Learning on ScreenTrial, The
- Synopsis
- For the first time television cameras were allowed into the Scottish High Court to film the proceedings of real cases. Courtroom scenes are intercut with interviews with police, prosecution and defence, and with the defencant, who describe how the case is progressing.
1: A retired civil servant is beaten to death on his way home. The jury must evaluate the importance of a strange piece of evidence for a crime that appears to have no motive and no witnesses.
2: The trial of James Robertson, a quiet family man, accused of attempted murder after two years of verbal and violent conflict with his neighbours.
3: George More, one of Scotland’s top defence solicitors, with a reputation for effectiveness and aggressiveness in court, believes the legal system is weighted against ordinary people. Follows More’s defence of a woman accused of shoplifting and his colleague’s defence of a dangerous driver.
4: Follows the case of a Portuguese waiter standing trial for an attempted armed robbery of an Aberdeen nightclub.
5: The hectic and varied work of one of Scotland’s procurators fiscal, who is seen opposing bail in the Edinburgh Sheriff Court and prosecuting in the Summary Trial Court. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 x 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1994
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £250.00 (+VAT +p&p) series
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 from 18 Nov 1994.
- Subjects
- Law
- Keywords
- courtroom procedures; courtroom trials; law courts; Scotland
Credits
- Producer
- Nick Catliff
- Contributor
- Elizabeth Clough
Sections
- Title
- Loan path murder, The
- Synopsis
- 1: A retired civil servant is beaten to death on his way home. The jury must evaluate the importance of a strange piece of evidence for a crime that appears to have no motive and no witnesses.
- Title
- Stab in the dark, A
- Synopsis
- 2: The trial of James Robertson, a quiet family man, accused of attempted murder after two years of verbal and violent conflict with his neighbours.
- Title
- One angry man
- Synopsis
- 3: George More, one of Scotland's top defence solicitors, with a reputation for effectiveness and aggressiveness in court, believes the legal system is weighted against ordinary people. Follows More's defence of a woman accused of shoplifting and his coll
- Title
- Daylight robbery
- Synopsis
- 4: Follows the case of a Portuguese waiter standing trial for an attempted armed robbery of an Aberdeen nightclub.
- Title
- Sad, bad and mad
- Synopsis
- 5: The hectic and varied work of one of Scotland's procurators fiscal, who is seen opposing bail in the Edinburgh Sheriff Court and prosecuting in the Summary Trial Court.
Sponsor
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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