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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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    Trial & Retribution Season 1 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution (1)
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    #1 - Trial And Retribution (1)

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    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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  2. Trial & Retribution Season 1 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution (2)
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    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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  3. Trial & Retribution Season 2 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution II (1)
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    #3 - Trial And Retribution II (1)

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    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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  4. Trial & Retribution Season 2 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution II (2)
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    #4 - Trial And Retribution II (2)

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    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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  5. Trial & Retribution Season 3 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution III (1)
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    #5 - Trial And Retribution III (1)

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    A fifteen year old girl goes missing and her blood-stained clothes are found. Det. Supt. Walker heads the investigation into her murder. Meanwhile, D.I. North is sent to see a persistent complainer, Warrington, who has been hounding the station. North begins to get stalked and Walker has a prime suspect for the murder. But then they find a connection between Warrington and Walker's prime suspect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  6. Trial & Retribution Season 3 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution III (2)
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    #6 - Trial And Retribution III (2)

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    A fifteen year old girl goes missing and her blood-stained clothes are found. Det. Supt. Walker heads the investigation into her murder. Meanwhile, D.I. North is sent to see a persistent complainer, Warrington, who has been hounding the station. North begins to get stalked and Walker has a prime suspect for the murder. But then they find a connection between Warrington and Walker's prime suspect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  7. Trial & Retribution Season 4 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution IV (1)
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    #7 - Trial And Retribution IV (1)

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    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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  8. Trial & Retribution Season 4 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution IV (2)
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    #8 - Trial And Retribution IV (2)

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    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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  9. Trial & Retribution Season 5 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution V (1)
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    #9 - Trial And Retribution V (1)

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    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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  10. Trial & Retribution Season 5 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution V (2)
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    #10 - Trial And Retribution V (2)

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    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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  11. Trial & Retribution Season 6 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution VI (1)
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    #11 - Trial And Retribution VI (1)

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    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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  12. Trial & Retribution Season 6 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution VI (2)
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    #12 - Trial And Retribution VI (2)

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    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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  13. Trial & Retribution Season 7 Episode 1 - VII: Suspicion (1)
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    #13 - VII: Suspicion (1)

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    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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  14. Trial & Retribution Season 7 Episode 2 - VII: Suspicion (2)
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    #14 - VII: Suspicion (2)

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    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 8 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution VIII: Blue Eiderdown (1)
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    #15 - Trial And Retribution VIII: Blue Eiderdown (1)

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    A young prostitute, Angela Dutton, plunges to her death from the eleventh floor balcony of a block of flats. The police begin a murder enquiry and discover that she was the daughter of a seventies TV star who was also found murdered twelve years earlier, wrapped in blue eiderdown. The killer was never found. D.C.S. Walker heads the investigation into the two murders, with the aid of D.C.I. Connor and the rest of the team. They investigate to find out why Angela Dutton died - did she find her mother's killer, or did one of her three high-paying clients kill her?

    Director:Paul Unwin
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  16. Trial & Retribution Season 8 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution VIII: Blue Eiderdown (2)
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    #16 - Trial And Retribution VIII: Blue Eiderdown (2)

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    A young prostitute, Angela Dutton, plunges to her death from the eleventh floor balcony of a block of flats. The police begin a murder inquiry and discover that she was the daughter of a seventies TV star who was also found murdered twelve years earlier, wrapped in blue eiderdown. The killer was never found. D.C.S. Walker heads the investigation into the two murders, with the aid of D.C.I. Connor and the rest of the team. They investigate to find out why Angela Dutton died - did she find her mother's killer, or did one of her three high-paying clients kill her?

    Director:Paul Unwin
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  17. Trial & Retribution Season 9 Episode 1 - Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (1)
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    #17 - Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (1)

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  18. Trial & Retribution Season 9 Episode 2 - Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (2)
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    Director:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  19. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 1 - Sins Of The Father (1)
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    #19 - 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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  20. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 2 - Sins Of The Father (2)
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    #20 - Sins Of The Father (2)

    S10:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynda La Plante

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  21. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 3 - Closure (1)
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    #21 - Closure (1)

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    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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  22. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 4 - Closure (2)
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    #22 - 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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  23. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 5 - Paradise Lost (1)
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    #23 - 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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  24. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 6 - Paradise Lost (2)
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    #24 - Paradise Lost (2)

    S10:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Trial & Retribution Season 10 Episode 7 - Curriculum Vitae (1)
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    #25 - Curriculum Vitae (1)

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    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Trial And Retribution (1)" is the best rated episode of "Trial & Retribution". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Lynda La Plante, it aired on 10/19/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Trial And Retribution (2)".