The Trial (2025 film)

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The Trial
GenreDrama
Screenplay byMark Burt
Directed byMichael Samuels
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersRichelle Wilder
Isibéal Ballance
Production company
  • Adorable Media
Original release
Network Channel 5
Release8 May 2025 (2025-05-08)

The Trial is a 2025 single-episode British television drama directed by Michael Samuels from a screenplay by Mark Burt. Produced by Adorable Media, an 100% independent production company based in London, starring Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Ben Miles and Claire Skinner, and set in the near-future in Great Britain in which parents are legally liable for the crimes committed by their children. It was broadcast on Channel 5 on 8 May 2025.

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Premise

The drama is set in Britain in 2035 in which parents are held legally responsible for the crimes committed by their children. The drama shows teenager Teah on trial for a serious crime, putting her parents Dione and David Sinclair in the centre of a distressing legal battle against the Office of Judicial Inquisition, a powerful new division of the Ministry of Justice. [1]

Cast

Production

A one-off sixty minutes television drama, The Trial is produced by Adorable Media (The Amazing Mr Blunden, Woman of Stone, The Mezzotint) by Richelle Wilder and Isibéal Ballance. The director is Michael Samuels from a screenplay by Mark Burt. [2] It was announced by Channel 5 in March 2025, as part of a new policy by the channel to commission one-off television dramas. [3]

The cast is led by Saoirse-Monica Jackson as an investigator of parents played by Ben Miles and Claire Skinner. Jaz Hutchins and India Fowler are also members of the cast. [4]

Broadcast

The Trial will air in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 on 8 May 2025. [5] https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/the-trial-5-review-lax-parenting-3679764?srsltid=AfmBOoreg9WAvV2FBKbCf183Fce3HtpNivWv9jKam-RJA3rQp_ajnxe6

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, Katie (6 May 2025). "The Trial release date and cast unveiled as chilling Channel 5 drama hailed 'chillingly plausible'". Walesonline. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Daniels, Nia (24 April 2025). "Courtroom drama from producer of A Ghost Story for Christmas". Theknowledgeonline. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Goldbart, Max (12 March 2025). "Channel 5 Boards PBS Masterpiece Period Drama 'The Forsytes'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "THE TRIAL: 5 ANNOUNCES ONE-OFF JUSTICE DRAMA, CASTING CONFIRMED". TV Zone UK. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Rowan, Iona (6 May 2025). "Chilling new UK drama with adored cast of actors sets release date with tense first-look trailer". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/the-trial-review-channel-5-3cmml3wv7, https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/the-trial-5-review-lax-parenting-3679764?srsltid=AfmBOoreg9WAvV2FBKbCf183Fce3HtpNivWv9jKam-RJA3rQp_ajnxe6

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