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Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 7 - Curriculum Vitae (1)
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    #1 - Curriculum Vitae (1)

    S10:E7

    A mother returns home from work to find her baby girl dead in her cot, and her nanny has Vanished. D.C.I. Connor and the team take on this emotive case involving this ultimate abuse of trust. With the nanny on the run, it seems an obvious conclusion. But the more they investigate the case, the more complicated it becomes and they find themselves wondering who is the real victim and who can they really trust?.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Trial & Retribution Season 11 Episode 9 - Tracks (1)
    8.1/10(86 votes)

    #2 - Tracks (1)

    S11:E9

    The body of a teenage girl, Maria Cole, is discovered in a chalk pit, and the tracks of three different vehicles are discovered at the crime scene. They eventually lead D.C.I. Connor and D.C.S. Walker to the local hardman, Ray Harper. His son Andy and his friend Darren admit being at the pit on the same night, though they claim that they never saw the girl there. However, cracks soon appear in their story when CCTV footage reveals that they crossed paths with Maria before her death, later leading to the two boys being charged with her murder.

    Director:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  3. Trial & Retribution Season 9 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (2)
    8.0/10(77 votes)

    #3 - Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (2)

    S9:E2

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    Director:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  4. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 8 - Curriculum Vitae (2)
    8.0/10(60 votes)

    #4 - Curriculum Vitae (2)

    S10:E8

    A mother returns home from work to find her baby girl dead in her cot, and her nanny has Vanished. D.C.I. Connor and the team take on this emotive case involving this ultimate abuse of trust. With the nanny on the run, it seems an obvious conclusion. But the more they investigate the case, the more complicated it becomes and they find themselves wondering who is the real victim and who can they really trust?.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Trial & Retribution Season 6 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution VI (2)
    7.8/10(82 votes)

    #5 - Trial And Retribution VI (2)

    S6:E2

    D.I. North investigates when a girl is snatched from a wood, but the confession of a local sex offender complicates matters. Detective Chief Superintendent Walker is little help, as he has worries of his own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  6. Trial & Retribution Season 5 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution V (2)
    7.7/10(80 votes)

    #6 - Trial And Retribution V (2)

    S5:E2

    Walker is assigned to investigate the discovery of a 17-year-old skeleton, which he isn't too happy about - especially as he's working with D.I. North's ex-boyfriend. They soon discover more skeletons buried at the house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  7. Trial & Retribution Season 9 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (1)
    7.7/10(123 votes)

    #7 - Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (1)

    S9:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  8. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 4 - Closure (2)
    7.7/10(66 votes)

    #8 - Closure (2)

    S10:E4

    A young school girl is raped and murdered, but D.C.I. Connor still has no leads a month into the investigation. When Walker orders a review of unsolved cases, they turn up similar cases of raped and murdered teenage girls over the last ten years, and they find themselves searching for an apparent serial killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  9. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 6 - Paradise Lost (2)
    7.7/10(59 votes)

    #9 - Paradise Lost (2)

    S10:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 10 - Mirror Image (2)
    7.7/10(53 votes)

    #10 - Mirror Image (2)

    S10:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Trial & Retribution Season 11 Episode 1 - Rules of the Game (1)
    7.7/10(91 votes)

    #11 - Rules of the Game (1)

    S11:E1

    A suitcase is found abandoned at Heathrow Airport, and panic ensues, but it is soon discovered to be no terrorist threat. Inside is the naked body of Sofia Petrenko, a high-class prostitute, who has been strangled to death. The suitcase is traced to Vitali Malikov, a Ukrainian billionaire who admits to hiring Sofia's services, but he claims she was alive when she left him and that the case was a gift. D.C.S. Walker arrests Malikov on suspicion of murder, but later has to release him, and soon realises he has become a pawn in a much bigger game.

    Director:David Moore
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  12. Trial & Retribution Season 11 Episode 5 - Conviction (1)
    7.7/10(78 votes)

    #12 - Conviction (1)

    S11:E5

    Terry Dyer has been recently released from prison, where he was imprisoned for a crime he still maintains he did not commit, and he returns to his East London estate in search of the truth. The father of the victim he was convicted of killing, Ken Randle, confronts and wounds him. D.C.S. Walker is empathetic to Ken's situation and releases him on bail, and then Ken soon becomes doubtful of Dyer's guilt, growing convinced that a friend of his son's was involved in his murder, and soon long-buried secrets are unearthed, leading to an unexpected twist, while D.S. Satchell finds his career may be in danger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  13. Trial & Retribution Season 11 Episode 6 - Conviction (2)
    7.7/10(56 votes)

    #13 - Conviction (2)

    S11:E6

    Dyer is released and Ken Randle confesses to Fisher's murder and goes on trial. However, Sarah comes to see Walker. She is anxious to tell him what really happened on the night that her brother was killed. As a consequence the charge of murder against Randle seems less likely but the remainder of his family will never be the same again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  14. Trial & Retribution Season 7 Episode 2 - VII: Suspicion (2)
    7.6/10(79 votes)

    #14 - VII: Suspicion (2)

    S7:E2

    A severed female hand is found in the Thames, which brings D.C.I. Conner in contact with Walker (who is now back in uniform). No body is discovered, and the case soon becomes a battle of wits against the killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  15. Trial & Retribution Season 1 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution (1)
    7.5/10(317 votes)

    #15 - Trial And Retribution (1)

    S1:E1

    A five-year-old girl goes missing and the police are called in to search. When her body is found inside a sewage pipe, it becomes a murder investigation, which is headed by Detective Superintendent Walker. They follow a few leads and eventually arrest a suspect, who is then sent to trial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  16. Trial & Retribution Season 1 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution (2)
    7.5/10(151 votes)

    #16 - Trial And Retribution (2)

    S1:E2

    A five-year-old girl goes missing and the police are called in to search. When her body is found inside a sewage pipe, it becomes a murder investigation, which is headed by Detective Superintendent Walker. They follow a few leads and eventually arrest a suspect, who is then sent to trial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  17. Trial & Retribution Season 2 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution II (1)
    7.5/10(207 votes)

    #17 - Trial And Retribution II (1)

    S2:E1

    When Susan Harrow does not come home, her mother reports her missing to the police. Her body is later discovered on waste land and a murder investigation is launched, once again headed by Det. Supt. Walker. There is later a second murder and they know that they have a serial killer on their hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  18. Trial & Retribution Season 2 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution II (2)
    7.5/10(122 votes)

    #18 - Trial And Retribution II (2)

    S2:E2

    When Susan Harrow does not come home, her mother reports her missing to the police. Her body is later discovered on waste land and a murder investigation is launched, once again headed by Det. Supt. Walker. There is later a second murder and they know that they have a serial killer on their hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  19. Trial & Retribution Season 4 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution IV (2)
    7.5/10(84 votes)

    #19 - Trial And Retribution IV (2)

    S4:E2

    D.I. North re-investigates an eight-year-old murder case and finds that Det. Supt. Walker was in charge of the inquiry. She begins to suspect that he's covering something up and he is suspended from duty. He returns to his roots to find new evidence to prove his innocence, in order to save his career, relationship and reputation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  20. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 1 - Sins Of The Father (1)
    7.5/10(132 votes)

    #20 - Sins Of The Father (1)

    S10:E1

    The apparently happy Harrogate family is torn apart when they return home to discover their daughter, Emily, dead. Connor and Satchell begin to sift through the case and discover that the family isn't as stable as it first appeared. Connor appeals to Walker for some backup, who is having problems of his own with his own son Richard. Secrets are soon discovered and fragile relationships are tested in the process of ensuring justice is done.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  21. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 5 - Paradise Lost (1)
    7.5/10(91 votes)

    #21 - Paradise Lost (1)

    S10:E5

    A serial rapist is targeting the black community by raping white women with black boyfriends. When an attack ends in murder and the boyfriend is cleared, Walker brings him on to the investigation to help, but could Connor's relationship with a barrister working on the case jeopardise the investigation and the subsequent trial?.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 9 - Mirror Image (1)
    7.5/10(88 votes)

    #22 - Mirror Image (1)

    S10:E9

    The murder of a Police Commander and his wife puts Walker, Connor and the team under pressure to get a quick result. Jewelery has been stolen from the house, which would indicate a burglary gone wrong, but several relatives profit from their deaths and so they focus the investigation on the family. Connor is suspicious of the identical twin sons in particular and suspects that they may have worked together in order to get away with patricide.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Trial & Retribution Season 11 Episode 2 - Rules of the Game (2)
    7.5/10(56 votes)

    #23 - Rules of the Game (2)

    S11:E2

    Another working girl, Maryna, is put on trial for assaulting Malikov. She claims self-defence but the trial is mishandled and walker is even more adamant then before that he will get the Ukrainian. Roisin, however, believes that his obsession with Malikov is blinding him to the identity of the real killer of Sonya and takes the investigation down a different route.

    Director:David Moore
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  24. Trial & Retribution Season 11 Episode 10 - Tracks (2)
    7.5/10(54 votes)

    #24 - Tracks (2)

    S11:E10

    Ray Harper is devastated to find that Andy has hanged himself. Darren admits that he and Andy were a gay couple but dared not tell their families. The case against him collapses and he is released. Mike Walker is having troubles of his own with his teenage son but when Roisin decides to visit Darren at his flat she is in for a shock.

    Director:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  25. Trial & Retribution Season 12 Episode 1 - Siren (1)
    7.5/10(87 votes)

    #25 - Siren (1)

    S12:E1

    An ambulance is forced off the road as it is carrying a famous patient in the back. The patient is then shot in the head.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Curriculum Vitae (1)" is the best rated episode of "Trial & Retribution". It scored 8.2/10 based on 109 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/4/2007. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Tracks (1)".