Trial & Retribution

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Trial & Retribution
Format Crime Drama
Created by Lynda La Plante
Starring David Hayman
Victoria Smurfit
Kate Buffery
Dorian Lough
Inday Ba
Sarah Ozeke
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of series 11
No. of episodes 19 as of 27 March 2008
Production
Running time (approx.) 2 Hour
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Picture format 4:3, 16:9
Original run 19 October 1997 –
present

Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. From 2008 the show began broadcasting as a 10 part series, the longest run of the drama so far.

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[edit] Characters

  • DCS Michael "Mike" Walker is portrayed by David Hayman, from 1997 to present.
  • DCI Roisin Connor is portrayed by Victoria Smurfit, from 2003 to present.
  • DI Pat North was portrayed by Kate Buffery, from 1997 to 2002.
  • DS David "Satch" Satchell is portrayed by Dorian Lough, from 1997 to present.
  • DC Lisa West was portrayed by Inday Ba from 2002 to 2003. She is now portrayed by Sarah Ozeke, from 2004 to present.
  • DS Sam Palmer is portrayed by Vince Leigh, from 2007.
  • DS Jeff Batchley was portrayed by Paul Kynman, from 1998 to 2002.

[edit] Series

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 1

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution

19 October 1997 (UK)
20 October 1997

 200 min

Five year old Julie Anne has disappeared from a council estate . A Search is started by the police , Julie is soon found dead shoved in a pipe. Detective superintendent Walker leads The murder investigation alongside Pat North . However there is only one key witness and one suspect

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 2

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution II

19 October 1998 (UK)
20 October 1998

 204 min

When Susan Harrow Suddenly disappears , her mother reports her missing. Her body is soon found in waste land. A Murder investigation is launched lead by Walker , another body is later found and another woman is attacked , but alive . They Soon come to know that theres a serial killer in their hands.

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 3

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution III

7 October 1999 (UK)
8 October 1999

 207 min

A Fifteen year old paper girl has gone missing , when her blood stained clothes are retrived , Walker leads the investigation into murder. North is sent to see a man called Warrington , a mysterious man. Warrington begins to stalk North everywhere she goes . There is already a suspect but is Warrington Hiding something?

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 4

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution IV

4 October 2000 (UK)
5 October 2000

 201 min

While North is reinvestigating an eight year old murder case she , she finds that Walker lead the case . She begins to suspect that he's covering something up , therefore he is suspended . He Later Returns to find evidence to clear his name and to help save career , relationship and his reputation

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 5

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution V

19 June 2002 (UK)
20 June 2002

 193 min

Walker is called to investigate the discovey of a 17-year-old skeleton , which doesn't make him happy , especially as he's working with North's ex - boyfriend . Soon after they discover more skeletons buried within the house

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 6

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution VI

7 October 2002 (UK)
8 0ctober 2002

 194 min

North investigates when a mother of two is snatched from the woods , but the confession of a sex offender complicates the investigation . Walker also has worries of his own as his ex - wife is dating someone online on a chatroom

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 7

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution VII: Suspicion

1 September 2003 (UK)
2 September 2003

 190 min

A Female Hand is found hidden within the Thames this brings Connor in contact with Chief Superintendent Walker, who is now back in command after being found innocent at his murder trial. The Body is not discovered , and the case then becomes a battle with the killer.

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 8

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution VIII: Blue Eiderdown

11 October 2004 (UK)
12 October 2004

 135 min

A young prostitute,named Angela Dutton, plunges to her death from the eleventh floor balcony of a block of flats. The police begin a murder enquiry they then discover that she was the daughter of a seventies TV star who was also found murdered twelve years earlier, wrapped in blue eiderdown. The killer was never found. D.C.S. Walker heads the investigation into the two murders, with the aid of D.C.I. Connor and the rest of the team. They investigate to find out why Angela Dutton died - did she find her mother's killer, or did one of her three high-paying clients kill her. Conner Soon Goes undercover as a prostitute to try to find if anyone knew Dutton.

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 9

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution IX: The Lovers

7 November 2005 (UK)
8 November 2005

 130 mins

A man vanishes while on his honeymoon in London with his wife Susan leaving. This leaves Susan distraught and franticly searching for him. Her father contacts Detective Chief Superintendent Michael Walker, believing the police aren't taking the case seriously, but there's very little evidence to suggest foul play. However, They spot someone on CCTV who arouses suspicions.

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 10

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution X: Sins Of The Father

14 January 2007 (UK)
15 January 2007

 132 mins

The Harrogate family are heartbroken when they return home to discover their daughter, Emily, dead. Connor and Satchell begin to sift through the case and discover that the family isn't as stable as it first appeared. Connor appeals to Walker for some backup, who is having problems of his own with his own son Richard. Secrets are soon discovered and fragile relationships are tested in the process of ensuring justice is done. The Police later arrest Emily's Boy-friend , but is her own brother hiding something.

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution XI: Closure

21 January 2007 (UK)
22 January 2007

 129 mins

A young school girl is raped and murdered, but a month into the investigation and D.C.I. Connor still has no leads or no suspects. When Walker orders a review of unsolved cases, they turn up to be connected to one another, which leads them searching for an apparent serial killer.

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution XII: Paradise Lost

28 January 2007 (UK)
29 January 2007

 131 mins

A serial rapist is targeting the black community by raping women who have black boyfriends. When an attack turns into murder and the boyfriend is cleared, Walker brings him on to the investigation to help, but could Connor's relationship with a barrister working on the case jeopardise the whole investigation.

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution XIII: Curriculum Vitae

4 February 2007 (UK)
5 February 2007

 133 mins

A mother returns home from work to find her baby girl dead in her cot, and her nanny gone. D.C.I. Connor and the team take on this emotive case involving this ultimate abuse of trust. With the nanny on the run from the police , it seems an obvious conclusion. But the more they investigate the case, the more complicated it becomes and they find themselves wondering who is the real victim and who can they really trust?

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution XIV: Mirror Image

12 February 2007 (UK)
13 February 2007

 127 mins

The murder of a Police Commander and his wife puts Walker, Connor and the team under pressure to get a result. Jewellery has been stolen from their house, which would indicate a burglary gone wrong, but several relatives profit from their deaths and so they focus the investigation on the family. Connor is suspicious of the identical twin sons, named Michael and Rory, in particular and suspects that they may have worked together in order to get away with patricide. More and more suspicions grow on the twins, but did they kill their own parents?

[edit] Trial and Retribution Series 11

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution XV: Rules Of The Game

17 January 2008 (UK)
24 January 2008

 90 mins

A suitcase is found abandoned at Heathrow Airport containing the body of Prostitute Sofia Petrenko , who has been strangled to death. The suitcase is traced to Vitali Malikov, a Ukrainian billionaire who admits to hiring Sofia's services, but he claims she was alive when she left him and that the case was a gift. D.C.S. Walker arrests Malikov on suspicion of murder, but then has to release him, and soon realises he has become a pawn in a much bigger game.

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution XVI: Kill The King

31 January 2008 (UK)
7 February 2008

 88 mins

A well-known paediatric surgeon, Jonathan Carlisle, is found dead, and D.C.I. Connor uncovers a conflict stirred up following a recent operation which resulted in a young girl's death. They soon discover the girl's father, Gary Webster, was the subject of a restraining order issued by Carlisle, and that he had been stalking him for months. Webster disappears before he can be questioned, a game of cat and mouse ensuing, and he is eventually cornered, but that leads to further complications. The Police soon discover by CCTV That Webster has committed suicide. With Webster dead, there are no further suspects, leaving Conner and the team puzzled.

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution XVII: Conviction

14 February 2008 (UK)
21 February 2008

 91 mins

Terry Dyer has been recently released from prison, where he was imprisoned for a crime he still maintains he did not commit, and he returns to his East London estate in search of the truth. The father of the victim he was convicted of killing, Ken Randle, confronts him. Randle then shot Dyer leaving him wounded. Soon after Randle is arrested. Walker is empathetic to Ken's situation and releases him on bail, and then Ken soon becomes doubtful of Dyer's guilt, growing convinced that a friend of his son's was involved in his murder, and soon long-buried secrets are unearthed, leading to an unexpected twist, while D.S. Satchell finds his career and job may be on the line.

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution XVIII: The Box

28 February 2008 (UK)
13 March 2008

 86 mins

D.C.S. Walker goes on leave back to Glasgow, where he is taking care of his increasingly senile mother, and soon becomes involved in the case of a missing woman, who is the sister of an old friend. Walker begins to delve into the life of her then husband Kevin Reid, and discovers a dark bond between him and his brother Ronnie. Soon a body is discovered and is it is proved to be the missing woman. Then Kevin's second wife is reported missing - convincing Walker that one or both of the Reid brothers are involved in the crimes , Walker is correct the brothers do have something to do with the woman , but what , could it be The Box

Title Air Date Length
Trial and Retribution XIX: Tracks

20 March 2008 (UK)
27 March 2008

 93 mins

The body of a teenage girl, Maria Cole, is discovered in a chalk pit, and the tracks of three different vehicles are discovered at the crime scene. They eventually lead D.C.I. Connor and D.C.S. Walker to the local hardman, Ray Harper. His son Andy and his friend Darren admit being at the pit on the same night, though they claim that they never saw the girl there. However, cracks soon appear in their story when CCTV footage reveals that they crossed paths with Maria before her death, leading to the two boys being charged with her murder. The Boys appear in court for the first day of the Trial , Darren wants to get something out but he leaves court. Later that same day Andy commits Suicide. The Next Day in Court Darren reveals that he and Andy were in a Relationship and that Andy hit Maria With the bottle . However Harper doesn't believe Darren and storms out as Darren has left , he then tries to murder Darren. Darren shuts Harper in the legs leaving unable to walk . Conner is able to stop this and separates the two. Walker Finds his son outside his flat , who has been Missing.

[edit] Style

Every episodes is unique, while the plot is often complicated, like the plot in Paradise Lost, where the boyfriend of a young 5th grade teacher was suspected of killing her. In every episode, there are three or four pictures, normally three in one screen, like 24 when the clock comes, but in Trial & Retribution there are different camera-angles. For example:

  • Angle from the suspects.
  • Angle from behind and in front of the characters.
  • Angle from the crime-scene where the inspectors inspects how the murder was committed.
  • Angle from different sides of the town.

[edit] DVD Releases

Part 1 of the Trial & Retribution collection , containing episodes 1-4 was released on 27/9/2004 . Part 2 containing episodes 5-8 was released on 14/3/2005 part 3 and 4 are to be released on 8/9/2008 , Part 3 contains episodes 9-11 and part 4 contains episodes 12-14

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[edit] IMDb links

[edit] Official Plot synopsis