On Trial (1960)

Synopsis

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

First Air Date: 1960-07-08

Last Air Date: 1960-09-09

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 10

Networks: ITV Granada

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Ep. 1: Sir Roger Casement (1960-07-08)

Once a national hero in Britain, Sir Roger Casement, an Irishman, is tried for treason during the First World War.
Ep. 2: The Baccarat Scandal (1960-07-15)

An account of the notorious "Tranby Croft affair", which threatened to envelop the Prince of Wales in a gambling scandal.
Ep. 3: Admiral Byng (1960-07-22)

After the fall of Minorca, a British admiral is tried for cowardice.
Ep. 4: Spencer Cowper (1960-07-29)

A seventeenth-century lawyer is tried for the murder of a Quaker woman.
Ep. 5: Oscar Wilde (1960-08-05)

The controversial writer Oscar Wilde is tried for gross indecency after his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry has failed.
Ep. 6: The Dilke Case (1960-08-12)

An eminent Victorian political figure is involved in a sex scandal.
Ep. 7: The Tichborne Case (1960-08-19)

A man is accused of impersonating an aristocrat to gain his fortune.
Ep. 8: W.T. Stead (1960-08-26)

A newspaperman arranges for himself to be arrested on a morals charge so that he can use the witness-box to expose the white slave traffic.
Ep. 9: Governor Wall (1960-09-02)

An Irishman is, after serving as a governor in an African colony, accused of two murders when he returns to Britain.
Ep. 10: Horatio Bottomley, MP (1960-09-09)

A member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.

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