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A series of real trials from British history, famous and notorious, dramatised from the court records.
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- E1 Sir Roger CasementNext upJul 8, 1960
Synopsis
Once a national hero in Britain, Sir Roger Casement, an Irishman, is tried for treason during the First World War.
Guest stars: Peter Wyngarde (Sir Roger Casement), Abraham Sofaer (Lord Reading - Lord Chief Justice), John Robinson (Serjeant Sullivan KC)
- E2 The Baccarat ScandalJul 15, 1960
Synopsis
An account of the notorious "Tranby Croft affair", which threatened to envelop the Prince of Wales in a gambling scandal.
Guest stars: John Justin (Sir William Gordon-Cumming), Alan Webb (Sir Edward Clarke QC), Michael Shepley (Sir Charles Russell QC), Graham Crowden (Lycett Green), Redmond Phillips (Lord Coleridge)
- E3 Admiral ByngJul 22, 1960
Synopsis
After the fall of Minorca, a British admiral is tried for cowardice.
Guest stars: Donald Wolfit (Admiral Byng), Charles Heslop (General Lord Blakeney), William Mervyn (President of the Court)
- E4 Spencer CowperJul 29, 1960
Synopsis
A seventeenth-century lawyer is tried for the murder of a Quaker woman.
Guest stars: Laurence Payne (Spencer Cowper), Richard Warner (Mr. Jones), George Howe (Baron Hatsell)
- E5 Oscar WildeAug 5, 1960
Synopsis
The controversial writer Oscar Wilde is tried for gross indecency after his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry has failed.
Guest stars: Micheál Mac Liammóir (Oscar Wilde), André Morell (Sir Edward Clarke), Martin Benson (Edward Carson)
- E6 The Dilke CaseAug 12, 1960
Synopsis
An eminent Victorian political figure is involved in a sex scandal.
Guest stars: Leo Genn (Sir Charles Dilke), Allan Cuthbertson (Henry Matthews QC), Laidman Browne (Walter Phillimore QC)
- E7 The Tichborne CaseAug 19, 1960
Synopsis
A man is accused of impersonating an aristocrat to gain his fortune.
Guest stars: John Slater (Claimant), Oliver Johnston (Sir William Bovill), Nicholas Meredith (Sir John Coleridge)
- E8 W.T. SteadAug 26, 1960
Synopsis
A 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.
Guest stars: William Franklyn (W.T. Stead), Douglas Wilmer (Sir Richard Webster QC), Milo O'Shea (Charles Armstrong)
- E9 Governor WallSep 2, 1960
Synopsis
An Irishman is, after serving as a governor in an African colony, accused of two murders when he returns to Britain.
Guest stars: Roger Livesey (Joseph Wall), Ewen Solon (Sir Edward Law), Anthony Sharp (Spencer Perceval)
- E10 Horatio Bottomley, MPSep 9, 1960
Synopsis
A member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.
Guest stars: Harold Goldblatt (Horatio Bottomley, MP), Ernest Milton (Mr. Justice Salter), Raymond Huntley (Travers Humphreys)
