January 3, 1973 • 30m
George Robins is a second hand car dealer and well-known ladies man. He has disappeared. Blood stains were found at his country co...Read more
January 4, 1973 • 30m
Detective Inspector Robert takes the stand to describe the investigation into the disappearance of George Robins and the arrest of...Read more
January 5, 1973 • 30m
Defendant Harold Barnes alleges that George Robins is still alive. Prosecutor Jonathan Fry QC causes a stir when he calls Robins a...Read more
January 10, 1973 • 30m
The spurned lover of a Church of England clergyman is accused of blackmail after threatening to expose their affair unless the vicar pays £400.
January 11, 1973 • 30m
When Rev. Frank Warrender gives contradicting evidence, Charles Lotterby asks the judge to treat him as hostile witness. Police In...Read more
January 12, 1973 • 30m
Following Janet Brewer's revelations about her health and her breakdown, the judge turns down Barry Deeley's request to dismiss th...Read more
January 17, 1973 • 30m
A military historian has been accused of libel by a British Army Major following the publication of a book on the British Army's i...Read more
January 18, 1973 • 30m
Morton Lass, an American tank commander seconded to Hill 329 claims that Major Fitton begged to leave with him. A second witness; ...Read more
January 19, 1973 • 30m
Radio operator Corporal Batley, who was believed to have died on Hill 329 makes a shock appearance in court. He has now changed hi...Read more
January 24, 1973 • 30m
Fulchester's notorious Curl brothers are accused of demanding money with menaces and GBH. The court will hear that the brothers ha...Read more
January 25, 1973 • 30m
The second day of the trial of brothers George and Arnold Curl. The pair are accused of running a Fulchester protection racket. Mu...Read more
January 26, 1973 • 30m
Facing a second day under cross examination, George Curl claims he found religion while in Reading Gaol. However his brother Arnol...Read more
January 31, 1973 • 30m
Town Hall corruption is exposed in this case, as two employees of Fulchester Borough Council are charged with fraudulently purchas...Read more
February 1, 1973 • 30m
Councilor John Fairley is cross examined by Jonathan Fry QC. The previous day he accused Margaret Crawley of failing to mention, s...Read more
February 2, 1973 • 30m
The trial of councillor Charles Baker and his former secretary Margaret Crawley took a dramatic turn when she refused to take the ...Read more
February 7, 1973 • 30m
Before his death a year ago, a renowned artist wrote a will in which he bequeathed his estate to his favourite model, Rose Messite...Read more
February 8, 1973 • 30m
Graphologist Mr Pascoe gives evidence on behalf defendant Rose Messiter and can not rule out that Martin Emsworth's writing was fo...Read more
February 9, 1973 • 30m
Rose Messiter is cross examined by Helen Tate. She accuses Messiter of being a witness to the original Will and wouldn't be provid...Read more
February 14, 1973 • 30m
A prison officer at Fulchester's Park Moor Prison is charged with accepting bribes to smuggle a number of prohibited items into an...Read more
February 15, 1973 • 30m
Detective Inspector Barber returns to the stand to give details of the arrest of Prison Officer Robert Agar. Angela Mercer evidenc...Read more
February 13, 1973 • 30m
On the final day of the trial, Prison Officer Robert Ager takes the stand. in his own defence. Barrister Barry Deeley maintains th...Read more
February 21, 1974 • 30m
A 15 year old schoolgirl has given birth to an illegitimate baby. Within a week of the birth, the body of the baby has been found ...Read more
February 22, 1974 • 30m
Dominic Collins is cross examined by barrister Helen Tate. He maintains he did not strangle the baby and was it dead when he found...Read more
February 23, 1974 • 30m
The previous day ended sensationally with both Dominic Collins' wife and daughter confessing to killing the baby. Barrister Helen ...Read more
February 28, 1974 • 30m
A 21 year old man has been blinded after an attacker flung acid into his face. Was the attack carried out by his own cousin following a family feud?
March 1, 1974 • 30m
Alan Collings fiancee Pauline Ellis gives evidence about the long running feud between the father's Alan and Brian and how family ...Read more
March 2, 1974 • 30m
Brian Collings faces a second day in the dock. The prosecution revealed that Brian had a newspaper picture of Pauline Ellis, in a ...Read more
March 7, 1974 • 30m
The effects of hallucinogenic drugs provide a theme in this case. Peta Best, a leading sixties fashion photographer, has been foun...Read more
March 8, 1973 • 30m
Photographer Alleyn Griffin gives evidence about Natasha Marlowe erratic behaviour at the party. Marlowe takes the stand, in her o...Read more
March 9, 1974 • 30m
Natasha Marlow is cross examinined by Jonathan Fry QC after it was revealed she threatened to kill Peta Best while high on drugs. ...Read more
March 14, 1974 • 30m
A pensioner is mugged in a dark alley. two young black men are identified as the muggers in a local youth club. However, the defen...Read more
March 15, 1974 • 30m
P.C. Kershaw takes the stand to give details of the arrest of the two defendants. With Mrs Palmer evidence tainted there are now d...Read more
March 16, 1974 • 30m
While giving evidence in his defence, John Dempsey claimed that PC Kershaw saw the university student as a black activist and kept...Read more
March 21, 1974 • 30m
A man is left paralyzed after being shot on his own doorstep following an argument about a betting slip. Two brothers living next ...Read more
March 22, 1974 • 30m
The first day's proceedings came to halt when prosecution witness Madge Gorman failed to show. When Mrs. Gorman appears, today, sh...Read more
March 23, 1974 • 30m
Martin Thornton, the older of two brothers, claims that far from the being the perpetrators of the shooting he and brothers were t...Read more
March 28, 1974 • 30m
Count Alucard, a Dracula-themed illusionist, is shot dead on stage when a stunt involving a gun goes horribly wrong. His assistant...Read more
March 29, 1973 • 30m
Lingerie model Kathleen Nolan gives evidence of the events leading to the death of Norman Mattson, at the 501 Club. Rita Mattson t...Read more
March 30, 1973 • 30m
Rita Mattson is cross examined by James Elliot QC. She is rattled when he claims her husband was threatening to leave her for a yo...Read more
April 4, 1973 • 30m
A wealthy industrialist who made his fortune in African mining projects has died and left his fortune to his widow and two childre...Read more
April 5, 1973 • 30m
Lady Crittenden is cross examined by Stephen Harvesty following her admission, in court, that Lapointe is the maiden name of Sir T...Read more
April 6, 1973 • 30m
Stephen Harvesty calls Antoine Mbula of the legal department of the Diplomatic Mission of Zaire in an attempt to resolve the issue...Read more
April 11, 1973 • 30m
A night security firm stands accused of attacking a young courting couple with dogs and truncheons after they had entered a privat...Read more
April 13, 1973 • 30m
Barrister John Lloyd attempts to show victims Annabel Nelson and Derek Latimer as radicals who were deliberating trespassing on Tr...Read more
April 13, 1973 • 30m
Barrister John Lloyd claims Transecure employees were provoked by the young couple. The judge refuses to drop the case against Wil...Read more
April 18, 1973 • 30m
A retired lawyer decides to defend himself in court after he is charged with shoplifting.
April 19, 1973 • 30m
An estranged wife has accused her husband of rape. The husband denies the charge and claims that his wife has made up the allegati...Read more
April 20, 1973 • 30m
Mr. Cross makes a controversial submission; that a husband can not be charged with the unlawful imprisonment or the rape, of his w...Read more
April 25, 1973 • 30m
A construction company building a suspension bridge is being sued for compensation by the wife of a workman who has been badly inj...Read more
April 26, 1973 • 30m
Managing Director of the Porton Construction Charles Porton attempts to defend the high mortality rate at his firm. George Walker ...Read more
April 27, 1973 • 30m
George Walker attempts to shift blame when it is revealed that the shed with the safety belts was locked on Charles Porton's order...Read more
May 2, 1973 • 30m
A militant trade union activist is accused of stirring up trouble on a picket line outside a newspaper headquarters. The defense a...Read more
May 3, 1973 • 30m
The judge rejects Charles Lotterby's request to make this a political trial and ask political questions. He then asks Sgt. Kershaw...Read more
May 4, 1973 • 30m
Political agitator Donald Dowd spends a second day in the witness box cross examined by Andrew Logan QC. The barrister attempts to...Read more
May 9, 1973 • 30m
A gang of four criminals have raided a warehouse and a night-watchman has been shot and seriously wounded. Two of the gang have be...Read more
May 10, 1973 • 30m
Barrister Helen Tate attempts cast doubt on evidence given by nightwatchman Joseph Pearson. She maintains his evidence may be tain...Read more
May 11, 1973 • 30m
Albert Duffy claims he is a changed man since his first child was born while he was in jail. Although he doesn't deny he took part...Read more
May 16, 1973 • 30m
Fiona Gray is charged with arson after setting fire to her estranged husband's house. As her children were in the house at the tim...Read more
May 17, 1973 • 30m
During Rick Gray's evidence he reveals that living with his wife was like living with a small child. Gilbert Brinsley, who worked ...Read more
May 18, 1973 • 30m
Prosecuter John Lloyd dismissed claims that Fiona Gray was an automaton and unaware of her actions in burning down her husband's h...Read more
May 23, 1973 • 30m
Archie McNeil is a bigamist. He married three women under Islamic Law in Somalia, where he has business interests, and a further t...Read more
May 24, 1973 • 30m
When Agnes McNeill interrupted the court, it was then discovered that she was yet another woman claiming to be the wife of Archie....Read more
May 25, 1973 • 30m
Archie McNeill gives evidence claim and to be a strict Muslim thus voiding the bigamy charge against him. The woman were considere...Read more
May 30, 1973 • 30m
Fulchester United's star striker Arnie Campbell's career is over following a foul by Porthampton City's hard-man defender John 'Ch...Read more
May 31, 1973 • 30m
John Lloyd accuses Fulchester striker Kevin Lewis of injuring team mate Arnie Campbell. He denies telling associate Terence Stein ...Read more
June 1, 1973 • 30m
Porthampton City manager George Lomax gives evidence for Johnny Bates by playing down his hard man reputation. Journalist Terence ...Read more
June 6, 1973
Episode 67 of Season 2 premiered on June 6, 1973
June 7, 1973
Erika Brabazon is cross examined by Charles Lotterby. He queries Ronald Halsey's outburst, in court, that she was "fitting him up"...Read more
June 8, 1973
Ronald Halsey is cross examined about his finances, at the time of the robbery. It is said he owed Erika Brabazon £90 for another ...Read more
June 13, 1973
Fulchester builder Benjamin Patch is accused of fraud. He became a national celebrity when he devised a revolutionary scheme which...Read more
June 14, 1973 • 30m
Acting has his counsel Benjamin Patch starts to cross examine Superintendent James from the Fraud Squad. Patch attempts to put the...Read more
June 15, 1973 • 30m
Patch is warned about intimidating his former secretary Rachel Mackintosh. Taking the stand he puts all the blame on director Raym...Read more
June 20, 1973 • 30m
The wife of a university lecturer stands accused of perjury and perverting the course of justice. At a previous trial, she gave ev...Read more
June 21, 1973 • 30m
Wrongfully convicted of stealing a valuable vase, Celia Alcott takes the stand. With Professor Archer committing suicide, much of ...Read more
June 22, 1973 • 30m
Winifred Archer gives evidence and admits that the relationship with her husband was rocky but was unaware he killed himself feari...Read more
June 27, 1973 • 30m
A doctor, and the mental institute at which he works, are being sued for damages by a young woman. Whilst living as a patient at ...Read more
June 28, 1973 • 30m
Prof. Esmond Seagrave counters Dr. Paul Richards' argument that anyone who has a IQ under 85 should be sterilised. The girl at cen...Read more
June 29, 1973 • 30m
Dr. Paul Richards defends his actions in giving Sarah Abbs an abortion. He claims she was violent and he'd gave her a stable exist...Read more
July 4, 1973 • 30m
The Sunday Nation newspaper, and one of its leading reporters, are being sued for libel after describing a psychotherapy group as ...Read more
July 5, 1973 • 30m
During Manubhai Gupta evidence he admits to donating £35,000, to the group. At the highest level funds were raised for new Centres...Read more
July 6, 1973 • 30m
Mrs. Peacock attempts to explain the benefit of the Open Box community and how they helped her following a nervous breakdown. Mega...Read more
July 11, 1973 • 30m
A Fulchester lady is accused of attempted murder after shooting a council worker who was felling a rare Black Poplar tree in her f...Read more
July 12, 1973 • 30m
Jonathan Fry QC is attempting to put forward, against Mrs Tressman's wishes, a plea of automatism. Mrs Tressman outlines what she ...Read more
July 13, 1973 • 30m
Pauline Tressman demanded to plead guilty rather than have Dr. Mary Ryden give evidence. Counsel changed her mind and the doctor a...Read more
July 18, 1973 • 30m
Maureen Sellers is accused of kidnapping a baby which had been left in its pram outside a Fulchester supermarket. She claims she h...Read more
July 19, 1973 • 30m
Psychiatrist Dr. Richard Whatmore is subpoenaed by the prosecution to give evidence about Maureen Sellers. He reveals how she had ...Read more
July 20, 1973 • 30m
Maureen Sellars denies, that when she wheeled a way the pram, she was kidnapping the baby. Probation Officer Hilda Day puts the bl...Read more
July 25, 1973 • 30m
The Personnel Manager of a metal factory is accused of stealing a coat belonging to the Managing Director. The prosecution claim t...Read more
July 26, 1973 • 30m
Philip Samkins, the former owner of Wright-Samkins Metals Ltd is cross examined. What started as a simple theft has now spread it'...Read more
July 27, 1973 • 30m
Graham Erringburn is called to give evidence. Erringburn denies taking the coat and claims he only picked it up in error. Jonathan...Read more
August 1, 1973 • 30m
Barbara Airey is a hairdresser earning £1500 a year according to her tax returns. How, then, does she afford her lavish lifestyle ...Read more
August 2, 1973 • 30m
Arthur Moore, Mrs Airey's lover for the last ten years gives evidence and claims he gave her £2,500 a year and is the father her s...Read more
August 3, 1973 • 30m
Barbara Airey gives her evidence and tries to explain away her three lovers and their gifts worth £10,000 a year. The prosecution ...Read more
August 8, 1973 • 30m
A ten year old girl has accused a man of groping her as she made her way past his seat in the cinema. However, it is the girls' mo...Read more
August 9, 1973 • 30m
Geoffrey Hainton's agent Michael Lawford-Brown gives evidence and claims he overheard Grace Moresby demanding £100. Barrister Hele...Read more
August 10, 1973 • 30m
Grace Moresby claims Geoffrey Hainton offered her £100 to keep quiet about a sexual assault. The prosecution, however, claim Mrs. ...Read more
August 15, 1973 • 30m
A Fulchester man is accused of dumping thousands of gallons of toxic waste from Fulchester Metals Ltd into a quarry, but claims he...Read more
August 16, 1973 • 30m
Mr. Justice Craig calls Severn Quarry gate man Bill Narraway to answer questions about the poisonous liquid waste. Narraway admits...Read more
August 17, 1973 • 30m
Martha Cousins claims that co-conspirator Michael Mayes told her that the 2,000 gallons waste in his tank was not toxic and gave h...Read more
August 22, 1973 • 30m
An African couple are accused of deliberately trying to run over the man who, for the past nine years, has been the foster parent ...Read more
August 23, 1973 • 30m
Peggy Hathaway is cross examined by Haverstock Brown QC after she claimed she was persecuted by Thuo Kamuny who she claims, took p...Read more
August 24, 1973 • 30m
Chege Mwangi who was a passenger, in the car that ran down, William Hathaway is cross examined. Mirika Kamuny denies trying to kno...Read more
August 29, 1973 • 30m
A 13 year old boy is charged with the murder of his 12 year old pal after suffocating him with a plastic bag. Was there a real int...Read more
August 30, 1973 • 30m
Martha Ainsworth reads disturbing entries from her son's diary. Child psychiatrist Dr. Chisolm gives details of a report he made o...Read more
August 31, 1973 • 30m
Philip Ainsworth's father gives an unflattering account of the child's odd behaviour. He noted the boy seemed to want to damage pr...Read more
September 5, 1973 • 30m
A theatre production company is charged with breaching obscenity laws following the performance of a play at the Fulchester Palace...Read more
September 6, 1973 • 30m
Actress Mandy Jenkins tells how she was sacked from "Public Lives" when she claimed the play became obscene. Author E.W. Appleby s...Read more
September 7, 1973 • 30m
Jeremy Williams continues giving evidence, in his defence, and denies making an indecent or obscene production. Michael Standing M...Read more
September 12, 1973 • 30m
After previously being convicted of assaulting a police officer, the leader of The Thunderbolts, a local motorcycle gang, has retu...Read more
September 13, 1973 • 30m
Thunderbolts gang member John Tucker claims that Sgt. Goss disliked bikers and harassed them on a regular basis. John Lloyd accuse...Read more
September 14, 1973 • 30m
Gratten St Peters resident Francis Larwood and Sgt. Goss's pregnant daughter Susan give character references on his behalf. The fi...Read more
September 19, 1973 • 30m
A Belgian mercenary soldier is charged with treason after leading an uprising in Santa Isabella, a small British dependency. The d...Read more
September 20, 1973 • 30m
Special Branch officer Det. Chief Supt. Lane explains the reasons behind arrest of mercenary George Clement, in Fulchester. He pro...Read more
September 21, 1973 • 30m
Clement tells the court how the raid on Santa Isobella was botched. He adds that he can't be charged with treason because he doesn...Read more
September 26, 1973 • 30m
Following an argument at a summer barbecue in Fulchester, a lady guest, Mrs Lawlor, is attacked by the hostess, Mrs Blandford, wit...Read more
September 27, 1973 • 30m
Neighbour Mr. Curtis tells of swingers party's at the Blandford home. Miss Tate counters that he only turned against the Blandford...Read more
September 28, 1973 • 30m
Christine Blandford's husband Douglas gives evidence in her defence but denies his wife knew about his affair with Margaret Lawler...Read more
October 10, 1973 • 30m
An author is accused of blackmail after writing a book titled 'Just Good Friends?' in which he claimed that the close relationship...Read more
October 11, 1973 • 30m
Miss Stella Pickford, the secretary of J.P. Garford, gives evidence about her dealings with Nigel Beaumont. She claims Beaumont do...Read more
October 12, 1973 • 30m
Nigel Beaumont is called to give evidence and wanted to highlight the hypocrisy of the previous generation. He says Sir Richard Je...Read more
October 17, 1973 • 30m
Just minutes before his death through illness, Charles Laker told his doctor that he believed he had been cursed. Adelaide Vincent...Read more
October 18, 1973 • 30m
Anne Silk tells how maidens, of the Fulchester Witchcraft Coven, are expected to part in sex orgies. Adelaide Vincent put a life c...Read more
October 19, 1973 • 30m
Adelaide Vincent claims she is not a witch and only in it for the money. She also denies that she has been involved in a sex orgy ...Read more
October 24, 1973 • 30m
In the village of Chelton, just outside Fulchester, an elderly man is knocked off his bicycle and killed by a speeding green Merce...Read more
October 25, 1973 • 30m
Forensic scientist Dr. Angus Roberts confirms the paint specs, at the crash, came from a Mercedes 350SL. Henry Burnett gives evide...Read more
October 26, 1973 • 30m
Henry Burnett's private secretary Vera Emberton gives her employer, an alibi, for the time of the accident while director Robert D...Read more
October 31, 1973 • 30m
A stressed mother is accused of attempting to murder her 14 month old son after he is admitted to Fulchester General Hospital with...Read more
November 1, 1973 • 30m
Archibald Webster, of the Social Services, tells the court that Sheena had pleaded for help after admitting losing self control an...Read more
November 2, 1973 • 30m
Sheena Smithson fled court following provocation from prosecutor Helen Tate, who attempted to use a violent incident while on rema...Read more
November 7, 1973 • 30m
Jack Smith is an aging ex-convict with a string of convictions. He appears to have formed a Fagin-like relationship with a young b...Read more
November 8, 1973 • 30m
Ernest Richards details his dispute with Smith and the boy. Jeremy Parsons QC counters that Richards has served jail time for perj...Read more
November 9, 1973 • 30m
Jack Smith gives his evidence and explains how he became Leo's guardian. Smith states Leo is 9-years-old and under the age of crim...Read more
November 14, 1973 • 30m
School teacher Juliet Tomlin is accused of indecently assaulting one of her 15 year old pupils. She denies the charge, but it has ...Read more
November 15, 1973 • 30m
John Gilroy became suspicious of his son Robin when he saw a change in his character. He later learned he had become too friendly ...Read more
November 16, 1973 • 30m
Dr. Eva Penny cautions that some of Robin's account maybe fantasy. Teacher Juliet Tomlin takes the stand denying they had a sexual...Read more
November 21, 1973 • 30m
An Argentinian cattle rancher is suing a Scottish beef farmer after buying a bull for a record price at a Fulchester cattle auctio...Read more
November 22, 1973 • 30m
Gus Enderby tells how Angelos Da Costa conspired with him to rig the auction for Colonel Ulrick McIver's bull which cost £65,000. ...Read more
November 23, 1973 • 30m
Vetinary surgeon Michael Shipton confirms that the bull was fertile at the time of his sale. Barry Deeley queries his impartiality...Read more
November 28, 1973 • 30m
An acclaimed political author stands accused of the rare crime of 'incitement to disaffection', in other words, encouraging two yo...Read more
November 29, 1973 • 30m
Trooper Dugdale maintains that visiting defendant Parfitt was the catalyst for his and Ronald Fisk's desertion. Major Hughes found...Read more
November 30, 1973 • 30m
Author Arthur Charles Parfitt defends "Trespass Under Arms" and denies the charge of Sedition. His aim was to highlight the effect...Read more
December 5, 1973 • 30m
Episode 142 of Season 2 premiered on December 5, 1973
December 6, 1973 • 30m
Edward Bennington's former wife Jocelyn gives evidence of his violent ranges and bouts of jealousy. Mrs. Nellie Kent tells of over...Read more
December 7, 1973 • 30m
Episode 144 of Season 2 premiered on December 7, 1973
December 12, 1973 • 30m
A Royal Air Force squadron leader is accused of spying, a serious charge which carries life imprisonment. After crashing his car, ...Read more
December 13, 1973 • 30m
Episode 146 of Season 2 premiered on December 13, 1973
December 14, 1973 • 30m
Episode 147 of Season 2 premiered on December 14, 1973
December 19, 1973 • 30m
Episode 148 of Season 2 premiered on December 19, 1973
December 20, 1973 • 30m
Episode 149 of Season 2 premiered on December 20, 1973
December 21, 1973 • 30m
Episode 150 of Season 2 premiered on December 21, 1973
December 27, 1973 • 30m
Episode 151 of Season 2 premiered on December 27, 1973