Crown Court
1972 · 13 seasons · 403 eps · ★ 5.7 · Drama
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Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
Directed by Oliver Horsbrugh · Written by David Fisher
Network: ITV1
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Cast
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David Ashford Derek Jones -
William Mervyn Mr. Justice Campbell - D Dorothy Vernon Helen Tate
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John Alkin Barry Deeley -
Edward Jewesbury The Hon. Mr. Justice Bragge -
Richard Wilson Jeremy Parsons QC - P Peter Wheeler Court Reporter
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Bernard Gallagher Jonathan Fry QC - R Richard Colson Clerk of the Court
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John Flanagan John Lloyd -
John Barron The Hon. Mr. Justice Mitchener -
Charles Keating James Elliot QC
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