Judge John Deed Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

Judge John Deed: Season 6 (2007)

  • Season 6 Episode 4: Evidence of Harm - Part Two

    Deed's investigation into why a soldier's legal funding to sue a pharmaceutical company was withdrawn leads to more sinister discoveries. Forces begin to work against him with shocking consequences. Last in series of the legal drama, starring Martin Shaw, Jenny Seagrove and Donald Sinden

  • Season 6 Episode 3: Evidence of Harm - Part One

    Feature-length episode. Deed reluctantly helps Jo by examining why funding for legal aid was withdrawn in the case of a soldier who committed suicide after being damaged by army vaccines. However, he risks causing a constitutional crisis when he decides the only way to win justice for the deceased's family is to accuse the original judge of bias

  • Season 6 Episode 2: War Crimes - Part Two

    Part two of two. During the war crimes case in the Hague, Deed learns the British soldier on trial is being sacrificed as part of the government's exit strategy, leaving the judge facing a dilemma over whether to allow a miscarriage of justice to save the lives of many soldiers. Legal drama, starring Martin Shaw and Donald Sinden

  • Season 6 Episode 1: War Crimes - Part One

    New series of the legal drama, beginning with a two-part episode. The judge visits the Hague to hear the case of a British soldier accused of war crimes in Iraq, attracting the attention of Muslim extremists, who dispatch a woman to kill him. When she meets Deed she discovers he is not what she expected, but remains determined to go through with her task. Legal drama, starring Martin Shaw and Donald Sinden

Judge John Deed: Season 5 (2006)

  • Season 5 Episode 9: Heart of Darkness

    A mother is sued by her ex-husband for refusing to give her baby the MMR vaccine. Jo Mills is asked to represent her, but is then accused by Marc of spending too much time at work. Deed intervenes personally in the case, but has other things on his mind

  • Season 5 Episode 8: One Angry Man

    The judge is called up for jury service at the trial of a nanny who is accused of shaking a baby to death, and tries to gain further knowledge of the alleged crime with the help of Jo Mills. However, during deliberations, it becomes apparent that other members of the panel are less concerned about reaching a verdict and more interested in their own personal lives

  • Season 5 Episode 7: Silent Killer

    A couple attempt to sue their council after developing medical conditions they claim were caused by a local mobile phone mast used to transmit internal police communications. Meanwhile, Deed is approached by the wife of a former Iraqi minister who says her family were poisoned and killed by depleted uranium used in the British Army's shells

  • Season 5 Episode 6: Lost Youth - Part Two

    Part two of two. A boy convicted of theft dies in custody - bringing Deed's own traumatic memories of childhood to the fore. Drama, starring Martin Shaw

  • Season 5 Episode 5: Lost Youth - Part One

    The judge must decide the fate of a sick baby which has been refused further resuscitation by doctors. The infant's deeply religious parents disagree, and take the fight for their son's life to court. Meanwhile, a boy convicted of theft dies in custody - bringing Deed's own traumatic memories of childhood to the fore. Drama, starring Martin Shaw

  • Season 5 Episode 4: My Daughter, Right or Wrong - Part Two

    Part two of two. Charlie's support for her client's cause leads her to make a series of unprofessional outbursts in court, while Jo's relationship with Marc Thompson creates tension. Louisa Clein and Jenny Seagrove star

  • Season 5 Episode 3: My Daughter, Right or Wrong - Part One

    Charlie is appointed to defend an animal rights activist accused of murdering an eminent scientist - a case that will be heard before her father. The defence barrister's support for her client's cause leads her to make a series of unprofessional outbursts in court, while Jo's relationship with Marc Thompson creates tension

  • Season 5 Episode 2: Hard-Gating - Part Two

    Part two of two. A drink-driving appeal puts the bench at loggerheads - forcing Deed to argue for a harsh sentence, and Jo distances herself from her former lover. Martin Shaw stars, with Donald Sinden and Jenny Seagrove

  • Season 5 Episode 1: Hard-Gating - Part One

    A black man is murdered in a jail cell by a confirmed racist - a crime the prison service blames on overcrowding. However, the judge's probing reveals the institution wasn't operating at full capacity. A drink-driving appeal puts the bench at loggerheads, and Jo distances herself from her former lover. With Donald Sinden and Jenny Seagrove

Judge John Deed: Season 4 (2005)

  • Season 4 Episode 6: Popular Appeal

    Deed presides over a case in which producers of a reality TV show are charged with manslaughter after a contestant is killed while the cameras are rolling. He becomes increasingly determined to force the police to open up an enquiry into the death of Rufus Barron, but his zealous approach puts Jo in mortal danger, forcing him to reassess the priorities in his life. Starring Martin Shaw, with Jenny Seagrove and Ben Caplan. Last in series

  • Season 4 Episode 5: Separation of Powers

    Jo takes on a distressing case in which a waste incinerator company is accused of deliberately hiding a design fault, with harmful consequences for the community. Meanwhile, the Home Secretary is accused of accepting a bribe - but the evidence goes missing, enabling him to call for Deed to be impeached. Starring Martin Shaw, with Jenny Seagrove and Aneirin Hughes

  • Season 4 Episode 4: Defence of the Realm

    The maverick judge is exiled to Warwick by his fellow judges, who feel he must be disciplined for his indiscretion with a claimant. Meanwhile, Jo hears the case of a PA accused of embezzling millions from his boss, the head of a high-ranking electronics corporation - and the trial grows heated when allegations are made about a government minister taking bribes. Martin Shaw, Donald Sinden and Jenny Seagrove star

  • Season 4 Episode 3: In Defence of Others

    The judge presides over the case of a man who killed a paedophile, an act which Jo defends by arguing it protected further victims from abuse. Meanwhile, she meets the real father of the boy she is trying to adopt, and begins seeing him socially - sending Deed into a fit of jealous rage. Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove star

  • Season 4 Episode 2: Above the Law

    The judge hears the case of three young men accused of shooting a rival gang member - but the trial is in danger of collapsing when the prosecution's main witness is killed in a hit-and-run incident. To make matters worse, the jurors start to fall sick, and the newly appointed Home Secretary sees a chance to make it into a juryless trial - which could force Deed to throw it out altogether. Martin Shaw stars, with Jenny Seagrove

  • Season 4 Episode 1: Lost and Found

    Jo Mills is persuaded to act on behalf of a drug addict, who went on the run 16 years previously after being charged with attempted murder. The defendant alleges detectives forced him to sign a confession and allowed him to escape custody - leaving Deed to decide if they should be charged with perverting the course of justice. Starring Martin Shaw, Donald Sinden, Jenny Seagrove, Caroline Langrishe and Robert Cavanah

Judge John Deed: Season 3 (2003)

  • Season 3 Episode 4: Economic Imperative

    Jo is shocked when a single mother, fighting a lawsuit against the mobile phone company she blames for her incurable cancer, asks her to take care of her son after her death. Presiding in the case, Deed finds himself at the centre of a plot between the phone company and Sir Ian Rochester, both of whom are eager to have him out of the way. Last in series

  • Season 3 Episode 3: Conspiracy

    Jo prosecutes an MP accused of attempted murder, but Row Colemore suggests the charges are trumped up. John discovers Colemore is part of a conspiracy to acquit the accused so he can get his hands on a lucrative arms business, and sets about exposing his friend. Elsewhere, Deed's therapy session ends abruptly, with repercussions for his relationship

  • Season 3 Episode 2: Judicial Review

    Everard hands down a lenient sentence to a political benefactor accused of running over a mother and her two children. Deed accuses him of corruption, and Monty responds by putting pressure on Jo, ostracising her to the point where she begs her friend to back down. True to form, John continues to push for the result he wants - a tougher sentence - but there may be a price for him to pay

  • Season 3 Episode 1: Health Hazard

    Sir Ian Rochester is infuriated when an interesting case is handed to Deed by new presider Sir Monty Everard, and takes his anger out on Jo. She is forced to cut her ties with John after she is brought before a disciplinary committee on trumped-up charges. However, when the judge arrives unexpectedly at the hearing to plead her case, Rochester is left seething once again as things do not go his way

Judge John Deed: Season 2 (2002)

  • Season 2 Episode 4: Everyone's Child

    A youngster refuses to undergo a life-saving transplant operation, much to the dismay of his parents, who try to overrule him by taking the matter to court - even though he meets all the legal requirements to make his own decision. In a separate case, two drug addicts accused of killing a boy for his mobile phone are found not guilty of murder. Last in series

  • Season 2 Episode 3: Nobody's Fool

    While presiding over a murder trial in which a lawyer is representing himself and his younger siblings, Deed rekindles his affair with scheming Francesca Rochester, ignoring his pregnant daughter's pleas for help in the process. Blind to what's happening around him, and resisting warnings from Jo, the judge eventually realises his mistress has been deceiving him and must hope he hasn't left it too late to come to the aid of Charlie and her unborn child. High Court drama, starring Martin Shaw, Jenny Seagrove and Billie Whitelaw

  • Season 2 Episode 2: Abuse of Power

    While trying a man with an emotional age of 13 for murder, Deed causes outrage among his fellow judges by delving into a fraud case involving two solicitors. As they, Sir Ian Rochester and even his ex-father-in-law urge him not to get involved, Deed pushes harder for the truth

  • Season 2 Episode 1: Political Expediency

    The maverick judge finds his principles tested by the offer of a place on the Appellate Bench in return for hushing up a diplomatic incident. Convinced that an Arab sheikh's driver is covering for his boss over the murder of a prostitute, he's forced to decide whether to see justice done or yield to the temptation of the bribe and back off in the 'national interest'. Drama, starring Martin Shaw

Judge John Deed: Season 1 (2001 - 2002)

  • Season 1 Episode 4: Hidden Agenda

    A doctor is accused of murdering a seriously ill patient with a morphine overdose, a case which echoes a dilemma in Deed's personal life and sets him on the path to potential ruin. Meanwhile, Charlie's HIV-positive friend finds herself in danger of losing her baby to Social Services, and calls on the judge for help. Drama, starring Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove

  • Season 1 Episode 3: Appropriate Response

    A rapist, who was sentenced to eight years by Deed, is released and immediately sets about putting a vengeful plan into action. Meanwhile, the judge presides over a case involving two policemen accused of assaulting a hunt saboteur. Drama, starring Martin Shaw

  • Season 1 Episode 2: Duty of Care

    Jo Mills takes on the case of a worker killed on a building site, convinced that the managing director of the company should be held accountable for his neglect of health and safety legislation. However, the Lord Chancellor's department once again try to divert the course of justice to avoid embarrassment - and Deed's ex-wife is appointed counsel for the defence. Legal drama, starring Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove

  • Season 1 Episode 1: Rough Justice

    Drama series set in the High Court, starring Martin Shaw. The powers-that-be pile the pressure on Deed to acquit a violent MI5 informer who may be able to infiltrate the Real IRA, leading him to cross swords with the Lord Chancellor's department. To complicate matters, a furious Sir Ian Rochester suspects his wife may be having an affair with him and resolves to bring the maverick into line

Judge John Deed: Pilot (2002)

  • Exacting Justice

    Feature-length drama, starring Martin Shaw as a maverick High Court Judge whose daughter is arrested during a demonstration, presenting him with the challenge of getting her off the hook without falling foul of powerful enemies he has made in his single-minded push to the top of the legal profession. Donald Sinden and Caroline Langrishe also star