"Crown Court" - Cat in Hell 1978 (FULL EPISODE)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- The actor who plays the defence barrister in this episode of "Crown Court" is BEAUTIFUL! It's a shame that he had to portray the losing side of the case, haha! If YOU are wondering why a case of theft was tried at the Crown Court (rather than at the Magistrates Court or even by police caution), so is just about everyone else! It's a great drama, though, so get watching, especially if you want an indication of the ugly racial tensions that were prevalent in the UK in the 70s. Things were much worse then than now, "thanks" in particular to a particular Conservative MP who liked a good metaphor...
My dad and I used to watch Crown Court together in the months before I started school in either 1981 or 1982. When did YOU used to watch it and what was going on in YOUR life at the time?
I was an extra in crown court in one of the early 80s episodes.
My mum and nanna also went on the jury. They did about 4 episodes, after each they swapped seats and put a new jumper on lol
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Absolutely fascinating. The jury in 1978 couldn't believe that people of the class of the Cunninghams could possibly behave as the defence alleged. Much easier to blame the obvious villain.
Would probably be 12-0 the other way now.
Lol 😆 yeah, you may well be right, haha 😄
Exactly - and the judge would never have neen allowed to lead the jury as he did. A bit thought provoking how much that happened in real life.
@@John-GThe judge is 💯 % biased towards the Cunninhams! The dopey old git, haha!
@@LawandcrimewithGina TBH, that was how it worked then, the "old boy" net. Amazing just how much this brings it home. FWIW I was an Army officer at that time and regularly appeared in court for my soldiers for one reason or another, and in hindsight I suppose I just took the sort of absurd deference shown to the son who was a Lt in the Engineers for granted.
Defence barrister became Gupta in Only When I Laugh!😁
Yeah, I heard. Richard Wilson was in that too, I hear, as well as being a Crown Court regular 😊
@@LawandcrimewithGinaIt had a stellar cast: Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli and James Bolam played the central cast of the patients. All brilliant strong characters.
@markharrisllb OMG! Just looked up OWIL and found that THIS was the comedy with the theme tune "I am H-A-P-P-Y"! I saw some of the early 80s episodes, then, lol 😆, just like in the case of Crown Court. I too have a share in THIS piece of TV history, haha! 😂❤
. Iconic Theme Tune 2:16
Always gives me an instant hit of nostalgia, haha!
Young police office is David Rintoul - who went on to play one of the best Mr Darcys'
"Mr Darcys"? Do you mean the character from "Pride and Prejudice"? 🤔
That's right. He was also a very dishy werewolf in one of the Hammer films.
@@angienorthey 😄
He was in the BBC production of P&P in the late 70's and played the Doctor in Doctor Finlay in the 1980's.
David Rintoul is the best Mr Darcy! Elizabeth Garvie played Miss Elizabeth Bennett.
Well here i am with an hour to kill & quite a story although was Television truly like this in 1978 or is it the extremely dated Britishness of it all.... I imagine presenting such a subject on Public TV back then risked so many rules especially those of being able to even transmit such subjects not too be talked of! Quite incredible....
"Presenting such a subject on public TV": what, theft? If not, what? 🤔
Only saw it when i was either ill or bunking off school.
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@@LawandcrimewithGina can still do that intro theme tune with do do dos!
@@russell-di8js Haha, lol! 😂
Thank you.
This is meant to display crazy British class behavior. Yikes, I’m surprised the upper class couple didn’t just refuse to press charges and break off with the convict.
Exactly 💯 % The father and son refer to him with fondness, even!
Is the defence lawyer South African?
No idea. I just want to shag him, lol 😆
Yes Sid James is South African
@@moonpawooe7134OK...but the guy playing the defence barrister is Derrick Branche, haha 😅
This must have been towards the end of its run. I remember it early mid seventies when nickin… I mean really ill and off school.
I used to think this was realistic, then I was stupid enough to do a law degree.
"...when nickin" 😆
Why do you call your law degree "stupid", though? 🤔
@@LawandcrimewithGina Law degrees per se aren’t stupid, I just wish I’d done something different for myself. The only reason I did law was because when I was interviewed for going to UCLAN (my uni) they said it would be impossible for someone who left school at 16, with average exam results, to do a law degree starting at 36. I wish I’d done something to do with wildlife or social sciences, something I have true passion for.
@@markharrisllb me too!
@@markharrisllbOh...
Thank you
In response to the description, a defendant can request the crown court if it goes to trial and magistrates want to hear it themselves. I presume this was still true in 1978?
If the magistrate wants to hear it themselves, then why would they not just do so (meaning not letting the case go to the Crown Court)?
The judge is deliberately repellent.
Are there judges like that today?
Yeah, glaringly biased!
Norman Stanley fletcher Society has earned a well earned rest from your antics take him down
Earlier today, I watched a documentary on Richard Beckinsale, which covered his part in "Porridge", so now I get this line, haha! 😆