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On Trial

Episodes

Season 1
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1. Sir Roger Casement

July 8, 1960

Once a national hero in Britain, Sir Roger Casement, an Irishman, is tried for treason during the First World War.

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2. The Baccarat Scandal

July 15, 1960

An account of the notorious "Tranby Croft affair", which threatened to envelop the Prince of Wales in a gambling scandal.

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3. Admiral Byng

July 22, 1960

After the fall of Minorca, a British admiral is tried for cowardice.

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4. Spencer Cowper

July 29, 1960

A seventeenth-century lawyer is tried for the murder of a Quaker woman.

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5. Oscar Wilde

August 5, 1960

The controversial writer Oscar Wilde is tried for gross indecency after his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry has failed.

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6. The Dilke Case

August 12, 1960

An eminent Victorian political figure is involved in a sex scandal.

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7. The Tichborne Case

August 19, 1960

A man is accused of impersonating an aristocrat to gain his fortune.

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8. W.T. Stead

August 26, 1960

A newspaperman arranges for himself to be arrested on a morals charge so that he can use the witness-box to expose the white slave traffic.

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9. Governor Wall

September 2, 1960

An Irishman is, after serving as a governor in an African colony, accused of two murders when he returns to Britain.

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10. Horatio Bottomley, MP

September 9, 1960

A member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.