Showtrial

TV Series
2021–2024
1h

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7.4/10

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Cop Drama Police Procedural Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Drama series following high profile murder cases through the eyes of the police, the public and the courts.Drama series following high profile murder cases through the eyes of the police, the public and the courts.Drama series following high profile murder cases through the eyes of the police, the public and the courts.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

5.9K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,703

460

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 5 nominations total

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The number of Crown Prosecution Lawyers in the UK is approx one fifth of the number of Barristers and one twentieth the number of practising lawyers - they therefore have a high case load and less time than shown in the series to focus on individual cases, accepting of course that high profile ShowTrials would merit more involvement.

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5/10

"The trial that gripped the nation" - didn't grip me

Privileged teenager Talitha improbably finds herself on trial for murder when a fellow student disappears.

The setup was odd and didn't introduce us properly to the missing girl. Instead we had a dislikeable protagonist, a dislikeable father and a stroppy detective.

I didn't find the characters or their behaviour convincing, the dialogue of the duty solicitor, the DI and Talitha was clunky and unbelievable and the crooked property developer father is a tired trope now.

Production values were decent and the direction mostly ok, a nice soundtrack, but a few curiously photographed scenes were distracting. Plot was very creaky.

It seems to be posing the question does money and privilege buy you better outcomes in our judicial system? But we don't need a five hour drama to know the answer to that one. Disappointing all round for me.