Trial & Retribution

BAFTA TV AWARDS® 2X nominee

Like Law & Order, this long-running British detective series follows cases from crime to courts. Brusque detective Michael Walker (David Hayman, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas) collars London's killers and viewers are left to decide if justice was served. With Kate Buffery and Victoria Smurfit, created by Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect).

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S9 E1 - The Lovers: Volume IX, Episode 1
November 6, 2005
1 h 8 min
13+
A young couple, deeply in love, are on their honeymoon in London. While out shopping in Covent Garden market, the husband disappears. The distraught young bride walks the streets ceaselessly, looking for her husband. Frustrated by what she believes to be a lack of commitment on the part of the police, she puts up posters offering high cash rewards for any information.
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S9 E2 - The Lovers: Volume IX, Episode 2
November 7, 2005
1 h 8 min
13+
A man contacts the young woman, convincing her to meet him by telling her that he can take her to her husband. Only then, after a frantic race against time, do the police uncover the full horror of what has taken place. The man is arrested for a string of horrific crimes. But his defense claim he is suffering from schizophrenia and so begins a highly-charged courtroom battle to determine whether this killer is "mad or bad".
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