Season 1

Episodes • 2004

Derren Nesbitt
Judith Barker
Malcolm Stoddard
Christopher Ravenscroft
Claire King
John Duttine
Matthew Radford
Terence Harvey
William Armstrong
William Franklyn
Five Below Zero

1. Five Below Zero

30 min

A case of a depressed mother who has drawned her own baby.

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The Right to die with Dignity

2. The Right to die with Dignity

30 min

Ralph Gordon complied with his wive wishes and helped her to die however, he now finds himself on trial for her murder. With his daughter, Samantha, against him can he convince the jury of his innocence?

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Dear Daddy

3. Dear Daddy

30 min

Christine Green is planning to take her children to Cornwall to start a new life but their father, and her ex husband, Michael Gaynor has other ideas. He believe his children aren't happy and think he has evidence to prove it.

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One in Six

4. One in Six

30 min

When an evening's idle drinking between three soldiers on guard duty escalates into a game of Russian Roulette, tempers flare, passions rise and a life is lost. It's the cue for a dramatic trial to begin.

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Twice Bitten

5. Twice Bitten

30 min

Pub landlord Steven Smith is charged with biting his chef Brian White after an angry dispute involving Smith's ravernous dog. But there's food for thought when the court learns Smith's dog had been deliberately fed with spicy chillies.

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Five Below Zero (Delayed Repeat)

6. Five Below Zero (Delayed Repeat)

30 min

A depressed mother drawns her own baby.

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Bones

7. Bones

30 min

The discovery of a body at the bottom of a well re-opens a case dating back to 1976. When a finger bone belonging to erstwhile odd-job man Arthur Boughman is unearthed along with the victim's remains, a thirty-year old feud is exposed.

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Wasted

8. Wasted

30 min

Bar owner Brian Gwinnett stands accused of being an accessory to the death of his ex-girlfriend Rachel Sinclair by adding sleeping pills to her drinks. But it soon becomes clear that nobody is entirely sure if the pills were added in Brian's bar or not.

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Gatsos

9. Gatsos

30 min

Tom Briley is on trial for taking his grudge against the police to an extreme and attacking a speed camera with a JCB. Briley has already done time for refusing to pay a fine, but the defendant claims at the time of the incident he was at home with his sick wife.

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Beloved Daughter

10. Beloved Daughter

30 min

Nurse Diane Eaton has always blamed Sean O'Brien for introducing her daughter Jennifer to heroin. Now she stands charged of deliberately failing to help revive Sean from a drug-induced coma at Jennifer's eighteenth birthday party.

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Slaves & Donkeys

11. Slaves & Donkeys

30 min

An illegal immigrant is accused of stealing from his exploitative gang-master boss.

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Bully for You

12. Bully for You

30 min

A teacher is in the dock for assaulting a pupil, but claims he only stepped in to break up a fight.

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One-Hit Wonder

13. One-Hit Wonder

30 min

Can a popstar involved in a hit and run case really turn the press interest in the case into good publicity?

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Responsible Adults

14. Responsible Adults

30 min

Having denied rape, a man is charged with manslaughter when the alleged victim kills herself.

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Breaking Point

15. Breaking Point

30 min

A householder claims he acted in self-defence when he assaulted a teenager who had entered his home.

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One More Night

16. One More Night

30 min

A bridesmaid accuses the groom of rape.

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Owzat

17. Owzat

30 min

A well known Judge finds himself in the dock on a charge that isn't cricket!

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Man Overboard

18. Man Overboard

30 min

A ferry worker is accused of murdering his best friend by pushing him overboard.

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Tragey

19. Tragey

30 min

Can a man convince the jury that the death of his wife and daughter were a tragic accident?

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The Kidnap

20. The Kidnap

30 min

A financial advisor sues an elderly couple found guilty of flasely imprisioning him.

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Mother Love

21. Mother Love

30 min

The case seems simple enough: a mother has accused her son-in-law of GBH after she rejected his advances. But as ever there's a deeper story to tell, and it's up to the defence team to unpick the truth from a particularly tricky fabric of lies and deception.

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Head over Heels

22. Head over Heels

30 min

A school mountaineering trip ends in tragedy when a student falls to their death down a ravine. Is headmaster Scott Dalton directly responsible, or does the fact the victim had sneaked off to smoke a joint qualify as mitigating circumstances?

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Nudist Beech

23. Nudist Beech

30 min

Financial advisor Edward Palmer has struck William Shawcross in the face, yet stands charged not just with assault but also outraging public decency - thanks to the fact he wasn't wearing any clothes at the time. Taking down his particulars is about to prove tricky...

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Like A Robot

24. Like A Robot

30 min

A former soilder accussed of murdering a mugger denies that he intended to kill.

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Bookends

25. Bookends

30 min

A man charged with assualting an opld woman and her son springs a few surprises.

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These Foolish Things

26. These Foolish Things

30 min

A teenager stands accused of aiding her best friends suicide.

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Zero

27. Zero

30 min

A defendant who stole a car with a baby inside faces manslaughter charges.

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A Family Business

28. A Family Business

30 min

The owner of a shop strongly denies an allegation of indecent assualt.

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Deep Cover

29. Deep Cover

30 min

A jury considers the case of a football holigan who was stabbed after a match.

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Fists of Fury

30. Fists of Fury

30 min

When a half-time prank at a football match leads to more than a playfight the court must decided who's guilty and who's not.

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Reckless

31. Reckless

30 min

A teenager obsessed with rap-music has burnt down his old school. But why?

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Dicky Heart

32. Dicky Heart

30 min

When a local vandal breaks into a house he is charged with manslaughter when the owner has a heart attack.

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Penned In

33. Penned In

30 min

A man with a gun attempts to teach two teenagers a lesson.

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Caught in the Wheels

34. Caught in the Wheels

30 min

A father is accussed of assault by his own son.

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Over the Edge

35. Over the Edge

30 min

A wife is charged with attempting to murder her terminally ill husband.

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Caught Dead Handed

36. Caught Dead Handed

30 min

Despiting being dead a man's fingerprints are found at a crime scene.

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The Postman

37. The Postman

30 min

A postman us accussed of stealing cash from a recently deceased woman.

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Ballon Rage

38. Ballon Rage

30 min

A court hears about a hot air ballon ride that turned into a nightmare.

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