they saw as "threats to democracy". The prosecution allege that Galway tried to fabricate evidence of subversion by a left-wing workers group and invited a police inspector to a meeting of fascists in Italy.

  • S1977E32 A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (2)

    • March 30, 1977
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  • S1977E33 A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (3)

    • March 31, 1977
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  • S1977E34 The Family Business (1)

    • April 5, 1977
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    Eighteen year old Navlika Patel and her younger brother Dinesh run a market stall and are accused of offences connected to a dispute with fellow market trader Henry Pegg. The prosecution allege that Dinesh stole a roll of cotton from Mr. Pegg's stall. Mr. Pegg then went to recover the roll from the Patels and in the process was stabbed with a pair of scissors in the stomach and wounded by Navlika.

  • S1977E35 The Family Business (2)

    • April 6, 1977
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  • S1977E36 The Family Business (3)

    • April 7, 1977
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  • S1977E37 A Pocketful of Pills (1)

    • October 18, 1977
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    Gerald Peck is a self-confessed former drug addict with a number of previous drugs convictions. He is now accused of possession and dealing of drugs in connection with his role as manager of the Mandala Club. Police claim that Peck allowed the club to become a centre for drug use and dealing and that he was found with drugs in his office drawer.

  • S1977E38 A Pocketful of Pills (2)

    • October 19, 1977
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  • S1977E39 A Pocketful of Pills (3)

    • October 20, 1977
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  • S1977E40 Capers Among The Catacombs (1)

    • October 25, 1977
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    Clifford Grant stands accused of various macabre offences including desecration of corpses and church property and making threats to the church's vicar and a detective investigating his case. He does not deny that he is a follower of witchcraft but insists he is only concerned with doing good and has no interest in black magic, Satanism or depraved rituals as the prosecution allege.

  • S1977E41 Capers Among The Catacombs (2)

    • October 26, 1977
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  • S1977E42 Capers Among The Catacombs (3)

    • October 27, 1977
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  • S1977E43 Kiss and Tell (1)

    • November 1, 1977
    • ITV1

    Three packing operatives - Rhoda Benson, Avril Bullen and Freda Miller - face charges of actual bodily harm and indecent assault against electrician David Moston.

  • S1977E44 Kiss and Tell (2)

    • November 2, 1977
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  • S1977E45 Kiss and Tell (3)

    • November 3, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E46 Down Will Come Baby (1)

    • November 8, 1977
    • ITV1

    Four year old Leonie Klein was seriously injured after falling from a fire escape at the home of unregistered child-minder Sylvia Kelly. Mrs. Kelly is now on trial accused of ill-treating and neglecting Leonie. The prosecution argue that Mrs. Kelly was trying to look after six children and was unable to properly care for Leonie. They allege that she was annoyed with her and sent her out onto the balcony even though she knew it was unsafe.

  • S1977E47 Down Will Come Baby (2)

    • November 9, 1977
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  • S1977E48 Down Will Come Baby (3)

    • November 10, 1977
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  • S1977E49 The Silencer (1)

    • November 15, 1977
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    Barbara Truscott, whose husband is a solicitor and aspiring politician, is accused of the theft of a tin of salmon from a supermarket. There is no question that Mrs. Truscott took the salmon but the case hinges on whether she intended to do so.

  • S1977E50 The Silencer (2)

    • November 16, 1977
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  • S1977E51 The Silencer (3)

    • November 17, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E52 Home (1)

    • November 22, 1977
    • ITV1

    Billy Baker faces two charges of wounding with intent against Jimmy Witt. The Prosecution allege that Baker slashed Witt's face with a razor and later arranged for the squat he was living in to be demolished while he was still

  • S1977E53 Home (2)

    • November 23, 1977
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  • S1977E54 Home (3)

    • November 24, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E55 A Place To Stay (1)

    • November 29, 1977
    • ITV1

    Arthur Barnard is warden of a hostel for homeless women. John Wragg and Richard Livesey wrote a letter and issued leaflets alleging that Barnard sexually harassed Mr. Wragg's wife who was staying at the hostel and that he generally managed the hostel in an unpleasant way with the aim of forcing residents to leave.

  • S1977E56 A Place To Stay (2)

    • November 30, 1977
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  • S1977E57 A Place To Stay (3)

    • December 1, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E58 Safe As Houses (1)

    • December 6, 1977
    • ITV1

    Olive Hope stands accused of harassing her tenant and next-door neighbour Audrey Taylor. The Prosecution allege that the two women fell out and then Mrs. Hope tried to drive out Mrs. Taylor by playing loud music at night, banging on the walls, asking her to leave at short notice, burning down her shed and even staging a burglary in which Mrs. Taylor's house was ransacked.

  • S1977E59 Safe As Houses (2)

    • December 7, 1977
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  • S1977E60 Safe As Houses (3)

    • December 8, 1977
    • ITV1

  • S1977E61 Street Gang (1)

    • December 13, 1977
    • ITV1

    Paul Adams is accused of the murder of Cyril Hubbard who was stabbed during a mugging. The Defence do not deny that Adams and various witnesses were involved in street robberies. However they argue that the victim was stabbed accidentally in a struggle.

  • S1977E62 Street Gang (2)

    • December 14, 1977
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  • S1977E63 Street Gang (3)

    • December 15, 1977
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  • S1977E64 An Upward Fall (1)

    • December 20, 1977
    • ITV1

    In a bizarre and protracted case Cosmic Planning Consultants are suing the Rosenberg Research Foundation for libel. The latter accused the former of irresponsibility in building an old people's home at the top of a Himalayan mountain with the toilets sited three thousand feet below. The plaintiffs insist their unusual choice of location was the right one and they have been unfairly maligned.

  • S1977E65 An Upward Fall (2)

    • December 21, 1977
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  • S1977E66 An Upward Fall (3)

    • December 22, 1977
    • ITV1

Season 1978

  • S1978E01 Black and Blue (1)

    • January 3, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E02 Black and Blue (2)

    • January 4, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E03 Black and Blue (3)

    • January 5, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E04 Meeting Place (1)

    • January 10, 1978
    • ITV1

    Introverted middle-aged bachelor Leslie Simon and outgoing teenager Barry Gems seem worlds apart but an encounter between them in a parks public toilet late on a Saturday night left Mr. Simon badly injured. The Prosecution assert that Gems deliberately assaulted him.

  • S1978E05 Meeting Place (2)

    • January 11, 1978
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  • S1978E06 Meeting Place (3)

    • January 12, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E07 Echoes (1)

    • January 17, 1978
    • ITV1

    David Miller is accused of committing grievous bodily harm against Ronnie Dewhurst, a man with whom he has long had a tense relationship and whose former girlfriend he has married. Dewhurst says he was assaulted in a pub

  • S1978E08 Echoes (2)

    • January 18, 1978
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  • S1978E09 Echoes (3)

    • January 19, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E10 White Lies (1)

    • January 24, 1978
    • ITV1

    Dispatch worker Raj Singh is accused of stealing merchandise from the Electrotoy factory where he worked and of wounding his supervisor Ronald Makepeace. The Prosecution argue that the goods were found in the boot of Singh's car by Mr. Makepeace whom he then assaulted in a fit of anger. However Singh denies both charges. He retorts that the items were planted in his car, the culmination of a campaign of racially-motivated harassment throughout his employment.

  • S1978E11 White Lies (2)

    • January 25, 1978
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  • S1978E12 White Lies (3)

    • January 26, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E13 The Song Not The Singer (1)

    • January 31, 1978
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    Dr. Ruth Wilkins attended a concert by singers John Barnard and Julie Gilmour. However she was not a fan and after hearing them perform one of their songs they are charged with blasphemy. Dr. Wilkins is a committed Christian and moral campaigner and argues the song causes outrage to Christians. The Defence maintain that the song is quite acceptable and a legitimate statement of protest against the cruelties of war.

  • S1978E14 The Song Not The Singer (2)

    • February 1, 1978
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  • S1978E15 The Song Not The Singer (3)

    • February 2, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E16 Michael (1)

    • February 7, 1978
    • ITV1

    Robine Fisher stands accused of infanticide - specifically of smothering to death her baby son Michael - while suffering from post-natal depression. The Prosecution case is that she was an inadequate mother who eventually lost control. Injuries on his body suggested he had been deliberately suffocated. The Defence claim though that she cared deeply for Michael and that he died of cot death syndrome. Her desperate efforts to revive him inadvertently caused the injuries.

  • S1978E17 Michael (2)

    • February 8, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E18 Michael (3)

    • February 9, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E19 Association (1)

    • February 14, 1978
    • ITV1

    Novelist Derek Easton is accused of harbouring escaped psychopath John Bright and aiding and abetting him to commit rapes by supplying drugs used to subdue the victims. He had met Bright while on a voluntary stay in a psychiatric hospital and the Prosecution claim the two became strong friends. Easton denies the charges. He says he did not know Bright was a serious sexual offender, did not know he was on the run and did not assist him with the rape offenses.

  • S1978E20 Association (2)

    • February 15, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E21 Association (3)

    • February 16, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E22 Still Life With Feathers (1)

    • February 21, 1978
    • ITV1

    Nadia Phillips faces charges of malicious wounding and criminal damage. The prosecution case is that she assaulted her former fiancé Bob Turner and damaged artworks created by his new partner Alice Lovell.

  • S1978E23 Still Life With Feathers (2)

    • February 22, 1978
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  • S1978E24 Still Life With Feathers (3)

    • February 23, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E25 Cat in Hell (1)

    • February 28, 1978
    • ITV1

    George Mitchell, a prisoner on a release programme, was found by a police officer in possession of a cashmere coat containing items of jewellery. The coat and jewellery all belonged to members of the wealthy Cunningham family with whom he had been staying while Mrs. Cunningham offered him rehabilitation support. Mitchell admits to stealing the coat but argues that he is innocent of the other alleged thefts. He insists the items were planted and he is the victim of a frame by a member of the Cunningham family.

  • S1978E26 Cat in Hell (2)

    • March 1, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E27 Cat in Hell (3)

    • March 2, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E28 To Catch A Thief (1)

    • March 7, 1978
    • ITV1

    George Grainger has a long list of convictions for handling stolen property. How can he explain away a garage full of stolen whisky?

  • S1978E29 To Catch A Thief (2)

    • March 8, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E30 To Catch A Thief (3)

    • March 9, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E31 The Change (1)

    • March 14, 1978
    • ITV1

    Marianne Miller has admitted to forging her birth certificate but denies obtaining property by deception from Harry Miller and a former partner Victor Czaky. However this is no typical fraud case because Marianne was born as Stephen Lewis and after a sex change operation "married" Harry Miller. This "marriage" was later annulled as she was born male. Both men claim they had no idea she was born male and would never have embarked on the relationships had they known her true sex.

  • S1978E32 The Change (2)

    • March 15, 1978
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  • S1978E33 The Change (3)

    • March 16, 1978
    • ITV1

    On the final day of the trial, Marianne's father takes the stand, as does an eminent endocrinologist, who testifies that, in his medical opinion, Marianne Miller is a woman.

  • S1978E34 The Jawbone of An Ass (1)

    • March 21, 1978
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    Frank Robey and his brother-in-law David Charlton have had a tense relationship for some time. Matters though took a rather serious turn at the end of a New Year's party resulting in David Charlton's jaw being broken. The Prosecution argue that Robey struck Charlton with a frozen leg of pork he had taken to the party, angry at it being rejected as a present. However the Defence claim that Robey is innocent. They don't deny that he was unhappy with his brother-in-law but insist the injuries occurred accidentally in a fall.

  • S1978E35 The Jawbone of An Ass (2)

    • March 22, 1978
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  • S1978E36 The Jawbone of An Ass (3)

    • March 23, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E37 Two Thousand Witnesses (1)

    • March 28, 1978
    • ITV1

    A concert by rock band "Tears" ends when teenage fan Michelle Hinds is blinded when her face hits the footlights while being ejected from the stage by roadie James Fagan. Fagan is charged with GBH but claims the incident was an accident.

  • S1978E38 Two Thousand Witnesses (2)

    • March 29, 1978
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  • S1978E39 Two Thousand Witnesses (3)

    • March 30, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E40 Code (1)

    • April 4, 1978
    • ITV1

    Borstal inmate Steven Fisk is accused of stealing items from a shop while he was on an unsupervised visit to the town centre. It is accepted that Fisk took the goods and then handed them in to police. The prosecution contend that Fisk stole the items with the intention of selling them and using the proceeds to cement his position as a "daddy" or dominant figure within the borstal.

  • S1978E41 Code (2)

    • April 5, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E42 Code (3)

    • April 6, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E43 Common Sense (1)

    • April 11, 1978
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    Two schoolboys visited a funfair looking for a fifty pence piece that one of them had dropped. While there they met a man who offered them the same amount each if they would perform indecent acts with him. The boys reported the matter to the police and they identified Reginald Barton as the offender. The Defence do not deny an offence took place and Barton admits to a long criminal record for sexual offences against boys. However he insists he is innocent on this occasion and is the victim of mistaken identity.

  • S1978E44 Common Sense (2)

    • April 12, 1978
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  • S1978E45 Common Sense (3)

    • April 13, 1978
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  • S1978E46 In The Heat of The Moment (1)

    • September 5, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E47 In The Heat of The Moment (2)

    • September 6, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E48 In The Heat of The Moment (3)

    • September 7, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E49 Does Your Mother Know You're Out? (1)

    • September 12, 1978
    • ITV1

    Divorcee Nora Docherty is charged with exercising control over a prostitute - her own daughter.

  • S1978E50 Does Your Mother Know You're Out? (2)

    • September 13, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E51 Does Your Mother Know You're Out? (3)

    • September 14, 1978
    • ITV1

  • S1978E52 The Crown of Life (1)

    • September 19, 1978
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    John Hibberd, an old man, was left paralyzed and unable to speak after two strokes and was cared for by his wife Violet. She now stands accused of deliberately harming him - firstly by scalding his arm with boiling water and then by putting caustic soda in his bath water. Both Prosecution and Defence agree that the Hibberds had a very unhappy marriage but Violet denies deliberately inflicting the injuries - she insists both occurred by accident.

  • S1978E53 The Crown of Life (2)

    • September 20, 1978
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  • S1978E54 The Crown of Life (3)

    • September 21, 1978
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  • S1978E55 Past Times (1)

    • September 26, 1978
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    In 1964 Yannis Christodoulou, a Greek-Cypriot immigrant, appeared before magistrates charged with wounding Ahmed Hilmi, a Turkish-Cypriot. Christodoulou left for Cyprus before trial at a higher court. Fourteen years later he returned to the UK thinking the case had expired but it has in act been referred to the Crown Court. The Prosecution argue Christodoulou was taunting Hilmi over events in Cyprus but the Defence say he was only acting in reasonable self-defence, thinking Hilmi and a friend were going to attack him.

  • S1978E56 Past Times (2)

    • September 27, 1978
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  • S1978E57 Past Times (3)

    • September 28, 1978
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  • S1978E58 Queen Bee (1)

    • October 3, 1978
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    Eighteen year old Terry Selwyn died after taking an overdose of his medication while staying at a hostel for mentally ill youngsters. Anna Damon, the former warden, now faces the charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with his death. The Prosecution allege that she was guilty of criminal neglect in allowing him access to the pills. She asserts her innocence, arguing that she was not on duty at the time and that the hostel was badly managed by its director Gudrun Ewbank.

  • S1978E59 Queen Bee (2)

    • October 4, 1978
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  • S1978E60 Queen Bee (3)

    • October 5, 1978
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  • S1978E61 The Green House Girls (1)

    • October 10, 1978
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    Stella Martin-James is accused of stealing money from Mary Carr and Patsy Donovan. However this is not a conventional case of theft as the girls are staying at Green House probation hostel and Miss Martin-James is their warden.

  • S1978E62 The Green House Girls (2)

    • October 11, 1978
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  • S1978E63 The Green House Girls (3)

    • October 12, 1978
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  • S1978E64 Through The Bottom of A Glass, Darkly (1)

    • October 17, 1978
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    The Fulchester Free Press published an article accusing journalist Dennis Broadley of being dishonest and a drunk after he wrote a critical article about dancer Linda McDonald. Ben Hare and Julia Andretti of the FFP are now being sued for libel by Broadley who says his comments about McDonald were accurate and involved no deception but they say he tricked her and is notorious for his problems with alcohol.

  • S1978E65 Through The Bottom of A Glass, Darkly (2)

    • October 18, 1978
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  • S1978E66 Through The Bottom of A Glass, Darkly (3)

    • October 19, 1978
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  • S1978E67 Still Waters (1)

    • October 24, 1978
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    Amy Sellars stands accused of the attempted murder of her daughter-in-law Valerie. The Prosecution case is that Amy disliked Valerie who she felt was not right for her son and attempted to kill her by drowning. They allege she organised a rowing trip despite boating conditions being poor and then pushed Valerie - who could not swim - into the water. The Defence reject the charge and retort that Valerie Sellars fell into the water accidentally.

  • S1978E68 Still Waters (2)

    • October 25, 1978
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  • S1978E69 Still Waters (3)

    • October 26, 1978
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  • S1978E70 A Man With Everything (1)

    • October 31, 1978
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    Kenneth Eden, a wealthy man, did voluntary work with his wife helping youngsters at a local children's home. However he now finds himself accused of stealing a necklace from and indecently assaulting teenager Barbara Brown. The Prosecution say he was found in possession of Barbara's necklace and molested her when she visited his house. He denies both accusations, arguing Barbara left behind the necklace and the assault claim has been invented by Barbara and her care workers.

  • S1978E71 A Man With Everything (2)

    • November 1, 1978
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  • S1978E72 A Man With Everything (3)

    • November 2, 1978
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  • S1978E73 Scalped (1)

    • November 7, 1978
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  • S1978E74 Scalped (2)

    • November 8, 1978
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  • S1978E75 Scalped (3)

    • November 9, 1978
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  • S1978E76 Soft Target (1)

    • November 14, 1978
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  • S1978E77 Soft Target (2)

    • November 15, 1978
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  • S1978E78 Soft Target (3)

    • November 16, 1978
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Season 1979

Season 1980

Season 1981

  • S1981E01 Proof Spirits (1)

    • March 9, 1981
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    Vera Barnes - better known as "Madame Veda Bronski", a spiritualist and professed clairvoyant - is charged with obtaining money by deception from widow Elizabeth Penn. The Prosecution claim that she took advantage of the vulnerable Mrs. Penn and tricked her into donating £17500, supposedly towards a spiritualist centre that was never built. The Defence respond that Madame Bronski does appear to have unusual gifts and even these are disputed she has a sincere belief that she can contact the dead and help people like Mrs. Penn.

  • S1981E02 Proof Spirits (2)

    • March 10, 1981
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  • S1981E03 Proof Spirits (3)

    • March 11, 1981
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  • S1981E04 Foul Play (1)

    • March 16, 1981
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    The friendship of Stephen Prentice and Don Rose has faded away over the years. Now Prentice finds himself on trial for assaulting Rose during a parks football match, accused of kicking him in the head after he had fallen to the ground.

  • S1981E05 Foul Play (2)

    • March 17, 1981
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  • S1981E06 Foul Play (3)

    • March 18, 1981
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  • S1981E07 Freedom To Incite (1)

    • March 23, 1981
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  • S1981E08 Freedom To Incite (2)

    • March 24, 1981
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  • S1981E09 Freedom To Incite (3)

    • March 25, 1981
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  • S1981E10 Hen Party (1)

    • March 30, 1981
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  • S1981E11 Hen Party (2)

    • March 31, 1981
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  • S1981E12 Hen Party (3)

    • April 1, 1981
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  • S1981E13 Leonora (1)

    • April 6, 1981
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  • S1981E14 Leonora (2)

    • April 7, 1981
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  • S1981E15 Leonora (3)

    • April 8, 1981
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  • S1981E16 Embers (1)

    • April 13, 1981
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    A fire in the Sycamore Grove nightclub resulted in the deaths of seventeen people and injuries to many others. However this was no accident in the view of the Prosecution. They allege that owner Janet Godfrey and general manager Paul Flood were responsible for the fire through gross negligence as they failed to maintain a safe building. Both defendants though insist they fulfilled their responsibilities correctly.

  • S1981E17 Embers (2)

    • April 14, 1981
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  • S1981E18 Embers (3)

    • April 15, 1981
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  • S1981E19 The Merry Widow (1)

    • April 21, 1981
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  • S1981E20 The Merry Widow (2)

    • April 22, 1981
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  • S1981E21 The Merry Widow (3)

    • April 23, 1981
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  • S1981E22 Cold Turkey (1)

    • May 5, 1981
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  • S1981E23 Cold Turkey (2)

    • May 6, 1981
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  • S1981E24 Cold Turkey (3)

    • May 7, 1981
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Season 1982

Season 1983

Season 1984

  • S1984E01 Gingerbread Girl (1)

    • January 3, 1984
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    Wendy Grant agreed to bear a baby for the Breakspears, a childless couple, for £6500, an agreement illegal in English Law. The baby, Anna, was born with a serious but treatable heart defect, and the Breakspears withdrew from the deal. Anna was then left outside their house before dawn on a cold morning; she suffered exposure and died. Mrs. Grant is now charged with murder, the prosecution claiming that she abandoned the child knowing she would come to serious harm or die.

  • S1984E02 Gingerbread Girl (2)

    • January 4, 1984
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  • S1984E03 Gingerbread Girl (3)

    • January 5, 1984
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  • S1984E04 Oddball (1)

    • January 10, 1984
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  • S1984E05 Oddball (2)

    • January 11, 1984
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  • S1984E06 Oddball (3)

    • January 12, 1984
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  • S1984E07 The Son of His Father (1)

    • January 17, 1984
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    Mary Ginsel stands accused of blackmailing her local MP Sir Roland Richardson. The Prosecution allege that Miss Ginsel falsely accused Sir Roland, whom she met at her philately society, of being the father of her young son and then threatened to expose him to the press if he did not pay her maintenance. Miss Ginsel admits that she asked him for money but says this was justified because he was the father of her child and that she made no threats towards him.

  • S1984E08 The Son of His Father (2)

    • January 18, 1984
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  • S1984E09 The Son of His Father (3)

    • January 19, 1984
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  • S1984E10 Whisper Who Dares (1)

    • January 24, 1984
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    Ministry of Defence worker Joseph Guilfoyle and journalist Robert McBride are jointly charged with offences under the Official Secrets Act. The Prosecution claim that Guilfoyle removed a file from the Huckstone Edge research centre where he worked and passed it to McBride who then published details in the radical magazine "The Outsider". They claim that McBride is a communist agent working for Polish intelligence.

  • S1984E11 Whisper Who Dares (2)

    • January 25, 1984
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  • S1984E12 Whisper Who Dares (3)

    • January 26, 1984
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  • S1984E13 Citizens (1)

    • January 31, 1984
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    Joseph Kiernan, a scrap metal dealer from a traveller background, is accused of the theft of a copper cylinder from the shed of Ronald Sibley. The Prosecution say that Kiernan was seen after midnight in the garden of Mr. Sibley and the next morning was seen by a police officer hiding the cylinder under his lorry. Kiernan does not deny handling the cylinder or being in Mr. Sibley's garden but says the cylinder was planted to incriminate him and he was simply retrieving it - the case against him is motivated by hostility towards travellers.

  • S1984E14 Citizens (2)

    • February 1, 1984
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  • S1984E15 Citizens (3)

    • February 2, 1984
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  • S1984E16 Dirty Washing (1)

    • February 7, 1984
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  • S1984E17 Dirty Washing (2)

    • February 8, 1984
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  • S1984E18 Dirty Washing (3)

    • February 9, 1984
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  • S1984E19 Her Father's Daughter (1)

    • February 13, 1984
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  • S1984E20 Her Father's Daughter (2)

    • February 15, 1984
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  • S1984E21 Her Father's Daughter (3)

    • February 16, 1984
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  • S1984E22 There Was An Old Woman (1)

    • February 21, 1984
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    Alice Atha died at the age of 73. A post mortem revealed signs of emaciation and tuberculous meningitis. Her daughter Grace Barber and son-in-law Harry Barber are accused of her manslaughter through neglect. They allege that the couple were indifferent to her welfare, leading to her starvation which triggered the meningitis for which they failed to seek medical help.

  • S1984E23 There Was An Old Woman (2)

    • February 22, 1984
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  • S1984E24 There Was An Old Woman (3)

    • February 23, 1984
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  • S1984E25 Burnt Futures (1)

    • February 28, 1984
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    Sixth former Sam Tait signed a confession to police admitting that he set fire to his school. He has now retracted that statement and asserts that he was pressurised by police into admitting arson. The prosecution argue that Tait has a long record of disobedience and disaffection at school and his school file shows him as having been punished for starting a fire two years earlier. However he denies the offence and says he has an alibi that he had been in a lesson until moments before the fire.

  • S1984E26 Burnt Futures (2)

    • February 29, 1984
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  • S1984E27 Burnt Futures (3)

    • March 1, 1984
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  • S1984E28 Mother Figures (1)

    • March 6, 1984
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    Antiques dealer Stephen Hodges is accused of assault causing actual bodily harm against Jacqueline Coombes, the estranged wife of his partner Andrew Coombes. He is accused of striking her following an argument when she came round to visit Mr. Coombes. Hodges denies the charge and says he didn't hit Mrs. Coombes. The defence accept that she was injured but that she sustained the injuries falling outside.

  • S1984E29 Mother Figures (2)

    • March 7, 1984
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  • S1984E30 Mother Figures (3)

    • March 8, 1984
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  • S1984E31 Big Deal (1)

    • March 13, 1984
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  • S1984E32 Big Deal (2)

    • March 14, 1984
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  • S1984E33 Big Deal (3)

    • March 15, 1984
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  • S1984E34 Love and War (1)

    • March 20, 1984
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    An unusual relationship developed between arms dealer Russell Steadman and CND campaigner and feminist Hilary Rogers. She now has a strong antipathy towards him. Indeed she has accused him of deliberately driving his car at her causing her serious injuries. He is now on trial facing the charge of grievous bodily harm. He does not deny he struck her in his car but insists the incident was entirely accidental, resulting from poor visibility on the night in question when she was wearing dark clothing and moved into his path.

  • S1984E35 Love and War (2)

    • March 22, 1984
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  • S1984E36 Love and War (3)

    • March 23, 1984
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  • S1984E37 Paki Basher (1)

    • March 27, 1984
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  • S1984E38 Paki Basher (2)

    • March 28, 1984
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  • S1984E39 Paki Basher (3)

    • March 29, 1984
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