Trial & Retribution
| Trial & Retribution | |
|---|---|
| Format | Crime Drama |
| Created by | Lynda La Plante |
| Starring | David Hayman Victoria Smurfit Kate Buffery Dorian Lough Mark Smith (Gladiator) Inday Ba Sarah Ozeke |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of series | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | (approx.) 2 Hour |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV) |
| Picture format | 4:3, 16:9 |
| Original run | 19 October 1997 – 13 February 2009 |
Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The 2008 series 10 had 10 episodes, the longest run of the drama so far. The latest series was Series 12 which aired in January 2009, after which, according to La Plante Productions, "there are no plans to return to this production"[1]
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[edit] Characters
- DCSI Michael "Mike" Walker played by David Hayman, from 1997 to 2009.
- DCI Róisín Connor played by Victoria Smurfit, from 2003 to 2009.
- DI Pat North played by Kate Buffery, from 1997 to 2002.
- DS David "Satch" Satchell played by Dorian Lough, from 1997 to 2009.
- DC Lisa West played by Inday Ba from 2002 to 2003 and Sarah Ozeke from 2004 to 2007.
- DS Sam Palmer played by Vince Leigh, from 2007 to 2009
- DS Jeff Batchley played by Paul Kynman, from 1998 to 2002.
[edit] Style
Every episode is unique, while the plot is often complicated. There is frequent use of split screen, normally three images in one screen. Similar effects are frequently used in other TV-series such as 24 and Spooks, and, more recently in the ITV police-soap series, The Bill.
The camera angles used in the split-screen configuration of Trial & Retribution have tended to be used to present the situation from different perspectives e.g.:
- Angle from the suspects.
- Angle from behind and in front of the characters.
- Angle from the crime-scene.
- Angle from different sides of the town.
[edit] DVD releases
| DVD Name | Ep# | Region 1 | Region 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The First Collection | 4 | September 30, 2008 | September 27, 2004 |
| The Second Collection | 4 | March 3, 2009 | March 14, 2005 |
| The Third Collection | 3 | October 27, 2009 | September 1, 2008 |
| The Fourth Collection | 3 | June 15, 2010 | December 27, 2008 |
| The Fifth Collection | 4 | TBA | February 2, 2009 |
| The Sixth Collection | 4 | TBA | March 30, 2009 |
The third, fourth and fifth collections are distributed by Acorn Media UK.
[edit] See also
List of Trial & Retribution episodes
[edit] References
- ^ via email 23/03/11
Email received 29/03/11 "Thank you for your email. I am afraid to inform you that Lynda and ITV are now concentrating on the Above Suspicion series and currently have no plans to return to Trial and Retribution. Best wishes Holly The La Plante Production Team"
[edit] External links
[edit] Official links
[edit] IMDb links
- Trial and Retribution at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution II at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution III at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution IV at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution V at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution VI at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution VII "Suspicion" at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution VIII "Blue Eiderdown" at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution IX "The Lovers" at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution X "Sins of the Father" at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution XI "Closure" at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution XII "Paradise Lost" at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution XIII "Curriculum Vitae" at the Internet Movie Database
- Trial and Retribution XIV "Mirror Image" at the Internet Movie Database
