Season 1976

E1. Humpty Dumpty Sat On The Wall (2)

Jan 1, 1976 · 25m

E2. Humpty Dumpty Sat On The Wall (3)

Jan 2, 1976 · 25m

E3. Crime and Passion (1)

Jan 7, 1976 · 25m

E4. Crime and Passion (2)

Jan 8, 1976 · 75m

E5. Crime and Passion (3)

Jan 9, 1976

E6. Or Was He Pushed? (1)

Jan 14, 1976

Eleven year old Julian Morgan has been in a coma and seems unlikely to recover after being seriously injured at home. The Prosecution argue that his mother Linda Morgan had a history of beating him and inflicted the catastrophic injury.

E7. Or Was He Pushed? (2)

Jan 15, 1976

E8. Or Was He Pushed? (3)

Jan 16, 1976

E9. No Questions Asked (1)

Jan 21, 1976

The dismembered body of car dealer John Butlin was dumped from an aeroplane into the Irish Sea. He had been earlier been stabbed. Now Philiip Shepherd finds himself on trial for murder.

E10. No Questions Asked (2)

Jan 22, 1976

E11. No Questions Asked (3)

Jan 23, 1976

E12. The Right of Every Woman (1)

Jan 29, 1976

Gynaecologist James Binyon and G.P. Fiona Stone face trial accused of sterilising a fourteen year old girl - Janice Scott - without her mother's permission.

E13. The Right of Every Woman (2)

Jan 29, 1976

E14. The Right of Every Woman (3)

Jan 30, 1976

E15. Beyond the Call of Duty (1)

Feb 4, 1976

Colin Tiler is a popular and respected teacher at a comprehensive school. However he is now in court charged with the indecent assault of one of his pupils, fifteen year old Kevin Anderson.

E16. Beyond the Call of Duty (2)

Feb 5, 1976

E17. Beyond the Call of Duty (3)

Feb 6, 1976

E18. To Love, Cherish and Batter (1)

Feb 11, 1976

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.

E19. To Love, Cherish and Batter (2)

Feb 12, 1976

E20. To Love, Cherish and Batter (3)

Feb 13, 1976

E21. Scard (1)

Feb 18, 1976

Robert E Scard is accused of deceiving clients about the performance of his businesses in order to attract investments that he then pocketed. He insists he has been framed and evidence of his innocence has been destroyed.

E22. Scard (2)

Feb 19, 1976

E23. Scard (3)

Feb 20, 1976

E24. Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil

Feb 25, 1976

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.

E25. Tell The Truth and Shame The Devil (2)

Feb 26, 1976

E26. Tell The Truth and Shame The Devil (3)

Feb 27, 1976

E27. The Ju-Ju Landlord

Mar 3, 1976

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.

E28. The Ju-Ju Landlord (2)

Mar 4, 1976

E29. The Ju-Ju Landlord (3)

Mar 5, 1976

E30. Ends and Means

Mar 10, 1976