[TV] Crown Court.

[Leekbrookgull]

Would have been late 70,s into the 80,s early afternoon slot if i am correct and wasn't it scripted until the verdict which was twelve members the general public ?

 

[Bry Nylon]

Anyone?

 

[Is it PotG?]

'I don't believe it'.

 

[dazzer6666]

Used to love that programme. Found some of the episodes quite scary as a kid. Prepared me for jury service in later life which was equally fascinating and also a bit scary.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Loved it. At a very limited televisual buffet table it was the warm sausage rolls.

 

[Seagulls over Essex]

I preferred watching Houseparty.

 

[Weststander]

Used to love that programme. Found some of the episodes quite scary as a kid. Prepared me for jury service in later life which was equally fascinating and also a bit scary.

I loved it too, lunchtime viewing in school holidays. Great theme music.

I sat on a couple of juries about 4 years ago, I quite liked it. Must admit that I forgot this programme from my youth at the time.

 

[dazzer6666]

I loved it too, lunchtime viewing in school holidays. Great theme music.

I sat on a couple of juries about 4 years ago, I quite liked it. Must admit that I forgot this programme from my youth at the time.

I loved doing it. Had a couple of really interesting cases. All feels like a bit of a game at the time, until you have to stand up and give the verdict....all becomes very real then (defence barrister asked for bail, Judge looks at him sternly and says ‘I beg your pardon ? Your client has just been convicted of xxxxx and poses a clear danger to the public. Absolutely not’)

The CPS barrister in the first case I did was absolutely brilliant. He utterly dismantled the defendant piece by piece over 4 days, it was brutal to watch, but very clever.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Nothing could ever beat the Testcard

 

[Bodian]

I preferred watching Houseparty.

One of our offices has a doorbell that sounds exactly like the Houseparty one. Of course as soon as I heard it, I said 'houseparty!'. How was I to know it was only broadcast in the south - no-one had the foggiest idea what I was on about.

 

[RossyG]

I believe 8 volumes of it were released on DVD. 3 episodes per story, 12 stories per volume.

Fill your boots.

https://networkonair.com/all-products/424-crown-court-volume-1

 

[Weststander]

I loved doing it. Had a couple of really interesting cases. All feels like a bit of a game at the time, until you have to stand up and give the verdict....all becomes very real then (defence barrister asked for bail, Judge looks at him sternly and says ‘I beg your pardon ? Your client has just been convicted of xxxxx and poses a clear danger to the public. Absolutely not’)

The CPS barrister in the first case I did was absolutely brilliant. He utterly dismantled the defendant piece by piece over 4 days, it was brutal to watch, but very clever.

Also got two interesting cases, each lasting a week. Very lucky, others sat in the jury lounge doing nothing for their stint. Out of a large pool of us at Hove CC, when they read out the random names for the second case, ten of us from the first jury were selected again. I got on well with everyone, a real mixed bunch as you’d expect in our part of the world.

I found the human dynamics of the jury interesting. A couple of “Let’s cut to the chase, they’re clearly guilty” types .... said at the first coffee break. Juxtaposed to an eclectic bunch of Brightonians. The hangem’s didn’t get their wish, we went through all our notes on the evidence and legal directions from the judge methodically. A charismatic vicar was the chairperson.

Similarly, two very good prosecution barristers.

We were able to see through some exaggerating by a prosecution witness, I thought it quite clever the way we worked that out on our own. The final stage was gently persuading fence sitters on why they should steer a certain way if they felt comfortable with that. A couple of bullies tried to get them to hurry up, so they could get back to normal life. The bullies were eased to one side.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Also got two interesting cases, each lasting a week. Very lucky, others sat in the jury lounge doing nothing for their stint. Out of a large pool of us at Hove CC, when they read out the random names for the second case, ten of us from the first jury were selected again. I got on well with everyone, a real mixed bunch as you’d expect in our part of the world.

I found the human dynamics of the jury interesting. A couple of “Let’s cut to the chase, they’re clearly guilty” types .... said at the first coffee break. Juxtaposed to an eclectic bunch of Brightonians. The hangem’s didn’t get their wish, we went through all our notes on the evidence and legal directions from the judge methodically. A charismatic vicar was the chairperson.

Similarly, two very good prosecution barristers.

We were able to see through some exaggerating by a prosecution witness, I thought it quite clever the way we worked that out on our own. The final stage was gently persuading fence sitters on why they should steer a certain way if they felt comfortable with that. A couple of bullies tried to get them to hurry up, so they could get back to normal life. The bullies were eased to one side.

So you were a member of the public ?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Anyone?

One of our more impenetrable posters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AmG2Dq5OGM

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Nothing could ever beat the Testcard

But which version? This is my favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN2VAnJ355s

(get out your K-Tel 3d glasses )

 

[Bry Nylon]

Would have been late 70,s into the 80,s early afternoon slot if i am correct and wasn't it scripted until the verdict which was twelve members the general public ?

What I find particularly skilled about your posts, LBG, is that when I read them I always feel like I’ve just walked into a room halfway through a conversation I’ve missed the start of.

In different times you could have written for Play For Today, of that I’m certain.

 

[timbha]

Would have been late 70,s into the 80,s early afternoon slot if i am correct and wasn't it scripted until the verdict which was twelve members the general public ?

Think it was on a bit earlier than that. Early/mid 70s? On about 2pm. After Indoor League with Fred Trueman

 

[BN9 BHA]

What I find particularly skilled about your posts, LBG, is that when I read them I always feel like I’ve just walked into a room halfway through a conversation I’ve missed the start of.

In different times you could have written for Play For Today, of that I’m certain.

I sometimes think that whatever random thought pops up in his head....he will start a thread about it.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Think it was on a bit earlier than that. Early/mid 70s? On about 2pm. After Indoor League with Fred Trueman

Indoor League with Fred Trueman? Am I the only one in this thread that hasn’t been abusing solvents tonight?

 

[The Clamp]

Also got two interesting cases, each lasting a week. Very lucky, others sat in the jury lounge doing nothing for their stint. Out of a large pool of us at Hove CC, when they read out the random names for the second case, ten of us from the first jury were selected again. I got on well with everyone, a real mixed bunch as you’d expect in our part of the world.

I found the human dynamics of the jury interesting. A couple of “Let’s cut to the chase, they’re clearly guilty” types .... said at the first coffee break. Juxtaposed to an eclectic bunch of Brightonians. The hangem’s didn’t get their wish, we went through all our notes on the evidence and legal directions from the judge methodically. A charismatic vicar was the chairperson.

Similarly, two very good prosecution barristers.

We were able to see through some exaggerating by a prosecution witness, I thought it quite clever the way we worked that out on our own. The final stage was gently persuading fence sitters on why they should steer a certain way if they felt comfortable with that. A couple of bullies tried to get them to hurry up, so they could get back to normal life. The bullies were eased to one side.

I had a very similar experience but only sat on one case that lasted two days. We had almost exactly the same dynamic of jurors, even one who said "of course he did it, he's Greek, they're all dodgy". Thank goodness we had enough level headed jurors to ignore his opinion. But genuinely quite scary that a person's freedom could be in the hands of a juror who finds that way of thinking acceptable.