Crown Court
Season 1976
TV-PG
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.
Where to Watch Season 1976
89 Episodes
- To Love, Cherish and Batter (1)E18
To Love, Cherish and Batter (1)Ian Whiting, an accountant, is charged with assaulting his wife Jennifer. She says that he regularly attacked her culminating in a final assault that left her seriously injured. He argues that she was prone to rages and that her injuries were caused when he tried to defend himself. - Tell The Truth and Shame The Devil (1)E24
Tell The Truth and Shame The Devil (1)Thomas Nolan was so badly assaulted that he is unable to give evidence in court. Teenagers Frank Price and Sheila Cronin are charged with committing grievous bodily harm on him. The Prosecution claim that Cronin is "vicious and vindictive" and led Price who has learning difficulties. Both defendants assert their innocence - they do not deny an earlier argument with the victim but say they were at home when he was attacked. - The Ju-Ju Landlord (1)E27
The Ju-Ju Landlord (1)Akanni Dawodu is accused of harassing one of his tenants, Mrs. Obl, with the intention of driving her away from her tenancy. It is alleged that he frightened her using a ju-ju (black magic) ceremony which used the bodies of dead animals and death threats using her name. Dawodu asserts his innocence, arguing that the religious ritual was an innocent act of purification and that he believed she was casting the evil eye over him. - Drunk, Who Cares (1)E36
Drunk, Who Cares (1)Stanley Roberts was electrocuted and killed when his crane touched cables; a young boy who rushed to help him was also killed in the incident. A postmortem showed that Roberts had drunk alcohol beforehand. His employer Albert Hunter is now charged with health and safety offences. - A Working Girl (1)
E57A Working Girl (1)At an earlier trial Sylvia Turner was acquitted of soliciting on Fulchester High Street. However she now finds herself on trial accused of perjury. The Prosecution claim that Miss Turner lied when she said in court that she was not soliciting on that occasion - she is a known prostitute and propositioned a man. - Inside Story (1)E63
Inside Story (1)Prison officer William Parker has been left permanently physically and mentally disabled after being attacked in prison - an attack that was shortly followed by a major riot causing huge damage. Inmate Stephen Benson is now charged with grievous bodily harm, the Prosecution arguing he bore a grudge against Parker and hit him on the back of the head with a hammer inflicting catastrophic injuries. - Lola (1)E78
Lola (1)Lola Martin is on trial accused of persistently importuning for immoral purposes and striking Jeffrey Lent. The case is made more unusual as Lola Martin is a transvestite and gay man and Lent is an undercover police officer who says he was trying to catch drug dealers in the club where the incidents occurred. - A World of Difference (1)E84
A World of Difference (1)Jacques Denver and Agnes Lisle, a couple of St Lucian heritage, are accused of abducting their son Ashley from the care of the local authority. Ashley had been taken into care and sent to a residential school for children with learning difficulties.