Trial & Retribution: Volumes 1-4 - 4-DVD Box Set ( Trial and Retribution: Seasons 1-4 ) ( Trial and Retribution: Seasons One, Two, Three & Four )

Trial & Retribution: Volumes 1-4 - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Trial and Retribution: Seasons 1-4
Alternate Title: Trial and Retribution: Seasons One, Two, Three & Four
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
792 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Aisling Walsh

Written By:
Lynda La Plante

Actors:
David Hayman ..... Det. Supt. Michael Walker
Kate Buffery ..... Det. Insp. Pat North
John Abbott ..... Usher
Richard Addison ..... Clerk of Court
Joseph Bennett ..... David Polk
Nicholas Blane ..... Derek Waugh
Francesco Bruno ..... Billy
Geraldine Cowper ..... Ann Taylor (as Gerry Cowper)
Stephen Critchlow ..... I.D. Officer
Hugh Dickson ..... Usher
Anne-Marie Duff ..... Cathy Gillingham (as Ann Marie Duff)
Richard Durden ..... Dr. John Foster
Barry Ewart ..... Bert O'Farrell
Kate Fahy ..... Meg Richards
Diana Fairfax ..... Magistrate
Mem Ferda ..... Sgt. Crocker
David Fleeshman ..... Willis Fletcher
Matt Flynn ..... P.C. Marik
Peter Gale ..... James Haggard
Donald Gee ..... Vicar
Ian Good ..... Prison Officer
David Gwillim ..... Clive Grifiths
Josh Harris ..... Tony Harris
Andrew Havill ..... Clarence Oxley
Martin Herdman ..... P.O. Fowler
Anastasia Hille ..... Belinda Sinclair
Rhys Ifans ..... Michael Dunn
Vera Jakob ..... Ivy Green
Eluned Jones ..... Helen Hughes
Hakeem Kae-Kazim ..... D.C. Cranham
Harmage Singh Kalirai ..... Newsagent
Polly Kemp ..... Granger - Jury
David Kennedy ..... P.C. Phelps
Huggy Leaver ..... Kenneth Poole
Alex Linstead ..... Prison Doctor
Helena Little ..... June - Path Lab
Sam Loggin ..... Madeleine Gillingham (as Sam Loggins)
Dorian Lough ..... D.S. Satchell
Russell Mabey ..... Daniel - Forensics
Helena McCarthy ..... Enid Marsh
Helen McCrory ..... Anita Harris
Nicholas McGaughey ..... Terry Smith
Connor McIntyre ..... Mr. Hall
Peter McNamara ..... Tom Harris
Mary Miller ..... Mrs. Gillingham
Lloyd Moss ..... Ryan Hyman
Pauline Munro ..... Mrs. Cheshire
Stephen Osborne ..... TSG Sergeant
George Pensotti ..... Judge Geoffrey Winfield
Peggy Phango ..... Mrs. Wald
Corrina Preece ..... Receptionist (as Corinna Preece)
Terry Raven ..... Jewish Man - Jury
Mitchell Ray ..... Jason Harris
Corin Redgrave ..... Robert Rylands
Millie Ricks ..... Julie Harris
George Rossi ..... D.S. Donaldson
Lee Ross ..... Peter James
Daniel Ryan ..... P.C. Brown
Nicola Sanderson ..... Karen Hyam
Andrew Scarborough ..... Tom - Forensics
Mo Sesay ..... Stephen Cookham
Anna Sharkey ..... Midge Parker Brown
Morag Siller ..... Nancy - Forensics
David Telfer ..... Sgt. Johns
Colin Welland ..... Mallory
Jake Wood ..... P.C. Barridge
Janine Wood ..... Louise - Forensics

Synopsis:

Drawing TV audiences of up to 11 million viewers, 'Trial And Retribution' is a gritty, urban drama that deals with graphic topics from abduction to serial murders and internal police corruption to psychological illness. Starring Richard E. Grant, Rhys Ifans, and Simon Callow, with `Footballer`s wives` Zoe Lucker, Trial & Retribution is the critically acclaimed courtroom drama from BAFTA winning author Lynda La Plante. In the first of two four-part collections, follow the detailed investigations of DS Walker (David Hayman) and DI North (Kate Buffery) - two very different police officers thrown together by a series of gruesome crimes ranging from baffling murders to terrifying abductions. Prepare for a level of criminal insight never before experienced as you view every single aspect of a serious crime - from the act being perpetrated, through the investigation and arrests, before arriving at the law courts for a dramatic finale. You are then charged with reaching your own judgement of whether or not justice has been done.

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: Episode #1.1

Original Air Date-19 October 1997

A drama of a child murder from the discovery of the crime to police investigation, then through the ensuing trial.

Season 1, Episode 2: Episode #1.2

Original Air Date-20 October 1997

Dunn's trial does not, initially, go well for the police due to tainted evidence - the washing line that supposedly strangled Julie as planted. Also an alibi turns up and a Not Guilty verdict seems likely. However the alibi cannot account for Dunn's whereabouts at the time of the murder and there is mention of a blue sherry bottle supposedly used in the murder. The hunt is on to find that bottle and hopefully use it as evidence.

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1: Episode #2.1

Original Air Date-18 October 1998

A serial killer has been viciously attacking women before murdering them. However one victim survives and names the arrogant Damon Morton as her assailant. The case is not helped by the fact that Morton clearly has a hold over people, such as the three employees who come forward to claim responsibility for the crimes and his put-upon wife, who gives him an alibi.

Season 2, Episode 2: Episode #2.2

Original Air Date-19 October 1998

Survivor Marilyn Stark's identification of Morton as her attacker is given credence when the severed breasts of the dead victims are discovered on Morton's business premises and he is sent for trial. He is defended by the formidable Corinna Maddox, known as 'Batwoman' for her tenacity, whilst the prosecutor is supercilious but wily Rupert Halliday, whose best line of attack is to work on Morton's cowed wife Cindy,who put up with his bringing his young mistress home and is doubtless giving him a false alibi.

Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1: Episode #3.1

Original Air Date-7 October 1999

Teenager Cassie Booth disappears whilst on her paper round and her clothes are found in a boat house belonging to Karl Wilding, a business with an alcoholic wife Rebecca. Wilding is the prime suspect but then seemingly helpful Stephen Warrington, a wine merchant who has initially brought a complaint about a house being used as a brothel, demonstrates too much interest in both the case and in Pat North, now living with Walker as his partner. Warrington is a man with bipolar disease who suffers from frightening mood swings - as Pat will discover.

Season 3, Episode 2: Episode #3.2

Original Air Date-14 October 1999

With all niceties gone now and Walker too self-absorbed to realise the peril that his girlfriend is in, Pat North is abducted by Warrington and forced to discover Cassie North's corpse. He is eventually brought to trial in what should be a very simple matter but it is apparent that Karl Wilding also had a part to play in Cassie's murder.

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1: Episode #4.1

Original Air Date-4 October 2000

DI Pat North is assigned to look into case that may clear a man convicted of murder eight years ago.

Season 4, Episode 2: Episode #4.2

Original Air Date-5 October 2000

Gary Meadows' daughter Fiona, who was only seven years old at the time of her father's death, comes forward,prepared to testify that she was present when Gary killed himself and she supports McCready's account of events. The case has become the subject of a crusading television documentary-drama, again in support of McCready. Vilified and suspended and at odds with Pat, Mike Walker goes to Glasgow to pursue his own private enquiries.

Lynda La Plante's first four crime stories under the title TRIAL & RETRIBUTION. On themes such as child murder, serial killing of women and potential miscarriages of justice. We follow in gritty, realistic terms the whole process of the crime being committed, its discovery, investigation and arrests, culminating in the final dramatic courtroom scenes.

Trial And Retribution: When five-year-old Julie Anne Harris goes missing, a huge police search operation is put into action, led by Detective Inspector Pat North (Kate Buffery). The discovery of the young girl's body in a sewer pipe leads to an emotionally charged murder investigation, with Julie Anne's violent stepfather and a local alcoholic misfit among the prime suspects.

Trial And Retribution 2: A serial killer is on the loose, mutilating and sexually assaulting his victims with an arrow-headed weapon before murdering them. The investigations, headed by Detective Superintendent Walker (David Hayman), eventually lead the police to Damon Morton (Iain Glen) and certain evidence, including one survivor's description of her assailant, makes them convinced they have got their man. But what appears to be a cut-and-dry case is thrown into confusion when three of Morton's employees each confess to committing the attacks.

Trial And Retribution 3: An anonymous phone call leads the police to a boathouse where they find the bloodstained clothing of a young girl, Cassie Booth, reported missing while doing her paper round. The main suspect is the owner of the boathouse, Karl Wilding (Anthony Higgins), but although he fits an eyewitness description of Cassie's abductor, the police don't have enough evidence to arrest him. The investigation connects Wilding to Stephen Warrington (Richard E. Grant), a persistent complainer to the police who has recently been arrested on charges of indecent exposure. When both men are eventually charged with Cassie's murder, a nail-biting and twist-filled trial reveals all is not what it seems.

Trial And Retribution 4: DI North (Kate Buffery) is assigned to an eight-year-old murder case which has been reopened after fresh evidence suggests the convicted man, James McCready (James Wilby), may be innocent. North discovers that the original enquiry was led by her boyfriend, DS Walker (David Hayman) and their relationship is put to the test as she gradually begins to suspect that he is hiding something. When a past link between DS Walker and McCready comes to light, Walker finds himself suspended from duty and fighting to save his reputation, his relationship and his career.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 30 November, 2007.