Verdict

Directed by

Michael Kerrigan

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Each episode of this series takes place completely inside a courtroom. Real members of the public serve as the jury and decide the verdict for the case they hear. The show uses a different cast most weeks except for one actress who appears in two episodes.

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What happens

Verdict is a British television legal anthology series, first broadcast on 31 July 1998, that ran for four episodes on ITV. The series, set entirely in the courtroom, features genuine members of the public as the jury, who give their verdict on each of the cases presented before them. Each episode features an entirely unique cast, with the exception of Susan Duerden, whose character, Heather Smart, appears in two of the four episodes. The series' format drew comparisons with fellow ITV counterpart Crown Court, which ran from 1972 until 1984. The series was directed by Michael Kerrigan, Mike Adams and Bill Pryde; with Catherine Hayes, Tom Needham, Susan Rogers and Chris Thompson acting as principal writers. Aside from a single repeat run on ITV3 in the late 2000s, the series has never been re-broadcast or released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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