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Showtrial

TV·2021·BBC iPlayer·Drama, Crime, Legal·58m·7.1·Created by Ben Richards

Streaming on (US) PhiloSpectrum On DemandSee all

Showtrial will once again centre around a hotly contested criminal trial that divides the nation and takes place in the full glare of the media spotlight.

When the high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer - a serving policeman. But who is this unnamed ‘Officer X'? What does his own history reveal about the nature of trauma and revenge, and was Marcus's death a careless accident or cold-blooded murder?

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Adeel AkhtarAdeel AkhtarSam MalikNathalie ArminNathalie ArminLeila Hassoun-KennyMichael SochaMichael SochaPC Justin MitchellJoe DempsieJoe DempsieDI Miles SouthgateFisayo AkinadeFisayo AkinadeFelix OwusuZoe TelfordZoe TelfordHelen McGuireNina Toussaint-WhiteNina Toussaint-WhiteClaudia WoodAli KhanAli KhanMani Malik-Cohen

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