On Trial

1. S01E01Sir Roger CasementJuly 8, 1960—Once a national hero in Britain, Sir Roger Casement, an Irishman, is tried for treason during the First World War.
2. S01E02The Baccarat ScandalJuly 15, 1960—An account of the notorious "Tranby Croft affair", which threatened to envelop the Prince of Wales in a gambling scandal.
3. S01E03Admiral ByngJuly 22, 1960—After the fall of Minorca, a British admiral is tried for cowardice.
4. S01E04Spencer CowperJuly 29, 1960—A seventeenth-century lawyer is tried for the murder of a Quaker woman.
5. S01E05Oscar WildeAugust 5, 1960—The controversial writer Oscar Wilde is tried for gross indecency after his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry has failed.
6. S01E06The Dilke CaseAugust 12, 1960—An eminent Victorian political figure is involved in a sex scandal.
7. S01E07The Tichborne CaseAugust 19, 1960—A man is accused of impersonating an aristocrat to gain his fortune.
8. S01E08W.T. SteadAugust 26, 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.
9. S01E09Governor WallSeptember 2, 1960—An Irishman is, after serving as a governor in an African colony, accused of two murders when he returns to Britain.
10. S01E10Horatio Bottomley, MPSeptember 9, 1960—A member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.

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