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Criminal Justice

Mon, Jun 30, 2008
  • Crime
  • Drama
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Thriller by Peter Moffat about the challenges and politics of the criminal justice system seen through the eyes of the accused.

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Where to watch

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  • BBC One↗
Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Maxine Peake
    Maxine Peake
    as Juliet Miller
  • Denis Lawson
    Denis Lawson
    as Bill Faber
  • Steven Mackintosh
    Steven Mackintosh
    as Chris Sexton
  • Matthew Macfadyen
    Matthew Macfadyen
    as Joe Miller
  • Sophie Okonedo
    Sophie Okonedo
    as Jackie Woolf
  • Zoe Telford
    Zoe Telford
    as Anna Klein
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Episodes

2 seasons · 10 episodes

Ended · 10 aired
Season 1
5 episodes · 5 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Mon, Jun 30, 2008 · 60m

    New five-part thriller from Peter Moffat. At the end of an uncharacteristic drug- and drink-fuelled night out, 21-year-old Ben finds himself charged with murder. Unable to remember what happened and with all the evidence pointing towards him, he is facing life in jail. Ben thinks if he tells the truth he will be believed, but his legal team know otherwise.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Tue, Jul 1, 2008 · 60m

    Ben's legal team strike a deal with the prosecution which seems the best of all possible deals - but Ben will have to lie about the events of the fatal night. He seeks the advice of his junior counsel, Frances, on whether to take that morally dubious step.When he makes a deadly enemy in jail, Ben struggles to find a way to simply survive.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Wed, Jul 2, 2008 · 60m

    Ben's new barrister hits on a defence which, if it works, will see Ben set free. She enlists Ben's solicitor to dig up evidence to support their argument, and once again Ben is required to lie about the fatal night's events.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Thu, Jul 3, 2008 · 60m

    Ben takes the stand and the formidable prosecution barrister starts to take his good character apart. It is left to Stone and Frances to find some shred of evidence to show that their client could not have committed the murder.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Fri, Jul 4, 2008 · 60m

    Final episode of the thriller about a young man who, after a drink and drugs fuelled night out, is charged with a murder he cannot remember.Ben's day of reckoning arrives and while Stone tries to find more and increasingly desperate ways of getting his client released, Frances goes searching for the truth.

Season 2
5 episodes · 5 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Mon, Oct 5, 2009 · 60m

    Juliet Miller's life is turned upside down forever after an incident that leaves her family fighting for life, love and survival.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Tue, Oct 6, 2009 · 60m

    Struggling with life in prison and the enormity of her actions, Juliet is desperate to see her daughter and is destroyed by Ella's rejection of her.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Wed, Oct 7, 2009 · 60m

    Juliet Miller's life is turned upside down forever after an incident that leaves her family fighting for life, love and survival.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Thu, Oct 8, 2009 · 60m

    Time is running out. Jack tells Juliet that she needs to talk if she wants to stand a chance of keeping the children as well as her life as a free woman. This threat spurs her into action and she finally reveals to Jack the truth about her marriage.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Fri, Oct 9, 2009 · 60m

    The series reaches a compelling climax as the courts decide the future of Juliet and her children.