The Best Episodes of Crown Court Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(31 votes)

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

   S2:E11/3/1973

   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

   Writer:Paul Wheeler

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   Writer:Paul Wheeler
2. 

   8.1/10(26 votes)

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

   S2:E21/4/1973

   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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   8.0/10(25 votes)

   #3 - Regina v Barnes: Whatever Happened to George Robins?: Part 3

   S2:E31/5/1973

   Defendant Harold Barnes alleges that George Robins is still alive. Prosecutor Jonathan Fry QC causes a stir when he calls Robins as a witness. Barnes' wife Catherine denies the she had an affair with Robins and alibis her husband.

   Director:Bob Hird

   Writer:Paul Wheeler

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   Director:Bob Hird

   Writer:Paul Wheeler
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   7.4/10(27 votes)

   #4 - Blackmail: Regina v Brewer and Brewer: Part 1

   S2:E41/10/1973

   The spurned lover of a Church of England clergyman is accused of blackmail after threatening to expose their affair unless the vicar pays £400.

   Director:Gerry Mill

   Writer:David Weir

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   Director:Gerry Mill

   Writer:David Weir
5. 

   7.3/10(23 votes)

   #5 - Blackmail: Regina v Brewer and Brewer: Part 2

   S2:E51/11/1973

   When Rev. Frank Warrender gives contradicting evidence, Charles Lotterby asks the judge to treat him as hostile witness. Police Inspector Savage confirms that it was Mrs Warrender who brought the blackmail letters to the police.

   Director:Gerry Mill

   Writer:David Weir

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   Director:Gerry Mill

   Writer:David Weir
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   7.1/10(24 votes)

   #6 - Blackmail: Regina v Brewer and Brewer: Part 3

   S2:E61/12/1973

   Following Janet Brewer's revelations about her health and her breakdown, the judge turns down Barry Deeley's request to dismiss the case. Despite pleas from her doctor and father the judge maintains there is still a case to answer.

   Director:Gerry Mill

   Writer:David Weir

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   Writer:David Weir
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   7.2/10(27 votes)

   #7 - Sunset of Arms: Fitton v Pusey: Part 1

   S2:E71/17/1973

   A military historian has been accused of libel by a British Army Major following the publication of a book on the British Army's involvement in the Korean War. The author claims that the Major abandoned his post and left his company of soldiers to be massacred by the North Koreans. The Major insists that he was the last man standing in the conflict and escaped to safety only after the rest of his company was wiped out. Was the Major a hero, or a coward?

   Director:Brian Mills

   Writer:Bruce Stewart

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   Writer:Bruce Stewart
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   7.5/10(26 votes)

   #8 - Sunset of Arms: Fitton v Pusey: Part 2

   S2:E81/18/1973

   Morton Lass, an American tank commander seconded to Hill 329 claims that Major Fitton begged to leave with him. A second witness; Australian soldier Ronald Harstrong maintains he found Fitton suffering from PTSD.

   Director:Brian Mills

   Writer:Bruce Stewart

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   Writer:Bruce Stewart
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   7.3/10(26 votes)

   #9 - Sunset of Arms: Fitton v Pusey: Part 3

   S2:E91/19/1973

   Radio operator Corporal Batley, who was believed to have died on Hill 329 makes a shock appearance in court. He has now changed his name to William Truscott and his evidence accuses Major Fitton of lying about what really happened.

   Director:Brian Mills

   Writer:Bruce Stewart

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   Writer:Bruce Stewart
10. 

    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Persimmons and Dishwashers: Regina v Curl: Part 1

    S2:E101/24/1973

    Fulchester's notorious Curl brothers are accused of demanding money with menaces and GBH. The court will hear that the brothers had been conducting a reign of terror over Fulchester's club and bar owners through a Chicago-style protection racket. After refusing to pay the brothers for protection, a number of club owners suffered injuries ranging from falls down stairs, feet burned with electric fires and attacks with hammers. Indeed, one of the brother's own enforcers has disappeared and is believed to have been buried under the new M16 motorway foundations. The defense insist that the brothers are legitimate businessmen.

    Director:Bob Hird

    Writer:David Fisher

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    Writer:David Fisher
11. 

    7.7/10(21 votes)

    #11 - Persimmons and Dishwashers: Regina v Curl: Part 2

    S2:E111/25/1973

    The second day of the trial of brothers George and Arnold Curl. The pair are accused of running a Fulchester protection racket. Much of the evidence comes from Stephen Telfer, a club owner who is now in a coma following a savage beating.

    Director:Bob Hird

    Writer:David Fisher

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    Writer:David Fisher
12. 

    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #12 - Persimmons and Dishwashers: Regina v Curl: Part 3

    S2:E121/26/1973

    Facing a second day under cross examination, George Curl claims he found religion while in Reading Gaol. However his brother Arnold gets rattled when questioned about hiring Arther McGraw to injure Stephen Telfer.

    Director:Bob Hird

    Writer:David Fisher

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    Writer:David Fisher
13. 

    7.2/10(23 votes)

    #13 - A Public Mischief: Regina v Baker and Crawley: Part 1

    S2:E131/31/1973

    Town Hall corruption is exposed in this case, as two employees of Fulchester Borough Council are charged with fraudulently purchasing land which was at the centre of a planning permission wrangle. The land was then quickly re-sold at a much higher price than that originally paid by the council employees to the previous owner, a local market gardener, who claims that he only sold his land when he was informed that a new motorway by-pass would run through his farming land. Did the Council employees use their inside knowledge for their own financial gain?

    Director:Gerry Mill

    Writer:Sean Hignett

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    Writer:Sean Hignett
14. 

    6.8/10(23 votes)

    #14 - A Public Mischief: Regina v Baker and Crawley: Part 2

    S2:E142/1/1973

    Councilor John Fairley is cross examined by Jonathan Fry QC. The previous day he accused Margaret Crawley of failing to mention, she was a close friend of councilor; Charles Baker, when she applied for planning permission.

    Director:Gerry Mill

    Writer:Sean Hignett

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15. 

    6.6/10(22 votes)

    #15 - A Public Mischief: Regina v Baker and Crawley: Part 3

    S2:E152/2/1973

    The trial of councillor Charles Baker and his former secretary Margaret Crawley took a dramatic turn when she refused to take the stand and give evidence in her defence. Charles Baker is cross examined Crawley's barrister Barry Deeley.

    Director:Gerry Mill

    Writer:Sean Hignett

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    Writer:Sean Hignett
16. 

    7.7/10(26 votes)

    #16 - Portrait of an Artist: Kingsley v Messiter: Part 1

    S2:E162/7/1973

    Before his death a year ago, a renowned artist wrote a will in which he bequeathed his estate to his favourite model, Rose Messiter. The will is being challenged by his business partner Brenda Kingsley, who had been named as sole beneficiary in an earlier will written by the artist. She claims that at the time of writing the second will, the artist was not of sound mind. Ms Kingsley is now challenging the second will and is laying claim to the artist's estate.

    Director:Richard Doubleday

    Writer:Peter Wildeblood

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    Writer:Peter Wildeblood
17. 

    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Portrait of an Artist: Kingsley v Messiter: Part 2

    S2:E172/8/1973

    Graphologist Mr Pascoe gives evidence on behalf defendant Rose Messiter and can not rule out that Martin Emsworth's writing was forged. Brenda Kingsley claims, although she acted a witness to the Will, she did not see the contents.

    Director:Richard Doubleday

    Writer:Peter Wildeblood

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    Director:Richard Doubleday

    Writer:Peter Wildeblood
18. 

    7.9/10(24 votes)

    #18 - Portrait of an Artist: Kingsley v Messiter: Part 3

    S2:E182/9/1973

    Rose Messiter is cross examined by Helen Tate. She accuses Messiter of being a witness to the original Will and wouldn't be provided for. Under pressure, from Tate, Messiter admits she wrote the second Will but denies it was forgery.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #19 - A Crime In Prison - Regina v Ager and Lanigan : Part 1

    S2:E192/14/1973

    A prison officer at Fulchester's Park Moor Prison is charged with accepting bribes to smuggle a number of prohibited items into and out of the prison by an inmate, who is also facing charges.

    Director:Bob Hird

    Writer:Tony Hoare

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    Writer:Tony Hoare
20. 

    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #20 - A Crime in Prison: Regina v Ager and Lanigan: Part 2

    S2:E202/15/1973

    Detective Inspector Barber returns to the stand to give details of the arrest of Prison Officer Robert Agar. Angela Mercer evidence indicated that Agar took items inside the prison, for George Lanigan, in return for sexual favours.

    Director:Bob Hird

    Writer:Tony Hoare

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    Writer:Tony Hoare
21. 

    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #21 - A Crime in Prison: Regina vs. Ager and Lanigan: Part 3

    S2:E212/13/1973

    On the final day of the trial, Prison Officer Robert Ager takes the stand. in his own defence. Barrister Barry Deeley maintains that Agar was bullied and threatened, by Lanigan, into bringing illegal goods into the prison

    Director:Bob Hird

    Writer:Tony Hoare

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    Writer:Tony Hoare
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    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #22 - Infanticide or Murder?: Part 1

    S2:E222/21/1974

    A 15 year old schoolgirl has given birth to an illegitimate baby. Within a week of the birth, the body of the baby has been found buried in the girl's back garden by police acting on a tip-off. The schoolgirl's father (the baby's grandfather) has been charged with the murder of the baby after it was discovered that the infant had been strangled.

    Director:Mark Cullingham

    Writer:David Fisher

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    Writer:David Fisher
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    7.6/10(24 votes)

    #23 - Infanticide or Murder?: Part 2

    S2:E232/22/1974

    Dominic Collins is cross examined by barrister Helen Tate. He maintains he did not strangle the baby and was it dead when he found it. 15-year-old Mary Collins shocks the court by claiming she strangled the baby moments after the birth

    Director:Mark Cullingham

    Writer:David Fisher

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    Writer:David Fisher
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    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #24 - Infanticide or Murder?: Part 3

    S2:E242/23/1974

    The previous day ended sensationally with both Dominic Collins' wife and daughter confessing to killing the baby. Barrister Helen Tate accuses Mary of researching the Infanticide Act in bid to get her father off a murder charge.

    Director:Mark Cullingham

    Writer:David Fisher

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    Writer:David Fisher
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    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Act of Vengeance: Regina v Collings: Part 1

    S2:E252/28/1974

    A 21 year old man has been blinded after an attacker flung acid into his face. Was the attack carried out by his own cousin following a family feud?

    Director:Howard Baker

    Writer:Scott Forbes

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    Director:Howard Baker

    Writer:Scott Forbes