In My Defence (1991)
Synopsis
Series of dramas about people who have passionately defended their beliefs or acts, regardless of the consequences.
First Air Date: 1991-06-23
Last Air Date: 1991-06-30
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 2
Top Cast
- Saskia Reeves as Phillipa Monaghan
- Derek Jacobi as Emile Zola
- Eileen Atkins as Emmeline Pankhurst
- Michael Pennington as Franz Jagerstatter
- Robert Stephens as Sir Roger Casement
- Edward Woodward as Gourgen Yanikian
Seasons
Season 1 (1991)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: I Will Show You Mercy
Phillipa Monaghan stood trial in 1989 for the attempted murder of her terminally ill mother - a mercy killing undertaken at her mother's request.
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Ep. 2: Can the Jew Be Innocent?
In 1898, Alfred Dreyfus was accused by the French army of being a German spy - primarily because he was a Jew. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. An impassioned plea by writer Emile Zola, J'accuse, led to Dreyfus's final exoneration.
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Ep. 3: Deeds, Not Words
Emmeline Pankhurst was charged in 1912 with 'unlawful conspiracy by inciting members of the Women's Social and Political Union to commit damage to the amount of £5 upon the windows of shopkeepers'. She defended herself from the dock.
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Ep. 4: Neither Prisoner Nor Chains
In 1942 Franz Jagerstatter, an Austrian Catholic, was called up to serve in Hitler's army. By publicly stating his refusal to fight for the Nazis he knew he faced execution. From his prison cell, he wrote explaining his actions.
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Ep. 5: An Exercise of Conscience
Sir Roger Casement , a leading figure of the Irish National Movement, landed on the coast of Ireland in 1916, intent on rebellion. He was tried for treason in a court he refused to recognise and was hanged.
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Ep. 6: I Would Rather Die
In July 1973, two Turkish diplomats were shot dead in California. Their assassin was Gourgen Yanikian , an American of Armenian extraction, whose family was massacred by the Turks 60 years before. On his release, Yanikian was unrepentant.
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