Accused

Created by Jimmy McGovern, each episode of this series examines a person who is accused of a crime and what led them to end up in the Dock.

10 Votes (7.9)

2010 HD 60min TV-14 United Kingdom English Ended
Crime Drama
courtroom anthology legal drama legal

Credits:

Jimmy McGovern

director

Olivia Colman

Sue Brown

Robert Sheehan

Stephen Cartwright

Anna Maxwell Martin

Tina Dakin

Anne-Marie Duff

Mo Murray

John Bishop

Peter Cartwright

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Jake Murray

S1E1 - Willy's Story 2010-11-15

Willy Houlihan is in the holding cells beneath a Crown Court, awaiting the verdict of his trial. As he begins the long walk back up to his courtroom, viewers learn the events that brought him there. Willy was a hard-working plumber, with money pressures and a family who rely on him. But what did he get involved in?

S1E2 - Frankie's Story 2010-11-22

Frankie, a young soldier on trial, starts the long walk back up to his courtroom to learn the decision of the jury. A frightening series of events led him to this place, but does the jury know the full story?

S1E3 - Helen's Story 2010-11-29

Helen (Juliet Stevenson) and Frank (Peter Capaldi) send their son Rob off to his first day as a temp at a local factory. When Rob doesnt return home, Helen sets out to find justice for her son.

S1E4 - Liam's Story 2010-12-06

Liam (Andy Serkis) is a taxi driver who is bored very everyday life and is desperate to escape it. One day Emma gets into his cab and he falls deeply and madly in love with her, he starts to dream that he can be everything she needs in life.

S1E5 - Kenny's Story 2010-12-13

Kenny Armstrong (Marc Warren) is outraged to learn his daughter has been attacked in the park and, accompanied by two of his friends, sets off to find the culprit. However, the trios assault on the man they suspect proves more violent than Kenny had intended, and while his cohorts are adamant that informing the police of their actions would be disastrous, his urge to confess grows. Jimmy McGovern and Esther Wilsons legal drama, with Joe Duttine, Jack Deam and Andrea Lowe

S1E6 - Alison's Story 2010-12-20

Alison, a working mother with a young family, stands accused. Will the jury find her guilty?

S2E1 - Tracie's Story 2012-08-14

Simon Gaskell works as a college English teacher who specialises in poetry and also has a secret. His alter ego is a transvestite called Tracie Tremarco, who is looking for love. Tracie falls head over heels in love following an altercation with some men out on a stag night. Tony and Tracie become smitten with each other and hesitatingly their love affair begins. Tony also has a secret though, he’s married to a local beautician called Karen. Before long Tracie becomes entangled in a triangular love affair that leads to a shocking crime of passion and the dock.

S2E2 - Mo's Story 2012-08-21

Hairdresser Mo Murray refuses to be intimidated by a local gang and, supported by her best friend Sue but against the advice of her own family, decides to disregard its leaders instruction to close her salon on the day of a members funeral. Retribution follows when a youngster is shot and killed, and matters escalate until members of the Murray family find themselves in the dock.

S2E3 - Stephen's Story 2012-08-28

Seventeen-year-old Stephen Cartwright stands charged with a serious offence as his anxious father Peter looks on. We see the family months earlier as Peter tries his best to help his sons, Stephen and Dom, face the imminent death of their beloved mother. When palliative care nurse Charlotte arrives, Peter is grateful of her help at this most painful and stressful time for them. Stephen is less sure of this efficient nurse assigned to see his mother through her final days. When his mum passes on, Stephen becomes more suspicious of Charlottes motivations.

S2E4 - Tina's Story 2012-09-04

While admitting new inmate Stephen Cartwright into the young offenders institution where she works as a prison officer, Tina Dakin senses that something does not seem right. Notifying her senior officer, Tina is distracted by another emergency, but on returning to Stephens cell she discovers that the boy has taken his life. After her attempts to resuscitate Stephen fail, Tinas troubles multiply when a series of betrayals and cover-ups result in her becoming the victim of a crime.