Crown Court (TV series)

Crown Court
Reconstruction of the title card of later seasons of Crown Court
Genre	Court show Legal drama
Starring	John Barron William Mervyn John Alkin Bernard Gallagher Dorothy Vernon Peter Wheeler T. P. McKenna
Narrated by	Peter Wheeler
Opening theme	Sinfonietta by Janáček, 4th movement
Ending theme	Distant Hills by the Simon Park Orchestra, composed by Peter Reno
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	11
No. of episodes	879
Production
Running time	23 minutes
Production company	Granada TV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	18 October 1972 (1972-10-18) – 29 March 1984 (1984-03-29)

Crown Court is a British television courtroom drama series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. It ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984. ^[1] It was transmitted in the early afternoon. ^[2]

Format

A court case in the crown court of the fictional town of Fulchester (a name later adopted by Viz) would typically be played out over three afternoons in 25-minute episodes. The most frequent format was for the prosecution case to be presented in the first two episodes and the defence in the third, although there were some later, brief variations.

Unlike some other legal dramas, the cases in Crown Court were presented from a relatively neutral point of view and the action was confined to the courtroom itself, with occasional brief glimpses of waiting areas outside the courtroom. Although those involved in the case were actors, the jury was made up of members of the general public from the immediate Granada Television franchise area taken from the electoral register and eligible for real jury service: it was this jury alone, which decided the verdict. Indeed, contemporary production publicity stated that, for almost all of the scripts, two endings were written and rehearsed to cope with the jury's independent decision, which was delivered for the first time, as in a real court case, while the programme's recording progressed. However, the course of some cases would lead to the jury being directed to return 'not guilty' verdicts.

After an unscreened pilot (see 'Untransmitted stories' below), the first story to be shown was Lieberman v Savage (18 to 20 October 1972). Unusually this was a civil case, whereas the vast majority of subsequent instalments featured criminal trials, with only occasional civil cases such as libel, insurance or copyright claims.

Variations

There were some subtle changes in presentation in the early years. In the first year or so stories often opened with photographs of key figures or incidents around the alleged offence over which the court reporter would narrate the background to the case. In other instances there were filmed sequences but these were without dialogue and rarely showed the alleged offence. They were phased out a little earlier than the photos. Thereafter the action would immediately start in the courtroom.

Although the standard format was stories of three 25-minute episodes there were occasional variations. In 1973 there was one story of just one episode and another comprising two. In July and August 1975 a number of stories were presented in single extended episodes at 8.15pm on Saturdays—a prime time scheduling. They occupied a slot of 75 minutes (just over one hour for the story on-screen after adverts are taken into account). This was a brief interlude and the programme reverted to its standard format and daytime location thereafter.

The series was occasionally humorous and was even capable of self-parody. On 27 December 1973 a 52-minute self-contained episode Murder Most Foul had a distinctly light-hearted theme and even featured special Christmas-style titles and music. The 1977 story An Upward Fall, written by absurdist playwright N. F. Simpson, was played as a comedy. This bizarre case featured an old people's home built atop a 3,000-foot cliff; its only lavatories were located at the foot of the cliff. Other stories were deadly serious, such as the story Treason in which a White Congolese man is found guilty by the jury and sentenced to death for treason by the court (a crime formally still punishable by execution under British law at that time).

Untransmitted stories

An untransmitted pilot called Doctor's Neglect? was eventually broadcast as part of a repeat run on satellite channel Legal TV over 30 years later, and again on Talking Pictures TV commencing Monday 9 January 2023. Like the first transmitted episode, this was a civil case—in this instance relating to negligence. The pilot story differs in style in some important respects. In particular, it features informal conversations between the barristers in their quarters as well as them giving advice to clients. Neither aspect figured in episodes from the broadcast run itself, which strictly confined legal discussions to the courtroom. The episode also has no jury; the case is decided by a judge alone. David Ashford, a regular in the programme's early stages as barrister Charles Lotterby, plays a different barrister called Derek Jones. Actors Ernest Hare and David Neal make their only appearances, as a judge and barrister respectively.

This was not the only example of untransmitted stories. In February 1974 the scheduled Traffic Warden's Daughter was replaced by The Getaway. In 1979 Heart To Heart, intended for transmission from 15 to 17 April, was replaced by a repeat of A Ladies' Man (originally broadcast 15–17 February 1977). Although neither story was ever broadcast on terrestrial TV they both received airings on Legal TV and have since been released on DVD.

Contributors

Regular actors included William Mervyn, John Barron, John Woodnutt, John Horsley, Edward Jewesbury, Richard Warner, Richard Caldicot, Basil Dignam, Laurence Hardy, Alan Rowe, André Morell, Frank Middlemass, Thorley Walters, John Moffatt and Basil Henson as judges, John Alkin, David Ashford, Keith Barron, Jonathan Elsom, Bernard Gallagher, Peter Jeffrey, Peter Copley, Charles Keating, Maureen Lipman, T. P. McKenna, Dorothy Vernon, Richard Wilson, William Simons and Robert Stephens were among the most common faces as barristers.

Other (then or subsequently) famous names to appear on the show included Eleanor Bron, Peter Capaldi, Warren Clarke, Tom Conti, Brian Cox, Honey Bane, Philip Bond, Liz Dawn, Michael Elphick, Sheila Fearn, Colin Firth, Gregor Fisher, Brenda Fricker, Derek Griffiths, Nigel Havers, Ian Hendry, Joan Hickson, Bernard Hill, Ben Kingsley, John Le Mesurier, Ian Marter, Mark McManus, Vivien Merchant, Mary Miller, Geraldine Newman, Bill Nighy, Judy Parfitt, Robert Powell, Patricia Routledge, Peter Sallis, Anthony Sharp, Michael Sheard, Barbara Shelley, Juliet Stevenson, Patrick Troughton, Mary Wimbush and Mark Wing-Davey.

Writers included Ian Curteis, David Fisher, Peter Wildeblood, John Godber, Ngaio Marsh and Jeremy Sandford.

Recurring characters

• Peter Wheeler as narrator and court reporter
• David Ashford as Charles Lotterby
• William Mervyn as The Hon. Mr. Justice Campbell
• Dorothy Vernon as Helen Tate
• Bernard Gallagher as Jonathan Fry QC
• John Alkin as barrister Barry Deeley
• John Barron as Mr. Justice Mitchenor
• Richard Wilson as Jeremy Parsons QC
• Charles Keating as James Elliot QC
• Edward Jewesbury as The Hon. Mr. Justice Bragge
• Jonathan Elsom as Marcus Golding QC
• Mervyn Johns as Arthur Charles Parfitt and Edward Lumsden
• Richard Warner as The Hon. Mr. Justice Waddington
• John Horsley as Justice Mowbray
• Frank Middlemass as The Hon. Mr. Justice Craig
• Basil Dignam as Mr. Justice Poynter
• Gareth Forwood as Doctor Park
• Laurence Hardy as Mr. Justice Stoddard
• Basil Henson as Justice Yearly
• T. P. McKenna as Patrick Canty QC
• Michael Elphick as Neville Griffiths QC
• Peter Jeffrey as Peter Edgar QC
• Keith Barron as Timothy Dorney
• Joseph Berry as court usher
• William Simons as Martin O'Connor QC

Production and archive details

• Although the (non-speaking) jury members were members of the general public, the foreman of the jury would have a small speaking role to deliver their verdict. For this reason the part of the foreman had to be played by a professional actor to stay within the rules imposed on Granada by the actors' union Equity.
• All episodes of a story would be recorded on the same day.
• The show was usually recorded in Studio Two at Granada Television; Crown Court shared the studio with University Challenge . Before Crown Court began transmission, its courtroom set was used for the court scenes in an episode of the sitcom Nearest and Dearest , A Pair of Bloomers (transmitted on 20 July 1972); indeed, actor Malcolm Hebden played a court clerk in this episode as well as in several early episodes of Crown Court.
• Originally the set was of plain, light-coloured wood panel. In the mid-'70s this was replaced with darker wood in more ornate carvings. In the '80s the courtroom incorporated marble wall panels and copious red padding on much of the furniture. The depiction of the royal arms also changed, initially having the shield fully enclosed by the Garter circlet but later having it in front.
• In an effort to make the replica courtroom appear as realistic as possible to the 'jury', each episode was recorded as 'live', with retakes kept to an absolute minimum. The cameras (which at the time of production were large and cumbersome and required an operator to be present) were placed at strategic points and largely kept static, thus reducing any possible distraction caused by production requirements.
• The jury were given only 30 minutes to reach their verdict. ^[3]
• Episodes included a brief voice-over narration by Peter Wheeler at the beginning either to introduce the context of the case (for the first episode of a story) or to summarise the events of the case so far (for the later episodes of a story). ^[4]
• Early episodes of the series took the case name as the episode title, e.g. Lieberman v Savage (transmitted 18–20 October 1972) and "Regina v Lord" (25–27 October 1972). After the first eight cases, a short description of the issues in the case was added to the episode titles, such as Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (27–29 December 1972) and A Public Mischief: Regina v Baker And Crawley (31 January – 2 February 1973). This style persisted until Regina v Marlow: Freakout (7–9 March 1973); following these episodes the case title was dropped and episode titles became purely descriptive and remained so until the show ended in 1984.
• All episodes of Crown Court exist in PAL colour as originally transmitted, including the postponed Heart to Heart. ^{[1] [5]}
• After the pilot "Doctor's Neglect?", the programme's opening theme was the opening bars of the Fourth Movement (Allegretto) of Sinfonietta by Leoš Janáček.
• After the pilot "Doctor's Neglect?", the closing theme tune is Distant Hills, the B-side of the 1973 UK number 1 hit by the Simon Park Orchestra, Eye Level , which was the theme tune to the Amsterdam-based detective series Van der Valk .
• Joan Hickson, later to be well known for her portrayal of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, appeared as the defendant in a story written by another of the 'Queens of Crime', Ngaio Marsh.
• Robin Bailey and Peter Blythe played judges and barristers respectively in both Crown Court and Rumpole of the Bailey .
• Episode 64's story about a procedure on an operating table, (vide infra 'List of Episodes'), displays an on-screen title, 'Tables of the Heart'; yet, in the DVD liner story notes it's called 'Tales of the Heart'. It's also the first episode which when the on-screen title 'The Verdict' briefly appears, just before the Jury's denouement is announced, the Narrator's voiceover explains that they are real members of the public.

Repeats and commercial availability

• Legal TV and UK Satellite channel Red TV showed episodes from the series until December 2008 when Red TV rebranded itself from an entertainment channel to a music channel.
• Satellite channel Granada Plus repeated a number of episodes from series one and two in the late-1990s.
• Despite the almost full archive of broadcast quality episodes the series has never been repeated on ITV since the late 1980s.
• The story The Eleventh Commandment was included as an extra on Network DVD's 2007 release of The Sandbaggers Series 3 as it features the series' lead actor Roy Marsden.
• Similarly, the Network DVD release of The XYY Man included the Crown Court story An Evil Influence (15–17 October 1975) as an extra feature; Stephen Yardley, star of The XYY Man, plays the role of Dr Thanet.
• The Network DVD release of Strangers includes the 1977 story A Place to Stay, featuring Don Henderson.
• Eight volumes of stories have been released by Network DVD. These are in production order and currently include all those broadcast from the programme's inception to July 1974. The two instalments not broadcast by ITV are also included.
• Talking Pictures TV began airing three episodes (one case) a week, beginning in January 2023, and starting with the pilot "Doctor's Neglect?". The three episodes were originally aired on three separate days of the week, but were later shown contiguously on a single day. ^[6]

List of cases

1. 1972-10-11 Doctor's Neglect? Simpson v Rudkin General Hospital Management Board
2. 1972-10-18 Lieberman v Savage
3. 1972-10-25 R. v Lord
4. 1972-11-01 R. v Bryant
5. 1972-11-08 Euthanasia: R. v Webb
6. 1972-11-15 R. v Vennings and Vennings
7. 1972-11-22 The Eleventh Commandment: R. v Mitchell and Clayton
8. 1972-11-29 A Genial Man: R. v Bolton
9. 1972-12-06 Espionage: R. v Terson
10. 1972-12-13 Conspiracy: R. v Luckhurst and Sawyer
11. 1972-12-20 Who is Benedetto Trovato? R. v Starkie
12. 1972-12-27 Criminal Libel: R. v Maitland
13. 1972–??-?? The Medium: R. v Purbeck
14. 1973-01-03 Whatever Happened to George Robins? R. v Barnes
15. 1973-01-10 Blackmail: R. v Brewer and Brewer
16. 1973-01-17 Sunset of Arms: Fitton v Pusey
17. 1973-01-24 Persimmons and Dishwashers: R. v Curl and Curl
18. 1973-01-31 A Public Mischief: R. v Baker and Crawley
19. 1973-02-07 Portrait of an Artist: Kingsley v Messiter
20. 1973-02-14 A Crime in Prison: R. v Ager and Lanigan
21. 1973-02-21 Infanticide or Murder? R. v Collins
22. 1973-02-28 Act of Vengeance: R. v Collings
23. 1973-03-07 Freak-Out: R. v Marlow
24. 1973-03-14 The Mugging of Arthur Simmons: R. v Dempsey and Langham
25. 1973-03-21 Love Thy Neighbour: R. v Thornton and Thornton
26. 1973-03-28 The Death of Dracula: R. v Mattson
27. 1973-04-04 Wise Child: R. v Lapointe
28. 1973-04-11 Beware of the Dog: R. v Page
29. 1973-04-18 Theft by Necessity: R. v Burton
30. 1973-04-19 The Gilded Cage: R. v Scard
31. 1973-04-25 Credibility Gap: Stevens v Porton
32. 1973-05-02 The Long Haired Leftie: R. v Dowd
33. 1973-05-09 Intent to Kill: R. v Duffy
34. 1973-05-16 There Was a Little Girl: R. v Grey
35. 1973-05-23 A View to Matrimony: R. v McNeill
36. 1973-05-30 Settling a Score: R. v Bates
37. 1973-06-06 To Catch a Thief: R. v Halsey
38. 1973-06-13 Patch's Patch: R. v Patch
39. 1973-06-20 Who Was Kate Greer? R. v Archer
40. 1973-06-27 A Right to Life: Abbs v Richards
41. 1973-07-04 The Inner Circle: Heywood v Blower
42. 1973-07-11 The Black Poplar: R. v Tressman
43. 1973-07-18 The Open Invitation: R. v Sellars
44. 1973-07-25 Beggar on Horseback: R. v Erringburn
45. 1973-08-01 The Night for Country Dancing: R. v Airey
46. 1973-08-08 Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook: R. v Moresby
47. 1973-08-15 My Old Man's a Dustman: R. v Cousins and Cousins and Mayes
48. 1973-08-22 The Judgement of Solomon: R. v Kamuny and Kamuny
49. 1973-08-29 Destruct, Destruct ... R. v Ainsworth
50. 1973-09-05 Public Lives: R. v Williams and Pastor
51. 1973-09-12 The Thunderbolts: Easter v Goss
52. 1973-09-19 Treason: R. v Clement
53. 1973-09-26 A Stab in the Front: R. v Blandford
54. 1973-10-10 Just Good Friends: R. v Beaumont
55. 1973-10-17 To Suffer a Witch: R. v Vincent
56. 1973-10-24 Hit and Miss: R. v Burnett
57. 1973-10-31 No Spoiling: R. v Smithson
58. 1973-11-07 The Age of Leo Trotsky: R. v Smith
59. 1973-11-14 Robin and his Juliet: R. v Tomlin
60. 1973-11-21 The Most Expensive Steak in the World: Da Costa v McIver
61. 1973-11-28 Message to Ireland: R. v Parfitt
62. 1973-12-05 No Smoke Without Fire: R. v Bennington
63. 1973-12-12 Conduct Prejudicial: R. v Pardoe
64. 1973-12-19 Tables (sic, vide supra in 'Production Details') of the Heart: R. v Saul
65. 1973-12-27 Murder Most Foul: R. v Hammond
66. 1974-01-02 The Dogs: R. v Broad
67. 1974-01-09 Further Charges: R. v Elgar
68. 1974-01-16 Hidden Scars: R. v Fowkes
69. 1974-01-23 With Menaces: R. v Aslam
70. 1974-01-30 Do Your Worst: R. v Skelhorne, McIver and Appleton
71. 1974-02-06 The Flight of the Lapwing: Cummings v Simon
72. 1974-02-13 Traffic Warden's Daughter: R. v Lianos
73. 1974-02-13 The Getaway: R. v McDowell
74. 1974-02-20 The Woman Least Likely ... R. v Rutland
75. 1974-02-27 A Case of Murder: R. v Povey
76. 1974-03-06 The Assault on Choga Sar: Wainwright v Bowman
77. 1974-03-13 Duress: R. v Mallard
78. 1974-03-20 30,000 Pieces of Silver: Porter v Porter
79. 1974-03-27 Nuts: R. v Holloway
80. 1974-04-03 Confine to Solitary: R. v Hogarth
81. 1974-04-10 Big Annie: Robertson v Ash
82. 1974-04-17 Falling Stars: Leigh v Glynn
83. 1974-04-24 Son and Heir: R. v Carvell
84. 1974-05-01 Death in the Family: R. v Durrant
85. 1974-05-08 Minnie: R. v Barlow
86. 1974-05-15 Vermin: R. v Brimmer
87. 1974-05-22 South Tower: R. v Carney
88. 1974-05-29 Triangle: R. v Prosser and Jackson
89. 1974-06-05 Victims of Prejudice: R. v Clark and Hamilton
90. 1974-06-12 Baby Farm: R. v Francis
91. 1974-06-19 For the Good of the Many: R. v Cardy
92. 1974-06-26 How to Rob a Memory Bank: R. v Warren
93. 1974-07-03 The Wreck of the Tedmar: R. v Blaney
94. 1974-07-10 Two Rings for Margie: R. v Middleton
95. 1974-07-17 No Stranger in Court: R. v Clegg
96. 1974-07-24 Security Risk: R. v Denton
97. 1974-07-31 The Probationer: R. v Cresswell
98. 1974-08-07 Midnight with No Pain
99. 1974-08-14 Not Dead But Gone Before
100. 1974-08-21 Corruption
101. 1974-08-28 Pickets
102. 1974-09-04 The Dogs Next Door
103. 1974-09-11 Good and Faithful Friends
104. 1974-09-18 Strange Past
105. 1974-09-25 On Impulse
106. 1974-10-02 Double, Double
107. 1974-10-09 The Hunt
108. 1974-10-16 The Messenger Boy
109. 1974-10-23 The Dashing Young Officer
110. 1974-10-30 Immoral Earnings
111. 1974-11-06 Winklers
112. 1974-11-13 The Alb of St. Honoratus
113. 1974-11-20 Cover Up
114. 1974-11-27 Beloved Alien
115. 1974-12-04 Arson
116. 1974-12-11 Forgive-Me-Not
117. 1974-12-18 Pot of Basil
118. 1975-01-02 Ring in the New Year
119. 1975-01-08 The Quest
120. 1975-01-15 A Difference in Style
121. 1975-01-22 Matron
122. 1975-01-29 The Personator
123. 1975-02-05 Two in the Mind of One
124. 1975-02-12 The Murder Monitor
125. 1975-02-19 Who Cares?
126. 1975-02-26 Saboteur
127. 1975-03-05 The Trees
128. 1975-03-12 Bad Day at Black Cape
129. 1975-03-19 The Mad, Mad Man
130. 1975-03-26 Contempt of Court
131. 1975-04-02 Possessed
132. 1975-04-09 The Also Ran
133. 1975-04-16 Take Back Your Mink
134. 1975-04-16 Dead Drunk
135. 1975-04-30 Light the Blue Touch-Paper
136. 1975-05-07 The Healing Hand
137. 1975-05-14 The Obsession
138. 1975-05-21 My Mother Said I Never Should ...
139. 1975-07-19 Who Killed Cock Robin?
140. 1975-07-26 Songbirds Out of Tune
141. 1975-08-02 Inner City Blues
142. 1975-08-09 Marathon
143. 1975-08-16 The Natural Bond
144. 1975-08-23 Evil Liver
145. 1975-10-15 An Evil Influence
146. 1975-10-22 Never on Saturdays, Never on Sundays
147. 1975-10-29 Will the Real Robert Randell Please Stand Up
148. 1975-11-05 Hunger Strike
149. 1975-11-12 An Englishman's Home
150. 1975-11-19 Blood Is Thicker
151. 1975-11-26 The Party's Over
152. 1975-12-03 The Extremist
153. 1975-12-10 Mother Love
154. 1975-12-17 Dicing
155. 1975-12-31 Humpty Dumpty Sat on the Wall
156. 1976-01-07 Crime and Passion
157. 1976-01-14 ... Or Was He Pushed?
158. 1976-01-21 No Questions Asked
159. 1976-01-28 The Right of Every Woman
160. 1976-02-04 Beyond the Call of Duty
161. 1976-02-11 To Love, Cherish – and Batter
162. 1976-02-18 Scard
163. 1976-02-25 Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
164. 1976-03-03 The Ju-Ju Landlord
165. 1976-03-10 Ends and Means
166. 1976-03-17 Incorrigible Rogue
167. 1976-03-30 Drunk, Who Cares
168. 1976-04-06 Accepted Standards
169. 1976-04-13 The Jolly Swagmen
170. 1976-05-04 A Bang or a Whimper
171. 1976-05-19 Pigmented Patter
172. 1976-10-06 Stranger in the Night
173. 1976-10-13 Those in Peril
174. 1976-10-20 A Working Girl
175. 1976-10-27 A Matter of Honour
176. 1976-11-03 Inside Story
177. 1976-11-10 Death for Sale
178. 1976-11-17 Treewomen of Jagden Crag
179. 1976-11-24 You Won't Escape When Hendrik Witbooi Comes
180. 1976-12-01 Operation Happiness
181. 1976-12-08 Lola
182. 1976-12-15 Royalties
183. 1976-12-22 A World of Difference
184. 1976-12-29 Auld Lang Syne
185. 1977-01-04 Beauty and the Beast
186. 1977-01-25 Home Sweet Home
187. 1977-02-01 Loved Ones
188. 1977-02-08 We Are the Champions
189. 1977-02-15 A Ladies' Man
190. 1977-02-22 A Matter of Faith
191. 1977-03-01 Crime Passionel
192. 1977-03-08 A Swinging Couple
193. 1977-03-15 One for the Road
194. 1977-03-22 Such a Charming Man
195. 1977-03-29 A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing
196. 1977-04-05 The Family Business
197. 1977-10-18 A Pocketful of Pills
198. 1977-10-25 Capers Among the Catacombs
199. 1977-11-01 Kiss and Tell
200. 1977-11-08 Down Will Come Baby
201. 1977-11-15 The Silencer
202. 1977-11-22 Home
203. 1977-11-29 A Place to Stay
204. 1977-12-06 Safe as Houses
205. 1977-12-13 Street Gang
206. 1977-12-20 An Upward Fall: Cosmic Planning Consultants v Rosenberg Research Foundation
207. 1978-01-03 Black and Blue
208. 1978-01-10 Meeting Place
209. 1978-01-17 Echoes
210. 1978-01-24 White Lies
211. 1978-01-31 The Song Not the Singer
212. 1978-02-07 Michael
213. 1978-02-14 Association
214. 1978-02-21 Still Life with Feathers
215. 1978-02-28 Cat in Hell
216. 1978-03-07 To Catch a Thief
217. 1978-03-14 The Change
218. 1978-03-21 The Jawbone of an Ass
219. 1978-03-28 Two Thousand Witnesses
220. 1978-04-04 Code
221. 1978-04-11 Common Sense
222. 1978-09-05 In the Heat of the Moment
223. 1978-09-12 Does Your Mother Know You're Out?
224. 1978-09-19 The Crown of Life
225. 1978-09-26 Past Times
226. 1978-10-03 Queen Bee
227. 1978-10-10 The Green House Girls
228. 1978-10-17 Through the Bottom of a Glass Darkly
229. 1978-10-24 Still Waters
230. 1978-10-31 A Man with Everything
231. 1978-11-07 Scalped
232. 1978-11-14 Soft Target
233. 1979-01-02 Somebody
234. 1979-01-09 Beyond the Limits
235. 1979-01-16 Sugar and Spice
236. 1979-01-23 Hospital Roulette
237. 1979-01-30 A Friend of the Family
238. 1979-02-06 Baby Love
239. 1979-02-13 Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
240. 1979-02-20 My Brother's Son
241. 1979-02-27 Cash
242. 1979-03-06 Boys Will Be Boys
243. 1979-03-13 The Deep End
244. 1979-03-20 Rebel at Law
245. 1979-03-27 A Hunting We Will Go
246. 1979-04-03 Question of Care
247. 1979-04-10 Cowboy
248. 1979-05-01 Forever
249. 1979-05-08 The Irish Connection
250. 1979-05-15 Heart to Heart
251. 1979-05-22 Betrayal of Trust
252. 1979-12-27 Caroline
253. 1980-08-26 Public Spending
254. 1981-03-09 Proof Spirits
255. 1981-03-16 Foul Play
256. 1981-03-23 Freedom to Incite
257. 1981-03-30 Hen Party
258. 1981-04-06 Leonora
259. 1981-04-13 Embers
260. 1981-04-21 The Merry Widow
261. 1981-05-04 Cold Turkey
262. 1982-03-23 Talking to the Enemy
263. 1982-03-30 Resurrection Woman
264. 1982-04-06 Ignorance in the Field
265. 1982-04-13 On the Defensive
266. 1982-04-20 Fair Play
267. 1982-04-27 Peanuts
268. 1982-05-04 Face Value
269. 1982-05-11 Wrecker
270. 1982-05-18 Window Shopping
271. 1982-05-25 Soldier, Soldier
272. 1982-06-01 Too Bad for Tobias
273. 1982-06-08 A Candidate for the Alliance
274. 1982-06-15 The Fiddling Connection
275. 1983-01-04 Brainwashed
276. 1983-01-11 Seconds Away
277. 1983-01-18 None of Your Business
278. 1983-01-25 Night Fever
279. 1983-02-01 A Black and White Case
280. 1983-02-08 Personal Credit
281. 1983-02-15 Fighting Fire with Fire
282. 1983-02-22 A Proper Man
283. 1983-03-08 Told in Silence
284. 1983-03-15 Mother's Boy
285. 1983-03-22 Living in Sin?
286. 1983-03-29 A Matter of Trust
287. 1983-04-05 A Sword in the Hand of David
288. 1984-01-03 Gingerbread Girl
289. 1984-01-10 Oddball
290. 1984-01-17 The Son of His Father
291. 1984-01-24 Whisper Who Dares
292. 1984-01-31 Citizens
293. 1984-02-01 Dirty Washing
294. 1984-02-13 Her Father's Daughter
295. 1984-02-21 There Was an Old Woman
296. 1984-02-28 Burnt Futures
297. 1984-03-06 Mother Figures
298. 1984-03-13 Big Deal
299. 1984-03-20 Love and War
300. 1984-03-27 Paki Basher

References and footnotes

1. Down, R., Perry, C. (1995). The British Television Drama Research Guide, 1950–1995. Dudley: Kaleidoscope. ISBN   1-900203-00-6
2. "BFI Screenonline: Crown Court (1972-84)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
3. Legal TV 2007 documentary Crown Court Revisited
4. "Peter Wheeler: Actor and broadcaster who became the voice of". Independent.co.uk . 20 July 2010.
5. "TVBrain - Kaleidoscope - Lost shows - TV Archive - TV History". www.lostshows.com.
6. "Crown Court coming to Talking Pictures TV". Old Time Review. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

External links

• Fulchester Crown Court
• Water Cooler Moments – Crown Court
• Screenonline – Crown Court:(1972-1984)
• Crown Court at IMDb
• Crown Court at epguides.com