Season 1

1. Sir Roger Casement

1960-07-08

Once a national hero in Britain, Sir Roger Casement, an Irishman, is tried for treason during the First World War.

2. The Baccarat Scandal

1960-07-15

An account of the notorious "Tranby Croft affair", which threatened to envelop the Prince of Wales in a gambling scandal.

3. Admiral Byng

1960-07-22

After the fall of Minorca, a British admiral is tried for cowardice.

4. Spencer Cowper

1960-07-29

A seventeenth-century lawyer is tried for the murder of a Quaker woman.

5. Oscar Wilde

1960-08-05

The controversial writer Oscar Wilde is tried for gross indecency after his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry has failed.

6. The Dilke Case

1960-08-12

An eminent Victorian political figure is involved in a sex scandal.

7. The Tichborne Case

1960-08-19

A man is accused of impersonating an aristocrat to gain his fortune.

8. W.T. Stead

1960-08-26

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. Governor Wall

1960-09-02

An Irishman is, after serving as a governor in an African colony, accused of two murders when he returns to Britain.

10. Horatio Bottomley, MP

1960-09-09

A member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.