
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.
Episodes
72 episodes. Playback and audio depend on the available source.
S1:E1 Doctor's Neglect? (1)
Mr Simpson was admitted to hospital following a car crash in Fulchester. He was examined by doctors and treated for minor injuries before being discharged. Moments later, Mr Simpson collapsed on the forecourt of the hospital and was rushed back inside for emergency brain surgery, from which he died. His widow Mrs Simpson is suing the hospital for neglect, claiming that the doctors who initially treated her husband missed the injury.
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Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E4 Liberman v Savage (1)
Wealthy Property developer Emmanuel Lieberman is trying to evict his former fiancé Delia Savage from an exclusive penthouse apartment overlooking London's Green Park. He claims that he merely allowed her to live in the apartment until they were married, but Ms Savage insists that Mr Lieberman gave her the property as an engagement gift. Mr Lieberman says the engagement was called off when he discovered his own son naked with Ms Savage when he returned home unexpectedly from a trip to San Francisco. Did he really give the apartment as a gift? Or is he simply trying to recover the prestigious property in order to sell it on at huge profit?
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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.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E6 Liberman v Savage (3)
On the final day the live-in maid Florence Ferguson is called to give evidence, as is Lieberman's son Mark.
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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.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E8 Regina v Lord (2)
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Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E10 Regina v Bryant (1)
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.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E11 Regina v Bryant (2)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E12 Regina v Bryant (3)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E13 Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E14 Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E15 Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E16 Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E17 Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E18 Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E19 The Eleventh Commandment (1)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E20 The Eleventh Commandment (2)
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Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E22 A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E23 A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E24 A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E25 Espionage (1)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E26 Espionage (2)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E27 Espionage (3)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E28 Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E29 Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)
One of the accused, Trevor Luckhurst, takes the witness stand, but his behaviour doesn't help his case.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E30 Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)
In his summing up, the defence barrister James Elliot QC accuses the night watchman of extreme anti-left wing bias. Could this save the young couple?
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