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Crown Court.

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

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Season 1.

Courtroom drama, each case takes three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.

01

Doctor's Neglect? (1)

1972-10-188.0

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.

02

Doctor's Neglect? (2)

1972-10-198.0

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

03

Doctor's Neglect? (3)

1972-10-208.0

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

04

Liberman v Savage (1)

1972-10-188.0

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?

05

Liberman v Savage (2)

1972-10-198.0

Ms Savage's evidence appears to suggest that her relationship with Mark Lieberman was platonic and that his presence in her flat was merely coincidental.

06

Liberman v Savage (3)

1972-10-208.0

On the final day the live-in maid Florence Ferguson is called to give evidence, as is Lieberman's son Mark.

07

Regina v Lord (1)

1972-10-257.0

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.

08

Regina v Lord (2)

1972-10-267.0

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

09

Regina v Lord (3)

1972-10-277.0

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

10

Regina v Bryant (1)

1972-01-11

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.

11

Regina v Bryant (2)

1972-11-02

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

12

Regina v Bryant (3)

1972-11-03

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

13

Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)

1972-11-08

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

14

Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)

1972-11-09

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

15

Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)

1972-11-10

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

16

Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)

1972-11-15

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

17

Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)

1972-11-16

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

18

Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)

1972-11-17

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

19

The Eleventh Commandment (1)

1972-11-22

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

20

The Eleventh Commandment (2)

1972-11-23

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

21

The Eleventh Commandment (3)

1972-11-24

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

22

A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)

1972-11-29

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

23

A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)

1972-11-30

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

24

A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)

1972-12-01

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

25

Espionage (1)

1972-12-06

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

26

Espionage (2)

1972-12-07

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

27

Espionage (3)

1972-12-08

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

28

Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)

1972-12-137.0

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

29

Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)

1972-12-147.0

One of the accused, Trevor Luckhurst, takes the witness stand, but his behaviour doesn't help his case.

30

Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)

1972-12-157.0

In his summing up, the defence barrister James Elliot QC accuses the night watchman of extreme anti-left wing bias. Could this save the young couple?

31

Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)

1972-12-20

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

32

Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)

1972-12-21

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

33

Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (3)

1972-12-22

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

34

Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)

1972-12-27

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

35

Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)

1972-12-28

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

36

Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)

1972-12-29

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

37

The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (1)

1972-12-29

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

38

The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (2)

1972-12-30

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

39

The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (3)

1972-12-31

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

40

The Open Invitation

1973-07-18

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

41

Beggar on Horseback

1973-07-27

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

42

The Night for Country Dancing

1973-08-01

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

43

Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook

1973-08-08

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

44

The Judgement of Soloman

1973-08-22

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

45

Destruct, Destruct

1973-08-29

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

98

Good and Faithful Friends

1974-09-11

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

99

Strange Past

1974-09-18

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

100

On Impulse

1974-09-25

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

103

The Messenger Boy

1974-10-16

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

105

Winklers

1974-11-06

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

106

The Alb of St. Honoratus

1974-11-13

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

107

Cover Up

1974-11-20

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

108

Beloved Alien

1974-11-27

Doubt is thrown on Emma Lakeland's account about being held captive by Grigori Petrov, as she could have escaped. Inspector Clement believed Lakeland was in danger. Mr. Harvesty says Lakeland's role was a bluff to allow Petrov to escape.

109

Arson

1974-12-04

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

112

The Quest

1975-01-08

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

113

A Difference in Style

1975-01-15

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

115

The Personator

1975-01-29

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

116

Two in the Mind of One

1975-02-05

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

117

The Murder Monitor

1975-02-12

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

118

Who Cares

1975-02-19

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

119

Saboteur

1975-02-26

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

120

The Trees

1975-03-05

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

121

Bad Day at Black Cape

1975-03-12

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

122

The Mad, Mad Man

1975-03-19

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

123

Contempt of Court

1975-03-25

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

124

Possessed

1975-04-02

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

125

The Also Ran

1975-04-09

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

126

Take Back Your Mink

1975-04-16

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

127

Light the Blue Touch-Paper

1975-04-30

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

128

The Healing Hand

1975-05-07

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

129

The Obsession

1975-05-14

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

130

My Mother Said I Never Should...

1975-05-21

Episode synopsis is not yet available.

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