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Second Verdict

50m1 SeasonTMDb 7.0

CrimeDrama

EnglishEnded

1 · The Lindbergh Kidnapping

2 · Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?

3 · The French Bluebeard

4 · Murder on the 10.27

5 · Lizzie Borden

6 · Who Burned the Reichstag?

Crew and Cast

Troy Kennedy MartinTroy Kennedy MartinCreator
Elwyn JonesCreatorStratford JohnsStratford JohnsDCS Charles BarlowFrank WindsorFrank WindsorDCS John WattRobert HendersonRobert HendersonJudge BlaisdellPeter MarinkerPeter MarinkerBruno Richard HauptmannBurnell TuckerBurnell TuckerCharles A. LindberghWeston GavinWeston GavinDavid Wilentz
Thick WilsonEdward J. ReillyShane RimmerShane RimmerHarold Giles HoffmanPaul ChapmanPaul ChapmanThomas More
Michael Tudor BarnesChronicler
Brian HayesProfessor William WrightTerrence HardimanTerrence HardimanDominic Mancini
John BoswallDr Thomas Langton
Brian HawksleyGuillaume de Rochefort
Colin StarkeyKing Richard III
Jonathan SoperKing Edward V
Robin SoperPrince Richard · Duke of YorkCyril ShapsCyril ShapsHenri Désiré LandruElizabeth BennettElizabeth BennettFernande SegretFrank MiddlemassFrank MiddlemassPresident Gilbert
Michael BarringtonSolicitor General GodefroyIvor RobertsIvor RobertsMaitre de Moro-GiafferiJohn GabrielJohn GabrielDoctor Vallon
Jack HollowayDeputy Prosecutor Beguin
Ralph WatsonJohn Alexander Dickman
Evadne StevensMrs NisbetMark DignamMark DignamSir Sidney Rowan-HamiltonPatrick BarrPatrick BarrClarence Henry NormanHugh ManningHugh ManningE. Tindal Atkinson · KC
John HumphryE. Mitchell-Innes · KC

Storyline

Second Verdict is a six-part 1976 BBC television series, a dramatised documentaries of classic criminal cases and unsolved crimes from history re-appraised by fictional police officers. Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor reprised for a final time their double-act as Detective Chief Superintendents Barlow and Watt, hugely popular with TV audiences from the long-running series Z-Cars; Softly, Softly; and Barlow at Large.

  • BBC

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
27 May 1976
Last aired
1 July 1976
TMDB score
7.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Production

Created by
Troy Kennedy Martin, Elwyn Jones
Studios
BBC
Countries
United Kingdom
Networks
BBC One

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Runtime
50m
Type
Miniseries
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English