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…

Drama • Series • 1972 • 13 seasons

Start watching: S1 E1

Season

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.
Oct 18, 1972
S1 E2 - Doctor's Neglect? (2)
Oct 19, 1972
S1 E3 - Doctor's Neglect? (3)
Oct 20, 1972
S1 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?
Oct 18, 1972
S1 E5 - Liberman v Savage (2)
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.
Oct 19, 1972
S1 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.
Oct 20, 1972
S1 E7 - Regina v Lord (1)
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.
Oct 25, 1972
S1 E8 - Regina v Lord (2)
Oct 26, 1972
S1 E9 - Regina v Lord (3)
Oct 27, 1972
S1 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.
Jan 11, 1972
S1 E11 - Regina v Bryant (2)
Nov 2, 1972
S1 E12 - Regina v Bryant (3)
Nov 3, 1972
S1 E13 - Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)
Nov 8, 1972
S1 E14 - Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)
Nov 9, 1972
S1 E15 - Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (3)
Nov 10, 1972
S1 E16 - Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)
Nov 15, 1972
S1 E17 - Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)
Nov 16, 1972
S1 E18 - Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)
Nov 17, 1972
S1 E19 - The Eleventh Commandment (1)
Nov 22, 1972
S1 E20 - The Eleventh Commandment (2)
Nov 23, 1972
S1 E21 - The Eleventh Commandment (3)
Nov 24, 1972
S1 E22 - A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)
Nov 29, 1972
S1 E23 - A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)
Nov 30, 1972
S1 E24 - A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)
Dec 1, 1972
S1 E25 - Espionage (1)
Dec 6, 1972
S1 E26 - Espionage (2)
Dec 7, 1972
S1 E27 - Espionage (3)
Dec 8, 1972
S1 E28 - Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)
Dec 13, 1972
S1 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.
Dec 14, 1972
S1 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?
Dec 15, 1972
S1 E31 - Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)
Dec 20, 1972
S1 E32 - Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)
Dec 21, 1972
S1 E33 - Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (3)
Dec 22, 1972
S1 E34 - Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (1)
Dec 27, 1972
S1 E35 - Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (2)
Dec 28, 1972
S1 E36 - Criminal Libel: Regina v Maitland (3)
Dec 29, 1972
S1 E37 - The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (1)
Dec 29, 1972
S1 E38 - The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (2)
Dec 30, 1972
S1 E39 - The Medium: Regina v Purbeck (3)
Dec 31, 1972
S1 E40 - The Open Invitation
Jul 18, 1973
S1 E41 - Beggar on Horseback
Jul 27, 1973
S1 E42 - The Night for Country Dancing
Aug 1, 1973
S1 E43 - Mrs. Moresby's Scrapbook
Aug 8, 1973
S1 E44 - The Judgement of Soloman
Aug 22, 1973
S1 E45 - Destruct, Destruct
Aug 29, 1973
S1 E98 - Good and Faithful Friends
Sep 11, 1974
S1 E99 - Strange Past
Sep 18, 1974
S1 E100 - On Impulse
Sep 25, 1974
S1 E103 - The Messenger Boy
Oct 16, 1974
S1 E105 - Winklers
Nov 6, 1974
S1 E106 - The Alb of St. Honoratus
Nov 13, 1974
S1 E107 - Cover Up
Nov 20, 1974
S1 E108 - Beloved Alien
Doubt is thrown on Emma Lakeland's account about being held captive by Grigori Petrov, as she could have escaped. Inspector Clement believed Lakeland was in danger. Mr. Harvesty says Lakeland's role was a bluff to allow Petrov to escape.
Nov 27, 1974
S1 E109 - Arson
Dec 4, 1974
S1 E112 - The Quest
Jan 8, 1975
S1 E113 - A Difference in Style
Jan 15, 1975
S1 E115 - The Personator
Jan 29, 1975
S1 E116 - Two in the Mind of One
Feb 5, 1975
S1 E117 - The Murder Monitor
Feb 12, 1975
S1 E118 - Who Cares
Feb 19, 1975
S1 E119 - Saboteur
Feb 26, 1975
S1 E120 - The Trees
Mar 5, 1975
S1 E121 - Bad Day at Black Cape
Mar 12, 1975
S1 E122 - The Mad, Mad Man
Mar 19, 1975
S1 E123 - Contempt of Court
Mar 25, 1975
S1 E124 - Possessed
Apr 2, 1975
S1 E125 - The Also Ran
Apr 9, 1975
S1 E126 - Take Back Your Mink
Apr 16, 1975
S1 E127 - Light the Blue Touch-Paper
Apr 30, 1975
S1 E128 - The Healing Hand
May 7, 1975
S1 E129 - The Obsession
May 14, 1975
S1 E130 - My Mother Said I Never Should...
May 21, 1975

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About This Show

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.

Drama • TV Series • 1972

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Genre: Drama
First aired: Oct 18, 1972
Last aired: Feb 24, 1984
Status: Returning Series
Episodes: 454
Network: ITV1
Language: English
Score: 5.7 out of 10 from 6 votes