Crown Court

The legal teams make their cases, The Judge presides, but ultimately The Jury decide innocence or guilt at The Crown Court.

Wow, how unfair, in this day and age viewers have to endure Doctors and cookery shows, back in the 70's they got Crown Court. No wonder kids wanted to bunk of school to watch it, I'm sure I would have.

It's an incredibly watchable series, one that holds up remarkably well over half a century on. Gritty, amusing, baffling, intriguing, just some of the words I'd use to describe it.

One thing that the show definitely benefited from, was variety, writers, cast, producers, from one week to the next, it never felt stale, it always seemed to feel fresh, you never know what sort of case is coming next.

I'm so grateful to the folks at Talking Pictures for putting this great show on, I never miss, and am working my way through, a staggering number of episodes.

I am loving seeing so many familiar faces, so much talent to spot and enjoy, the likes of Richard Wilson, Maureen Lipman, William Mervyn, John Barron and many more.

So many brilliant episodes, far too many to mention, but if I were to urge to to seek out just one, Destruct Destruct, terrific.

Sadly the dvds are now discontinued, and as such fetching crazy prices, I only wish the remainder would get a release.

8/10.