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The Best Episodes of Crown Court Season 1

Every episode of Crown Court Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Crown Court Season 1!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Crown Court Season 1 Episode 30 - Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)
    8.6/10(35 votes)

    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
    Writer:Paul Wheeler

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  2. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 8 - Regina v Lord (2)
    8.5/10(32 votes)

    S1:E8

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    Director:Peter Plummer
    Writer:Bruce Stewart

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  3. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 22 - A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (1)
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    S1:E22

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 23 - A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (2)
    8.3/10(27 votes)

    S1:E23

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 9 - Regina v Lord (3)
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    S1:E9

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    Director:Peter Plummer
    Writer:Bruce Stewart

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  6. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 10 - Regina v Bryant (1)
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    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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  7. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 24 - A Genial Man: Regina v Bolton (3)
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    S1:E24

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 2 - Doctor's Neglect? (2)
    8.0/10(30 votes)

    S1:E2

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    Director:Richard Everitt
    Writer:Paul Wheeler

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  9. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 4 - Liberman v Savage (1)
    8.0/10(34 votes)

    S1:E4

    Wealthy Property developer Emmanuel Lieberman is trying to evict his former fiancé Delia Savage from an exclusive penthouse apartment overlooking London's Green Park. He claims that he merely allowed her to live in the apartment until they were married, but Ms Savage insists that Mr Lieberman gave her the property as an engagement gift. Mr Lieberman says the engagement was called off when he discovered his own son naked with Ms Savage when he returned home unexpectedly from a trip to San Francisco. Did he really give the apartment as a gift? Or is he simply trying to recover the prestigious property in order to sell it on at huge profit?

    Director:Peter Plummer
    Writer:Peter Wildeblood

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  10. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 7 - Regina v Lord (1)
    8.0/10(31 votes)

    S1:E7

    Helen Lord, a maths teacher at Fulchester's John Fordhurst secondary school, is accused of wounding a police officer with a chisel. The court will hear that Miss Lord went to Calderley police station to speak to Detective Bretherton about the contents of a letter which he had sent to the headmistress of the school, advising her that Miss Lord was not suitable to work with children. When she was denied access to Detective Bretherton, she 'went berserk' and attacked the desk sergeant. The decision of the headmistress to employ Miss Lord without checking references is also being brought into question.

    Director:Peter Plummer
    Writer:Bruce Stewart

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  11. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 11 - Regina v Bryant (2)
    8.0/10(28 votes)

    S1:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 12 - Regina v Bryant (3)
    8.0/10(26 votes)

    S1:E12

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  13. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 28 - Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (1)
    8.0/10(33 votes)

    S1:E28

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    Director:Roger Tucker
    Writer:Paul Wheeler

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  14. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 29 - Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (2)
    8.0/10(31 votes)

    S1:E29

    One of the accused, Trevor Luckhurst, takes the witness stand, but his behaviour doesn't help his case.

    Director:Roger Tucker
    Writer:Paul Wheeler

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  15. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 31 - Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (1)
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    S1:E31

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    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 6 - Liberman v Savage (3)
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    S1:E6

    On the final day the live-in maid Florence Ferguson is called to give evidence, as is Lieberman's son Mark.

    Director:Peter Plummer
    Writer:Peter Wildeblood

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  17. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 13 - Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (1)
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    S1:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 16 - Regina v Vennings & Vennings (1)
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    S1:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 17 - Regina v Vennings & Vennings (2)
    7.8/10(27 votes)

    S1:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 32 - Who is Benedetto Trovato? Regina v Starkie (2)
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    S1:E32

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 1 - Doctor's Neglect? (1)
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    S1:E1

    Mr Simpson was admitted to hospital following a car crash in Fulchester. He was examined by doctors and treated for minor injuries before being discharged. Moments later, Mr Simpson collapsed on the forecourt of the hospital and was rushed back inside for emergency brain surgery, from which he died. His widow Mrs Simpson is suing the hospital for neglect, claiming that the doctors who initially treated her husband missed the injury.

    Director:Richard Everitt
    Writer:Paul Wheeler

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  22. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 5 - Liberman v Savage (2)
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    S1:E5

    Ms Savage's evidence appears to suggest that her relationship with Mark Lieberman was platonic and that his presence in her flat was merely coincidental.

    Director:Peter Plummer
    Writer:Peter Wildeblood

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  23. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 14 - Euthanasia: Regina v Webb (2)
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    S1:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 18 - Regina v Vennings & Vennings (3)
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    S1:E18

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Crown Court Season 1 Episode 20 - The Eleventh Commandment (2)
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    S1:E20

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Conspiracy: Regina v Luckhurst and Sawyer (3)" is the best rated episode of "Crown Court" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Roger Tucker and written by Paul Wheeler, it aired on 12/15/1972. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Regina v Lord (2)".