On Trial
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Play S1 E1A series of real trials from British history, famous and notorious, dramatised from the court records.
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Season 1
10 episodes
- 1. Sir Roger CasementOnce a national hero in Britain, Sir Roger Casement, an Irishman, is tried for treason during the First World War.TV-GCCJul 8, 1960
- 2. The Baccarat ScandalAn account of the notorious "Tranby Croft affair", which threatened to envelop the Prince of Wales in a gambling scandal.TV-GCCJul 15, 1960
- 3. Admiral ByngAfter the fall of Minorca, a British admiral is tried for cowardice.TV-GCCJul 22, 1960
- 4. Spencer CowperA seventeenth-century lawyer is tried for the murder of a Quaker woman.TV-GCCJul 29, 1960
- 5. Oscar WildeThe controversial writer Oscar Wilde is tried for gross indecency after his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry has failed.TV-GCCAug 5, 1960
- 6. The Dilke CaseAn eminent Victorian political figure is involved in a sex scandal.TV-GCCAug 12, 1960
- 7. The Tichborne CaseA man is accused of impersonating an aristocrat to gain his fortune.TV-GCCAug 19, 1960
- 8. W.T. SteadA newspaperman arranges for himself to be arrested on a morals charge so that he can use the witness-box to expose the white slave traffic.TV-GCCAug 26, 1960
- 9. Governor WallAn Irishman is, after serving as a governor in an African colony, accused of two murders when he returns to Britain.TV-GCCSep 2, 1960
- 10. Horatio Bottomley, MPA member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.TV-GCCSep 9, 1960
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On Trial
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A series of real trials from British history, famous and notorious, dramatised from the court records.
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- Granada Television
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Audio languages
English
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