On Trial
A series of real trials from British history, famous and notorious, dramatised from the court records.
Once a national hero in Britain, Sir Roger Casement, an Irishman, is tried for treason during the First World War.
Jul 8, 1960
An account of the notorious "Tranby Croft affair", which threatened to envelop the Prince of Wales in a gambling scandal.
Jul 15, 1960
After the fall of Minorca, a British admiral is tried for cowardice.
Jul 22, 1960
A seventeenth-century lawyer is tried for the murder of a Quaker woman.
Jul 29, 1960
The controversial writer Oscar Wilde is tried for gross indecency after his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry has failed.
Aug 5, 1960
An eminent Victorian political figure is involved in a sex scandal.
Aug 12, 1960
A man is accused of impersonating an aristocrat to gain his fortune.
Aug 19, 1960
A newspaperman arranges for himself to be arrested on a morals charge so that he can use the witness-box to expose the white slave traffic.
Aug 26, 1960
An Irishman is, after serving as a governor in an African colony, accused of two murders when he returns to Britain.
Sep 2, 1960
A member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.
Sep 9, 1960
