A Journey Back in Time
Travel with us back in time to some of the earliest examples of UK daytime TV as we revisit shows from the famous TV series, Crown Court.
With some surprisingly familiar faces in the fledgling days of their careers, Legal TV will be showing episodes of the legendary Crown Court TV series.
Enjoy the journey as we venture back to view programmes originally shown as early as 1972 and never before repeated in the UK. Listen to the classical theme tune from Janacek's Sinfonieta and relive those memories of yesteryear.
Reminisce at the fashions of the day, listen to the cases presented by the prosecution and defence and decide for yourself as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant. Watch the verdicr, often relayed by real people, then compare their verdict with your own.
Examples of upcoming cases
Legal TV will be showing 250 cases which heralded the height of early daytime television.
Below are just some of the episodes of "Crown Court" which we will be showing as they were originally intended to be seen - on 3 consecutive days - with the case for the prosecution, the defence and finally the verdict.
|
LIEBERMAN v SAVAGE First TX Date 19/10/1972
The first case to be tried by the TV jury is over the possession of a luxury penthouse. Rich property tycoon Emmanuel Lieberman has installed his girlfriend in a penthouse on top of an office block. Lieberman returns unexpectedly from a trip to San Francisco to find his son Mark in the penthouse with Delia. Lieberman takes Delia to the Crown Court to have her turned out of the penthouse. |
R. v LORD First TX Date 25/10/1972
School teacher Helen Lord is accused of grievous bodily harm because she attacks a policeman. She walks into Calderley Police Station and demands to see a senior police officer, Detective Superintendent Brotherton. And when the duty constable tells her the Superintendent isn't there she shouts "I don't believe you" and becomes abusive. The constable escorts her outside - and it is then Miss Lord does something which puts her in the dock. Miss Lord picks up an iron bar from a pavement worksite and hits the constable over the head. He is in hospital for a month. Miss Lord pleads not guilty to "assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty." |
|
CONSPIRACY First TX Date 02/11/1972
Two figures were seen running away the night an explosion wrecked a printing press. Two young people are accused of "conspiring to cause explosions with persons unknown." Freelance journalist Trevor Luckhurst, 29, and 20-year-old student Jill Sawyer deny the charge. But both of them had often been on demonstrations outside the offices belonging to a right-wing publishing house. And Trevor Luckhurst wrote to the girl: "... A pity someone doesn't close them down with a bomb." Was this a prelude to a conspiracy? |
LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR First TX Date 21/03/1973
Martin Thornton and his brother Gerald live next door to Alexander Reild on a large council estate. For some time there has been a history of petty squabbles between the 2 families culminating in an argument on Dec 15th following which Reid was found seriously injured with shotgun wounds, The Thornton brothers stand accused with his attempted murder. Medical evidence has been brought to show that Reid now paralysed as a result of his injuries will never recover the power of his speech.
|
|
EUTHENASIA First TX Date 09/11/1972
Moira Webb was dying from cancer. Before cancer was diagnosed Lawrence, her husband, was having an affair with his secretary, Betty Ashford. The cancer gets worse and Moira is in great pain. To save his wife further suffering Lawrence gives her an overdose of morphine and is accused of murder |
THE LONG HAIRED LEFTIE First TX Date 02/05/1973
Could an unofficial strike have lasted so long with out the intervention of such semi-professional agitators as Maoist student Donald Dowd. Defence Counsel will say this is what the trail is really about. Yet Donald Dowd is not charged under the Industrial Relations act. Following an incident a dozen men were charged with illegal picketing and they have already been tried in a Magistrates court . Only Dowd had elected to a jury trial under a little known legal right. |
