Judge John Deed Series 5 - Episodes 1 - 4 [DVD]

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An MI5 informant is on trial for causing grievous bodily harm to his wife and Deed is pressured by the Lord Chancellor's Department and Police Commissioner Row Colemore to release the man, but Deed refuses without investigating the matter further. He conducts a Newton hearing, hearing evidence and acting as his own jury. This causes a clash with Sir Ian Rochester of the LCD (with whose wife Deed is having an affair). Deed also sits on the case of date rape against three men. Deans, Jason (30 January 2006). "Channel 4 toasts Big Brother success". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007. A couple suffering from motor-neuron disease and cancer sue their local council, believing their condition has been caused by a communications antenna, used by the police, on the roof of their flat. The wife of an Iraqi minister approaches Deed, wishing to sue the British government because the use of depleted uranium by the army in Iraq has caused the deaths of members of her family. Meanwhile, Jo and Marc have set a date for their wedding, adding to the tension between Jo and John. Deed presides over a civil action against a waste incinerator company accused of damaging the health of the community. Jo Mills is losing the case for the distraught parents and their damaged child, when it's discovered that the company deliberately hid a design fault that caused the pollution... During a reality TV show one contestant, in an explosion of stress-filled anger, kills another on camera. Judge John Deed hears the trial of the producers, who are charged with manslaughter when its learned psychologists profiled contestants to find those with 'The most entertaining flashpoints'.

Staff (10 October 2006). "Law diary". The Times. London: Times Newspapers . Retrieved 28 April 2007. Theoretically a channel could use the current guidelines to not only decline to show the episode of Judge John Deed mentioned above, which I understand, but to also decline to show anything where a characters decisions are guided by religion at all couldn't it? Shepherd, Robert John (8 May 2006). "Region 2 Out This Week". DVD Reviewer . Retrieved 12 June 2007.a b Hanks, Robert (28 November 2003). "This Shaw is a guilty pleasure". The Independent. Independent News and Media. The factual accuracy of the series is often criticised by legal professionals and journalists; many of the decisions taken by Deed are unlikely to happen in a real court. The romanticised vision of the court system created by Newman caused a judge to issue a warning to a jury not to let the series influence their view of trials—referring to an episode where Deed flouts rules when called up for jury service. A complaint was made by a viewer about one episode claiming biased and incorrect information about the MMR vaccine, leading the BBC to unilaterally ban repeats of it in its original form. [1] All six series (with the exception of the two banned episodes from Series Five) have been released on DVD in the UK. Scheduled for broadcast on 18 December 2003 but replaced by Crimewatch as a result of the verdict on the Soham murders trial. [1] Timms, Dominic (16 January 2006). "Shaw lays down the law". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007.

I've never watched Judge John Deed before, so I don't know if he was the judge who made the decision described in this thread with the banned episode. But isn't it our own faults for putting too much faith in him as a hero rather than seeing him as a terrible judge?Wells, Matt (28 November 2001). "ITV admits 'commercial' BBC cannot be beaten". Guardian Unlimited . Retrieved 27 April 2007. Timms, Dominic (14 January 2005). "Sect investigation draws 2m to BBC2". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007. Thomas, Liz (27 February 2007). "Sentence hangs over Judge John Deed". The Stage. The Stage Newspaper Ltd . Retrieved 24 April 2007. Banks-Smith, Nancy (10 January 2001). "Tried and tested". Media Guardian (Guardian News and Media) . Retrieved 18 November 2007.

Deed hears a case that could have potentially disastrous effects for the government's support of the MMR vaccine. Jo forgets to go to her wedding rehearsal and is furious when Deed schedules a meeting on the morning of the ceremony. The BBC comes to West Herts College". West Herts College. February 2005. Archived from the original on 26 September 2006 . Retrieved 24 April 2007. There have been films which have been made which are American and express a more sympathetic view to the IRA, or at the very least the main protagonist. Timms, Dominic (23 January 2006). "Audience slips for Rula's exit from Big Brother". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007.

Drama set in the Easter rising and Irish Civil war, from the IRA point of view, broadcast around the time of the Peace process in N. Ireland Deans, Jason (28 November 2003). "Dirty Den's plot draws 11m". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007. As Deed delves deeper and deeper into why funding for the soldier to sue the pharmaceutical company was withdrawn, he makes more and more sinister discoveries. It is then that the forces of reaction move against him to stop him any way they can. A mentally disabled man confesses to the murder of a young woman, but retracts his confession, leaving Deed perplexed. When Robert Hume takes a fraud case from Deed, Deed suspects his peer is involved and, despite the efforts of Channing and Rochester to dissuade him, decides to investigate further. As Deed's investigations run deeper, people close to him are drawn in, and even when his suspicions are confirmed, there is nothing Rochester is willing to do. Meanwhile, Jo begins a romantic relationship with Row Colemore. Deans, Jason (13 November 2002). "Green edges ahead in TV tussle". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007.

Deans, Jason (18 February 2005). "Appetite for slimming drama remains healthy". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007. Deans, Jason (21 January 2005). "Bush proves a turn-off for 2". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007. Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove as the barrister Jo Mills, frequently the object of Deed's desire. A pilot episode was broadcast on 9 January 2001, followed by the first full series on 26 November 2001. The sixth and last series concluded on 18 January 2007. The programme then went on an indefinite break after Shaw became involved in another television programme, and he and Seagrove expressed a wish for the format of the series to change before they filmed new episodes. By 2009, the series had officially been cancelled. The six series produced make it the longest-running BBC legal drama.

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Other recurring characters include Deed's rebellious, animal rights activist daughter Charlie (played by Louisa Clein), who is initially a law student but later progresses to the courts; Deed's police friend, deputy assistant commissioner Row Colemore (played by Christopher Cazenove); and his clerk, Rita "Coop" Cooper (played by Barbara Thorn), who is often on hand to temper some of his more radical ideas. Rita "Coop" was involved in many scenes of the show and was shown frequently in Judge John Deed advertisements. The first three series of the programme have a self-contained structure, with a trial reaching its conclusion by the end of an episode. In later years, the series added a serialised format, with stories running over a number of episodes and a greater focus on the personal lives of characters other than Deed, with the main case concluding in each episode. [3] Production [ edit ] Friends and family of three gang members accused of murdering a rival drug dealer terrorise jurors and kill witnesses. As the case nears abandonment, Deed is forced to consider the heretofore unconstitutional option of a juryless trial. After an initial refusal, Jo fights for, and wins, a second chance to adopt Michael. Banks-Smith, Nancy (28 November 2003). "It's bad to talk". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 September 2007. I agree with you completely. I'm not sure some people realise just how dangerous measles can be. The son of a friend of mine had measles when he was young - before vaccination was available. Although he recovered with no obvious side effects, he died when he was 19 from what proved to be complications caused by childhood measles.