Deed sits in The Hague to hear the case of a British soldier who killed 11 Iraqi civilians and is being accused of war crimes. A previous ruling Deed made against a British National Party councillor angers Muslim extremists, and a female assassin is sent to kill Deed.
Joe Mills is outraged when Judge Deed sentences her client, an 18-year old professional football sensation, to a year in jail for an assault he committed. She subsequently finds herself prosecuting Ali Abdul Moncheri for the murder of a prostitute. There is an witness who saw Moncheri disposing of her body, but the rumor on the street is that the killer was actually his employe...
Deed accuses Everard of corruption when he grants a non-custodial sentence to a defendant with political ties (the hit and run driver in Health Hazard), at the same time putting Jo's career on the line. She convinces Deed to see a therapist and he meets with Rachel Crawcheck. However, he continues to seek real justice until the sentence is appealed. Deed also hears a mysterious...
A black prisoner is killed by his white cellmate, who is a known racist and although the Prison Service claims they shared as a result of overcrowding, Deed suspects that they simply weren't up to the task. Jo's relationship with Deed grows further apart when Marc returns.
Judge Deed presides over a case of three street gang members who are charged with murdering a rival drug dealer who was starting to sell drugs on their turf. The accused have no respect for the court system, interrupt regularly and refuse to abide by the judge's instructions. When a key witness is killed and members of the jury are threatened, Deed is faced with a dilemma. The ...
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 episod...
John Hannah stars as Jack Roper, a principled young barrister from a working-class background who has set up his own defence-only chambers. He turned down a lucrative offer from old mentor Laurence Scammel QC (Paul Freeman) to do it. Now he's locked in rivalry with Scammel, who heads Manchester's leading prosecution chambers.
Working with Jack are lovable chancer Charlie Darlin...
