| Trial & Retribution | |
|---|---|
| Format | Crime Drama |
| Created by | Lynda La Plante |
| Starring | David Hayman Victoria Smurfit Kate Buffery Dorian Lough Mark Smith (Gladiator) Inday Ba Sarah Ozeke |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | (approx.) 2 Hour |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV) |
| Picture format | 4:3, 16:9 |
| Original run | 19 October 1997 – 13 February 2009 |
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. The 2008 series 10 had 10 episodes, the longest run of the drama so far. The latest series was Series 12 which aired in January 2009, after which, according to La Plante Productions, "there are no plans to return to this production"[1]
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Every episode is unique, while the plot is often complicated. There is frequent use of split screen, normally three images in one screen. Similar effects are frequently used in other TV-series such as 24 and Spooks, and, more recently in the ITV police-soap series, The Bill.
The camera angles used in the split-screen configuration of Trial & Retribution have tended to be used to present the situation from different perspectives e.g.:
Trial & Retribution has been released on DVD in Regions 1 and 2.
| DVD Name | Ep# | Region 1 | Region 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The First Collection | 4 | September 30, 2008 | September 27, 2004 |
| The Second Collection | 4 | March 3, 2009 | March 14, 2005 |
| The Third Collection | 3 | October 27, 2009 | September 1, 2008 |
| The Fourth Collection | 3 | June 15, 2010 | December 27, 2008 |
| The Fifth Collection | 4 | TBA | February 2, 2009 |
| The Sixth Collection | 4 | TBA | March 30, 2009 |
The third, fourth and fifth collections are distributed by Acorn Media UK.
List of Trial & Retribution episodes
Email received 29/03/11 "Thank you for your email. I am afraid to inform you that Lynda and ITV are now concentrating on the Above Suspicion series and currently have no plans to return to Trial and Retribution. Best wishes Holly The La Plante Production Team"