Crown Prosecutor (TV series)

Crown Prosecutor
Created by
  • Nick Collins
  • Tracy Hoffman
  • Caroline Oulton
Written by
  • Nick Collins
  • Amanda Coe
  • Steve Coombes
  • David Robinson
  • Frankie Bailey
  • Robert Jones
Directed by
  • Henry Foster
  • John Stroud
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes10 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producerEsta Charkham
ProducerDiana Brookes
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC Worldwide
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release23 February (1995-02-23) –
27 April 1995 (1995-04-27)
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Crown Prosecutor is a British television legal drama series, created and principally written by Nick Collins, first broadcast on BBC1 on 23 February 1995.[1] A single series of ten episodes were broadcast, typically at 8:30pm on Thursdays, with episodes repeatedly on Fridays at 1:50pm as part of the channel's daytime schedule. The series was produced in-house by the BBC under the BBC Worldwide moniker. The series follows ensemble cast of various Crown Prosecutors, who bring cases before local magistrates in the United Kingdom. The series stars Tom Chadbon, David Daker, Deborah Grant, Jessica Stevenson, Paris Jefferson, Shaun Parkes and Michael Praed.[2]

The series was noted at the time as being the first series to regularly examine the lives of modern British Crown prosecutors. While lawyers "for the prosecution" had been seen on British television, these were depictions of a different era in British jurisprudence. Throughout the bulk of 20th century, in most parts of England and Wales, prosecution of criminal cases was handled by the police or, in some cases, an entity directly attached to the Home Office. Crown Prosecutor was thus the first serious examination of what it was like to work in the Crown Prosecution Service, a completely police-independent body, which itself had only been established in 1985.

The series has not been repeated since its original broadcast, however a single episode is available to watch on YouTube.[3]

  1. ^ "Search Results - BBC Genome - Crown Prosecutor (BBC One)". BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Crown Prosecutor (TV Series 1995)". IMDB. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Crown Prosecutor (1995)". 15 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2018 – via YouTube.