Name: Trial & Retribution
Released: 1997-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Hayman, Dorian Lough, Kate Buffery

TV Show · Drama · Crime

"Prime Suspect" creator Lynda La Plante is the driving force behind this gritty police procedural drama, which follows each case over two episodes, beginning with the crime, proceeding through the investigation and concluding with the trial. The programme is known for using a split screen to give viewers more than one story perspective.

1997 · 1h 41m

Starring David Hayman, Dorian Lough, Kate Buffery

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

A five-year-old girl goes missing and the police are called to search for her. When her body is found, it becomes a murder investigation, which is headed by DS Michael Walker. Will the killer be found?

1h 40 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Dunn's trial doesn't go well for the police, but a blue sherry bottle could hold the key to the case.

1h 40 min
EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Detectives Walker and North join forces again in the hunt for a sadistic serial killer, but when three of the prime suspect's employees admit to the crimes, Walker has to hope that the only surviving victim will live to identify her attacker.

45 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

When Marilyn Spark identifies Damon Morton as her attacker, the police are convinced they have enough evidence to charge him, but as the trial gets under way, Morton's strange hold over those who would testify against him becomes evident. As the case swings back and forth, Walker and North begin to have doubts about the trial's outcome.

1h 41 min
EPISODE 1

Episode 1

A 15-year-old girl goes missing, and after receiving an anonymous tip-off the police find her bloodstained clothes. The detectives soon have two potential suspects - a man arrested for exposing himself to a group of girls, and the owner of the boathouse where the girl's clothes were found.

1h 39 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Detectives Walker and North arrest a man for the murder of a 15-year-old girl, but have to let him go when his wife backs up his alibi. However, when the wife contacts North desperate to find out more about her husband's previous brushes with the law, the detectives find themselves back on track.

1h 37 min