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On Trial

1 SeasonTV-G

CrimeDrama

EnglishEnded

1 · Sir Roger Casement

2 · The Baccarat Scandal

3 · Admiral Byng

4 · Spencer Cowper

5 · Oscar Wilde

6 · The Dilke Case

7 · The Tichborne Case

8 · W.T. Stead

9 · Governor Wall

10 · Horatio Bottomley, MP

Crew and Cast

Peter WyngardePeter WyngardeSir Roger CasementAbraham SofaerAbraham SofaerLord Reading · Lord Chief JusticeJohn RobinsonJohn RobinsonSerjeant Sullivan KCJohn JustinJohn JustinSir William Gordon-CummingAlan WebbAlan WebbSir Edward Clarke QCMichael ShepleyMichael ShepleySir Charles Russell QCGraham CrowdenGraham CrowdenLycett GreenRedmond PhillipsRedmond PhillipsLord ColeridgeDonald WolfitDonald WolfitAdmiral ByngCharles HeslopCharles HeslopGeneral Lord BlakeneyWilliam MervynWilliam MervynPresident of the CourtLaurence PayneLaurence PayneSpencer CowperRichard WarnerRichard WarnerMr. Jones
George HoweBaron HatsellMicheál Mac LiammóirMicheál Mac LiammóirOscar WildeAndré MorellAndré MorellSir Edward ClarkeMartin BensonMartin BensonEdward CarsonLeo GennLeo GennSir Charles DilkeAllan CuthbertsonAllan CuthbertsonHenry Matthews QC
Laidman BrowneWalter Phillimore QCJohn SlaterJohn SlaterClaimantOliver JohnstonOliver JohnstonSir William Bovill
Nicholas MeredithSir John ColeridgeWilliam FranklynWilliam FranklynW.T. SteadDouglas WilmerDouglas WilmerSir Richard Webster QCMilo O'SheaMilo O'SheaCharles ArmstrongRoger LiveseyRoger LiveseyJoseph WallEwen SolonEwen SolonSir Edward LawAnthony SharpAnthony SharpSpencer PercevalHarold GoldblattHarold GoldblattHoratio Bottomley · MP

Storyline

A series of real trials from British history, famous and notorious, dramatised from the court records.

  • Granada Television

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
8 July 1960
Last aired
9 September 1960
Rating
TV-G

Production

Studios
Granada Television
Countries
United Kingdom
Networks
ITV Granada

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
10
Type
Scripted
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English