Frances Cuka is wonderful. Made me recall her opposite Michale Gambon in Maigret and the Mad Woman. Same composure, perfect delivery and refinement without affect.
Crown Court covered many of the serious social issues of the 70s and early 80s. This episode is as relevant today as 40 years ago when it was originally shown.
Fine. But all they say is that the jury is picked from those on the electoral register. What they don't say is :1. Just about every adult is on the electoral register, and we didn't handpick them ourselves.2. We didn't reach the verdict ourselves which we purport to be made by the "jury".3. We didn't pay the "jury" to reach the verdict that we wanted them to.4. We don't make the prosecution strong in some cases and weak in others, and the comments of the "judge" partial to give the "verdict" a semblance of reality, a "verdict" which we determined at the outset..Why wouldn't that have been affirmed?.
@@mrsmith4005 Also that only eleven of the jurors are actually members of the public - as ordinary people cannot have speaking roles in a drama or comedy series, in accordance with Equity rules (Equity = the actors’ union), and the foreman or forewoman is an actor or actress - usually an unfamiliar one - although, viewed today, you might recognise some of them - but they were largely unknown at the time!
Richard Pearson later played Victor Meldrew's irritating brother. I don't believe it. Witness Tenniel Evans later came back to Crown Court as a judge. Frances Cuka aka Crossroad's Mrs Tommy Lancaster.
Cheif constable is the highest rank but in met police its a commission who is the highest rank. A few differences are commander rank assistant commissioner deputy commissioner and then commissionaire.in most forces not the met it's assistant cheif constable then a deputy cheif constable and cheif constable I'm interested in ranks army navy police fire fighters nurses and lot s more nice to hear this articulate gentleman who is interesting to listen this was a great show u watched early 1980s
Very good episode though took me a while to work out where he, the defendant, was supposed to be politically as he both supported Gaddafi but also seemed to be on the right wing by other comments. Some great details like his counsel ripping up the note almost straight away, the comments by the Judge etc. Overall right verdict as prosecution seemed like an overreaction.
Agreed. Makes for an interesting TV case, but in real life one would hope the government would concentrate its resources on more pressing social problems, such as actual crime for instance.
No, you're right, JKMMOC, he wasn't that prolific! I liked and kept his episodes as he was one of few actors playing the Prosecuting or Defence counsels who bothered to learn the script (See him in "Hunger Strike" and he's quite superb). As it happens though, I have uploaded some non-Richard episodes. Try "A Man with Everything", "Soldier, Soldier", "Inside Story", "Songbirds Out of Tune" and "Question of Care". :)
According to IMDB Richard Wilson played Jeremy Parsons QC in 59 episodes between 1973-78. I've watched quite a few on here and as ever he's quite superb in all of them. My fantasy was always a juicy murder case prosecuted by Parsons and defended by Horace Rumpole - oh yes ! Thanks for this Jez T.
+Sean Mclellan Granada made hundreds of episodes, Sean, but only a handful are available on DVD. I recorded a few when they were on cable about 10 years ago. I'm currently searching through my loft, so if I come across any more, I'll upload them here. Glad you enjoy Prisoner too!
@@MrNewtonian He was struck off the medical register for "giving the white tablets" - he always found that people expected to be given the white pills - to a person with the first case of pink babboon fever occuring in some London suburb.
Not a real court. This was filmed in the Granada Television Studios in Manchester, in their Studio 8 which was also used for University Challenge, the ITV quiz show.
Do you have 'The Jolly Swagmen' episode? Like you, I recorded some of them off Legal TV but missed one from that title - By the way: great quality uploads!
Since you came up trumps with the 'jolly swagmen', which I thoroughly enjoy and keep going back to (!), I was wondering whether you had 'Winklers' and 'Home' with Arthur English? All the best.
Posh people can end up on the dole which we now call universal credit.not sure were the credit comes in lol all as you get 80 quid a week or 88 if your a single man or women still they seem to be allowed some savings.but anyway sorry to digress this is a great episode
The term "credit" means the government pays you money "credited" to your bank account. In the old days of the dole, such as in 1977 when this Crown Court episode was made, money was paid to the receiver in cash at a job centre.
@@johnking5174 hello, yes that's right, I've seen boys from the Blackstuff,and I saw them get there dole that way, but better to work,I'm better off working by far kind regards.
@@markgreet3543 I agree 100%. Nothing feels better than getting a salary that you have earned. I get paid monthly my salary. Feels fantastic when on the first Monday of the month I see it in my account.
@@johnking5174 the only way you can be worst off is being in a commission sales job,that's not paying a proper wage, or working a few hours and needing to sign on, but I work in sales and I'm better off, small basic dem pay and extras, I think it's a man pride to work, them singing on offices are a nightmare the way the treat you, even saying the will stop benefits over petty disagreement, them days are long gone for me.
Solid script for an all round performance from everyone. From India Thanks for posting. 👍
Frances Cuka is wonderful. Made me recall her opposite Michale Gambon in Maigret and the Mad Woman. Same composure, perfect delivery and refinement without affect.
Every Time I've seen Richard Pearson I've always thought what an underrated actor he is his performance in this is no acception
He knows instinctively the timely moment for a polka...
Crown Court covered many of the serious social issues of the 70s and early 80s. This episode is as relevant today as 40 years ago when it was originally shown.
Fine. But all they say is that the jury is picked from those on the electoral register. What they don't say is :1. Just about every adult is on the electoral register, and we didn't handpick them ourselves.2. We didn't reach the verdict ourselves which we purport to be made by the "jury".3. We didn't pay the "jury" to reach the verdict that we wanted them to.4. We don't make the prosecution strong in some cases and weak in others, and the comments of the "judge" partial to give the "verdict" a semblance of reality, a "verdict" which we determined at the outset..Why wouldn't that have been affirmed?.
@@mrsmith4005 Also that only eleven of the jurors are actually members of the public - as ordinary people cannot have speaking roles in a drama or comedy series, in accordance with Equity rules (Equity = the actors’ union), and the foreman or forewoman is an actor or actress - usually an unfamiliar one - although, viewed today, you might recognise some of them - but they were largely unknown at the time!
@@mrsmith4005 Jesus Christ.
@@BuJammyI don't think he was on the jury
"…are no tea party…" A tea party seems rather less harmless nowadays...
I just to love watching this back in the 1970s. Thanks.
My pleasure, Kutta! :)
Jez T Cheers.
Inherent Emperor That's all right, dogs are lovely.
Fantastic. Thanks for posting this
What a prophetic story this turned out to be 2021.
The Judge's comments after the verdict left no doubt he thought it was the wrong verdict. I've not seen Richard Wilson win a case yet!
I don't believe it!
It's difficult to convince someone else if you aren't convinced yourself, and we all know that he didn't believe it.
The judge's closing comments and Robinowitz's body language upon departing from the court tells the viewer a lot more than the verdict does.
Something very sinister in that American witness lighting his cigarette then smiling as he walks off...
There is something sinister about Americans full stop!
I think they are alluding to him being CIA.
@@clangerbasher I thought they were alluding to him being in cahoots with Special Branch - but the two are not mutually exclusive.
@@clangerbasher the conference in Milan was part of Operation Gladio
I am enjoying these. Thanks, Jez T.
This is great! Thank you very much
Keep finding them jezz...yet another great episode.
Kathleen Byron, oh yes! Sister Ruth in Black Narcissus.
Richard Pearson later played Victor Meldrew's irritating brother. I don't believe it. Witness Tenniel Evans later came back to Crown Court as a judge. Frances Cuka aka Crossroad's Mrs Tommy Lancaster.
He also played the extreme anti-racist Tory Home Secretary in Peter Cook's "The Rise and Rise Of Michael Rimmer" from 1970.
Wilson
And was once in some mothers do Ave em respect
A Chief Constable always and still does appear in court in police uniform
Cheif constable is the highest rank but in met police its a commission who is the highest rank. A few differences are commander rank assistant commissioner deputy commissioner and then commissionaire.in most forces not the met it's assistant cheif constable then a deputy cheif constable and cheif constable I'm interested in ranks army navy police fire fighters nurses and lot s more nice to hear this articulate gentleman who is interesting to listen this was a great show u watched early 1980s
Sorry a few spelling errors but yes I agree with your point
"No tea party." Lol.
'The constible looks like Shostakovich.
This is man is highly articulate well educated guy.
No, they are all snotty nosed lawyers and cops
Very good episode though took me a while to work out where he, the defendant, was supposed to be politically as he both supported Gaddafi but also seemed to be on the right wing by other comments. Some great details like his counsel ripping up the note almost straight away, the comments by the Judge etc. Overall right verdict as prosecution seemed like an overreaction.
Agreed. Makes for an interesting TV case, but in real life one would hope the government would concentrate its resources on more pressing social problems, such as actual crime for instance.
love this drama
British police always wear clip on ties for safety
Cab you say b****** in a court of law, when not quoting? 😮
I thought the verdict might go the other way on this one. Is Francis Galway dangerous or just a bit dippy?
The man playing the accused plays Victor Meldrews brother
Love this.
A mad defendant
SUBSCRIBED.
"We just don't happen to elect fascists to our Parliament"... Oh the innocent days of '77.
Envious Fred 😂😂😂😂
Don't you think Francis Galway's schtick sounds familiar when you listen to the likes of Jordan Peterson?
@@GeoNeilUK No.
@@buttnutt Why not?
Not quite ASMR but very effective substitute for Ambien
I find Rumpole a good substitute for Zimovane
Are there any episodes of Crown Court that don't feature Richard Wilson? I don't recall him being so prolific at the time.
No, you're right, JKMMOC, he wasn't that prolific! I liked and kept his episodes as he was one of few actors playing the Prosecuting or Defence counsels who bothered to learn the script (See him in "Hunger Strike" and he's quite superb). As it happens though, I have uploaded some non-Richard episodes. Try "A Man with Everything", "Soldier, Soldier", "Inside Story", "Songbirds Out of Tune" and "Question of Care". :)
According to IMDB Richard Wilson played Jeremy Parsons QC in 59 episodes between 1973-78. I've watched quite a few on here and as ever he's quite superb in all of them. My fantasy was always a juicy murder case prosecuted by Parsons and defended by Horace Rumpole - oh yes ! Thanks for this Jez T.
He is superb in the 59 episodes he was in, he is so convincing.
He also was in an episode of some mothers do Ave them
Anybody recognise the policeman in the dock?
how many are there they are my cell block h detox
+Sean Mclellan Granada made hundreds of episodes, Sean, but only a handful are available on DVD. I recorded a few when they were on cable about 10 years ago. I'm currently searching through my loft, so if I come across any more, I'll upload them here. Glad you enjoy Prisoner too!
Sean Mclellan Bollywood film
I wonder what they would make of the over throw of Gadafi?
"He got rid of the parasites". Hilary Clinton: "we came, we saw, he died HAHAHAHA".
It's Doc Morrissey (or Slartibartfast) !!
Doc Morrisey was John Horsley - Slartibartfast was Richard Vernon
Doc Morrisey, wasnt he struck off for gross professional misconduct or something?
@@MrNewtonian He was struck off the medical register for "giving the white tablets" - he always found that people expected to be given the white pills - to a person with the first case of pink babboon fever occuring in some London suburb.
I wonder which court this was?
Fulchester Crown Court
Not a real court. This was filmed in the Granada Television Studios in Manchester, in their Studio 8 which was also used for University Challenge, the ITV quiz show.
I don't believe it
Do you have 'The Jolly Swagmen' episode? Like you, I recorded some of them off Legal TV but missed one from that title - By the way: great quality uploads!
+funnyfiveminutes Thanks! Not sure if I have that one, but as I try and sort out my loft, if I come across it, I'll upload it for sure.
+Jez T Thanks for the reply. I've subscribed, so we'll see what you come up with!
Hi, funnyfiveminutes: you're in luck! I finally found "The Jolly Swagmen" and have uploaded it. Enjoy!
Wonderful! Thanks ever so much for getting back in touch. Much appreciated.
Since you came up trumps with the 'jolly swagmen', which I thoroughly enjoy and keep going back to (!), I was wondering whether you had 'Winklers' and 'Home' with Arthur English? All the best.
Posh people can end up on the dole which we now call universal credit.not sure were the credit comes in lol all as you get 80 quid a week or 88 if your a single man or women still they seem to be allowed some savings.but anyway sorry to digress this is a great episode
The term "credit" means the government pays you money "credited" to your bank account. In the old days of the dole, such as in 1977 when this Crown Court episode was made, money was paid to the receiver in cash at a job centre.
@@johnking5174 hello, yes that's right, I've seen boys from the Blackstuff,and I saw them get there dole that way, but better to work,I'm better off working by far kind regards.
@@markgreet3543 I agree 100%. Nothing feels better than getting a salary that you have earned. I get paid monthly my salary. Feels fantastic when on the first Monday of the month I see it in my account.
@@johnking5174 the only way you can be worst off is being in a commission sales job,that's not paying a proper wage, or working a few hours and needing to sign on, but I work in sales and I'm better off, small basic dem pay and extras, I think it's a man pride to work, them singing on offices are a nightmare the way the treat you, even saying the will stop benefits over petty disagreement, them days are long gone for me.
@@johnking5174 sorry meant signing on oops not singing 😂