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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

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    Crown Court Season 6 Episode 29 - Such a Charming Man: Part 2
    9.8/10(38 votes)

    #1 - Such a Charming Man: Part 2

    S6:E29

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Crown Court Season 6 Episode 30 - Such a Charming Man: Part 3
    9.8/10(38 votes)

    #2 - Such a Charming Man: Part 3

    S6:E30

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Crown Court Season 6 Episode 28 - Such a Charming Man: Part 1
    9.6/10(40 votes)

    #3 - Such a Charming Man: Part 1

    S6:E28

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Crown Court Season 2 Episode 39 - The Death of Dracula: Part 3
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    #4 - The Death of Dracula: Part 3

    S2:E39

    Rita Mattson is cross examined by James Elliot QC. She is rattled when he claims her husband was threatening to leave her for a younger woman. Brig. Sir Ferdinand Tennyson-Pusey gives evidence about how he believed gun trick worked.

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  5. Crown Court Season 7 Episode 45 - Common Sense: Part 3
    8.8/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Common Sense: Part 3

    S7:E45

    Reginald Barton returns to the stand, after the court was adjourned early, following a heated exchange with the prosecution over his motives for going to the park. He now admits he wanted to be in proximity of boys because is a homosexual.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Crown Court Season 2 Episode 37 - The Death of Dracula: Part 1
    8.7/10(25 votes)

    #6 - The Death of Dracula: Part 1

    S2:E37

    Count Alucard, a Dracula-themed illusionist, is shot dead on stage when a stunt involving a gun goes horribly wrong. His assistant (his wife, Rita) is accused of having tampered with the gun, killing him after discovering yet another of his affairs. did she purposely kill her husband, or was the gun faulty?

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  8. Crown Court Season 7 Episode 44 - Common Sense: Part 2
    8.7/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Common Sense: Part 2

    S7:E44

    Reginald Barton says he has a two year suspended sentence for inciting a boy under the age of fourteen into an act of gross indecency. He has 14 convictions for the same offence and pleaded guilty every time. However denies this offence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 30 - Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)
    8.6/10(34 votes)

    #8 - Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)

    S1:E30

    In his summing up, the defence barrister James Elliot QC accuses the night watchman of extreme anti-left wing bias. Could this save the young couple?

    Director:Roger Tucker

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  10. Crown Court Season 7 Episode 43 - Common Sense: Part 1
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Common Sense: Part 1

    S7:E43

    Two schoolboys visited a funfair looking for a fifty pence piece that one of them had dropped. While there they met a man who offered them the same amount each if they would perform indecent acts with him. The boys reported the matter to the police and they identified Reginald Barton as the offender. The Defence do not deny an offence took place and Barton admits to a long criminal record for sexual offences against boys. However he insists he is innocent on this occasion and is the victim of mistaken identity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Crown Court Season 3 Episode 10 - With Menaces : Part 1
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #10 - With Menaces : Part 1

    S3:E10

    Pakistani housing landlord Muhammed Aslam is accused of demanding money with menaces from a number of illegal immigrants from Pakistan, who have found their way to Fulchester across Europe by train and boat. Mr Aslam insists that he was merely demanding his fees for arranging the immigrant's journey and for housing rent.

    Director:Bob Hird

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  12. Crown Court Season 10 Episode 3 - Proof Spirits Part 3
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Proof Spirits Part 3

    S10:E3

    Vera Barnes - better known as "Madame Veda Bronski", a spiritualist and professed clairvoyant - is charged with obtaining money by deception from widow Elizabeth Penn. The Prosecution claim that she took advantage of the vulnerable Mrs. Penn and tricked her into donating £17500, supposedly towards a spiritualist centre that was never built. The Defence respond that Madame Bronski does appear to have unusual gifts and even these are disputed she has a sincere belief that she can contact the dead and help people like Mrs. Penn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Crown Court Season 3 Episode 22 - The Woman Least Likely: Part 1
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    #12 - The Woman Least Likely: Part 1

    S3:E22

    Irene Rutland faces charges of theft, criminal damage and wounding a police officer. The officer was called to a restaurant after Mrs. Rutland was involved in an argument over what she considered an excessive bill. The prosecution argue that she was in a drunken rage and struck the officer while resisting arrest. She was also found in possession of a handbag belonging to another woman - Linda Brightson - and she is also charged with theft of this item and damage to the restaurant. The Defence accept there was a disagreement but argue Mrs. Rutland did not steal the handbag and that the officer was injured by accident.

    Director:Voytek

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  14. Crown Court Season 10 Episode 2 - Proof Spirits Part 2
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Proof Spirits Part 2

    S10:E2

    Vera Barnes - better known as "Madame Veda Bronski", a spiritualist and professed clairvoyant - is charged with obtaining money by deception from widow Elizabeth Penn. The Prosecution claim that she took advantage of the vulnerable Mrs. Penn and tricked her into donating £17500, supposedly towards a spiritualist centre that was never built. The Defence respond that Madame Bronski does appear to have unusual gifts and even these are disputed she has a sincere belief that she can contact the dead and help people like Mrs. Penn.

    Director:Brian Mills

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  15. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 10 - Regina v Bryant (1)
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #14 - Regina v Bryant (1)

    S1:E10

    Following an armed raid by four masked men on a Fulchester bank in which £30,000 was stolen, local villain Harry Bryant was identified as one of the robbers. In court, he decides to sack his defence team at the start of the trial and defend himself. He bases his defence on unreliable identification and on the fact that due to his criminal background, the police are determined to 'fit him up' for a crime that he did not commit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Crown Court Season 2 Episode 38 - The Death of Dracula: Part 2
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #15 - The Death of Dracula: Part 2

    S2:E38

    Lingerie model Kathleen Nolan gives evidence of the events leading to the death of Norman Mattson, at the 501 Club. Rita Mattson takes the stand and claims in the 8 years of her marriage she never knew how the silver bullet trick worked.

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  17. Crown Court Season 2 Episode 46 - Theft By Necessity
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #16 - Theft By Necessity

    S2:E46

    A retired lawyer decides to defend himself in court after he is charged with shoplifting.

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  18. Crown Court Season 3 Episode 7 - Hidden Scars : Part 1
    8.2/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Hidden Scars : Part 1

    S3:E7

    The bursar of a charitable school for epileptics is accused of misusing its funds by making a risky investment, and using some of the money for his own disabled daughter.

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  19. Crown Court Season 3 Episode 33 - Duress: Part 3
    8.2/10(7 votes)

    #18 - Duress: Part 3

    S3:E33

    The court erupts when James Mallard and his mother are caught using sign language to bypass the rule of law. Mallard's father, John Ryan claims his son's girlfriend won't becoming to alibi him, for the stolen car, because she is married.

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  20. Crown Court Season 2 Episode 1 - Regina v Barnes: Whatever Happened to George Robins?: Part 1
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    #19 - Regina v Barnes: Whatever Happened to George Robins?: Part 1

    S2:E1

    George Robins is a second hand car dealer and well-known ladies man. He has disappeared. Blood stains were found at his country cottage. A local car thief, Harold Barnes, is charged with his murder, but Barnes claims that Robins has not been murdered but has faked his own death so that his wife can claim a large insurance pay-out. The prosecution will try to prove that Barnes has indeed murdered Robins even though no body has ever been found.

    Director:Bob Hird

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  21. Crown Court Season 2 Episode 2 - Regina v Barnes: Whatever Happened to George Robins?: Part 2
    8.1/10(26 votes)

    #20 - Regina v Barnes: Whatever Happened to George Robins?: Part 2

    S2:E2

    Detective Inspector Robert takes the stand to describe the investigation into the disappearance of George Robins and the arrest of Harold Barnes. Dr. John Gould gives a breakdown of the forensic evidence and the link to Barnes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Crown Court Season 2 Episode 34 - Love Thy Neighbour: Part 1
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    #21 - Love Thy Neighbour: Part 1

    S2:E34

    A man is left paralyzed after being shot on his own doorstep following an argument about a betting slip. Two brothers living next door stand accused of attempted murder but claim the gun went off by accident during a scuffle.

    Director:Brian Parker

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  23. Crown Court Season 2 Episode 47 - The Gilded Cage: Part 1
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #22 - The Gilded Cage: Part 1

    S2:E47

    An estranged wife has accused her husband of rape. The husband denies the charge and claims that his wife has made up the allegation in anger after he refused to increase her maintenance payments.

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  24. Crown Court Season 3 Episode 23 - The Woman Least Likely: Part 2
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #23 - The Woman Least Likely: Part 2

    S3:E23

    Linda Brightson accuses the defendant of taking her handbag at the Carpenter's Arms. Mrs. Rutland denies the charge, claiming she was looking for a lost her purse. At the restaurant she panicked when owner Spiros Platonos locked the door.

    Director:Voytek

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  25. Crown Court Season 10 Episode 1 - Proof Spirits Part 1
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Proof Spirits Part 1

    S10:E1

    Vera Barnes - better known as "Madame Veda Bronski", a spiritualist and professed clairvoyant - is charged with obtaining money by deception from widow Elizabeth Penn. The Prosecution claim that she took advantage of the vulnerable Mrs. Penn and tricked her into donating £17500, supposedly towards a spiritualist centre that was never built. The Defence respond that Madame Bronski does appear to have unusual gifts and even these are disputed she has a sincere belief that she can contact the dead and help people like Mrs. Penn.

    Director:Brian Mills

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  26. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 2 - Doctor's Neglect? (2)
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #25 - Doctor's Neglect? (2)

    S1:E2

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Best Episodes Summary

"Such a Charming Man: Part 2" is the best rated episode of "Crown Court". It scored 9.8/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/23/1977. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Such a Charming Man: Part 3".