Criminal Justice Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Criminal Justice: Season 2

• Season 2 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  Peter Moffat's drama reaches its climax as the jury at the Crown Court decides Juliet's fate - but whatever the verdict, it seems unlikely that life will ever be the same again. Maxine Peake stars, with Sophie Okonedo, Denis Lawson and Zoe Telford

• Season 2 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  With the trial under way, Jack's threats finally hits home and Juliet agrees to discuss her marriage if she is to stand any chance of regaining her children and her freedom. Ella enters the witness box to testify against her mother, but breaks down under cross-examination - making it difficult to judge the jury's reaction to her evidence. Starring Maxine Peake, Sophie Okonedo and Alice Sykes

• Season 2 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Juliet gives birth under prison guard, but her renewed sense of purpose and hope is shortlived. Without her agreeing to talk about life with Joe, the Family Court rules the baby girl will be taken into care, and even the desperate pleas of her legal team Jack and Anna do little to break her wall of silence. Starring Maxine Peake, Sophie Okonedo and Zoe Telford

• Season 2 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Juliet is charged and transferred to prison, while detectives pore through every aspect of her family's former life trying to find an explanation for the stabbing. As her solicitor tries to make her understand the severity of her situation, social workers take her 13-year-old daughter Ella into care - but it is the girl's rejection of her when on a visit to the jail that plunges Juliet into absolute despair. Drama, starring Maxine Peake and Alice Sykes

• Season 2 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Maxine Peake portrays a barrister's wife who faces the force of the British criminal and family law systems after stabbing her husband in bed - a crime she is unable or unwilling to explain. As detectives and lawyers examine whether the act was one of brutal pre-meditation or a desperate cry for help, all concerned come to realise life is never simply black or white. Thriller, continuing all week, also starring Matthew Macfadyen, Denis Lawson and Sophie Okonedo

Criminal Justice: Season 1

• Season 1 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  The day of the verdict arrives, and while Stone endeavours to find increasingly desperate ways of getting his client released, Frances goes in search of the truth. Taking one final chance to re-interview a key witness, she finds shocking new evidence that may be vital in seeing Ben exonerated - but the jury's deliberations balance on a knife-edge. Ben Whishaw, Con O'Neill and Frances Kapoor star in the final episode of the legal thriller

• Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Ben takes the stand, but a difficult line of questioning from the prosecution leaves him dejected and exhausted. His day deteriorates further back at prison, where he is forced into a fight with Milroy, and while Hooch provides a helping hand, the actions that follow lead to Ben being placed on a wing for vulnerable prisoners. Legal thriller, starring Ben Whishaw and Pete Postlethwaite. Concludes tomorrow

• Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Ben returns to court with his expensive new barrister, who is convinced his best option is to plead self-defence. Reluctantly, he goes along with the plan, but is distraught to see his mother fleeing the court, distraught that her son is effectively confessing to murder. Back in prison and desperate to explain everything to his mother, he borrows a mobile phone from a fellow inmate - only to end up in further trouble. Ben Whishaw, Lindsay Duncan and Juliet Aubrey star.

• Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Ben is thrown into prison, where he must quickly learn the ropes if he is to survive. However, he makes an inauspicious start by offending the powerful inmate who runs the wing. In court, the prosecutors offer him the lesser charge of manslaughter, but Ben refuses to plead guilty to a crime he cannot recall committing. Part two of the thriller, starring Ben Whishaw, David Harewood and Pete Postlethwaite.

• Season 1 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  New five-part thriller about a young man whose life is changed for ever when he is placed on a murder charge. Twenty-one-year-old Ben embarks on an uncharacteristically wild drink and drug-fuelled night out, only to wake up the following morning to find himself accused of killing a young woman. To make matters worse, he can't remember a thing about the night before, and so begins a rollercoaster ride through the British legal system. Ben Whishaw stars, with Bill Paterson, Con O'Neill and Juliet Aubrey.