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Seasons
Episode 1
Sir Roger Casement
Once a national hero in Britain, Sir Roger Casement, an Irishman, is tried for treason during the First World War.
Episode 2
The Baccarat Scandal
An account of the notorious "Tranby Croft affair", which threatened to envelop the Prince of Wales in a gambling scandal.
Episode 3
Admiral Byng
After the fall of Minorca, a British admiral is tried for cowardice.
Episode 4
Spencer Cowper
A seventeenth-century lawyer is tried for the murder of a Quaker woman.
Episode 5
Oscar Wilde
The controversial writer Oscar Wilde is tried for gross indecency after his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry has failed.
Episode 6
The Dilke Case
An eminent Victorian political figure is involved in a sex scandal.
Episode 7
The Tichborne Case
A man is accused of impersonating an aristocrat to gain his fortune.
Episode 8
W.T. Stead
A newspaperman arranges for himself to be arrested on a morals charge so that he can use the witness-box to expose the white slave traffic.
Episode 9
Governor Wall
An Irishman is, after serving as a governor in an African colony, accused of two murders when he returns to Britain.
Episode 10Latest episode
Horatio Bottomley, MP
A member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.
