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Trial of the Century

Trial of the Century

★ 9.0/10•2016•2h 24m•G•Drama•War & Politics
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A fictional courtroom drama which shows how the trial of Pádraig Pearse, one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, might have gone.

Maurice Sweeney · Director

Hugh Travers · Writer

Colin Murphy · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime2h 24m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 30, 2016

Episodes

E148m

The Prosecution of Patrick H. Pearse

In this speculative historical fiction drama instead of a court martial and execution, rebel leader Padraig Pearse is given a public trial. The case for the prosecution is presented in this first episode.

Apr 30, 2016

E248m

The Defence of Patrick H. Pearse

Pearse, having dismissed his own legal team, defends his actions and makes the moral case for the Rising.

May 1, 2016

E348m

The Jury Decides

The final episode features a panel deliberating the outcome of the trial based on the evidence presented in the first two parts. The jury consisted of 12 prominent individuals, including Pat Kenny, Oisin McConville, Emma Dabiri, and Nell McCafferty. The jury debates the morality and legality of the Rising, which determines Pearse's fate in an alternative history.

May 2, 2016

Actors

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Padraig Pearse

Andrew Bennett

Andrew Bennett

Sebastian Banks

Frankie McCafferty

Frankie McCafferty

Father Aloysius Travers

David Heap

Judge Bonham

Eamonn Hunt

General Maxwell

Mark Huberman

George Gavan Duffy

Keith McErlean

Keith McErlean

James Connolly

John Cronin

John Cronin

Joseph Mary Plunkett

Jane Brennan

Jane Brennan

Margaret Pearse

Aoibhinn McGinnity

Aoibhinn McGinnity

Catherine Foster

Nick Lee

Nick Lee

Bulmer Hobson

Anthony Brophy

Anthony Brophy

Eoin MacNeill

Pat Kenny

Pat Kenny

Foreman of the Jury

Neilí Conroy

Neilí Conroy

Mary O'Rourke

Denis Conway

Denis Conway

Edward Greene

Dawn Bradfield

Dawn Bradfield

Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington

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