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Michael Jackson: The Trial
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Michael Jackson: The Trial

Wed, Feb 4, 2026
  • Documentary
  • Crime
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

This series delivers startling new revelations about the 2005 trial of Michael Jackson - with exclusive footage and unheard audio tapes of Jackson, close insiders and the LA police.

Where to watch

Streaming on

  • Channel 4↗
Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Michael Jackson
    Michael Jackson
    as Self (archive footage)
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Episodes

1 season · 4 episodes

Running · 4 aired
Season 1
4 episodes · 4 aired
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  • E1
    Saving the King of Pop
    Aired · Wed, Feb 4, 2026 · 60m

    The first episode hears from Jackson's inner circle who tried to prevent the singer's downward spiral, which reached a dramatic point of no return in 2003 when he revealed in a TV documentary that he shared his bed with young boys.

  • E2
    Control the Narrative
    Aired · Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 60m

    After singer Michael Jackson admitted publicly that he had shared his bed with teenager Gavin Arvizo, his inner circle hatched a plan to produce a rebuttal documentary. However, the interview was engulfed in legal disputes and never saw the light of day - until now. Dramatic police footage reveals Arvizo telling detectives that Jackson forced him to drink alcohol and sexually abused him and, speaking for the first time, detectives disclose the disturbing evidence they found at Jackson's Neverland Ranch.

  • E3
    The Prosecution
    Aired · Wed, Feb 11, 2026 · 60m

    The third part considers how Jackson's first court appearance was turned into a circus, with fans bussed in and the Nation of Islam were engaged as security advisers, while the singer himself posed to his adoring fans from the top of his SUV. But despite the theatrics, the public prosecutors remained resolute and were determined to get justice.

  • E4
    The Reckoning
    Aired · Thu, Feb 12, 2026 · 60m

    As the trial comes to an end, the defence calls some devastatingly effective witnesses who testify that although they shared a bed with the singer, no sexual abuse took place. Mass hysteria breaks out when Michael Jackson is found not guilty on all counts, the singer never returned to Neverland.