Episode 1
Siren (1)
1h
An ambulance is forced off the road as it is carrying a famous patient in the back. The patient is then shot in the head.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dorian Lough, Martin Heathcote
TV series
Trial & Retribution
199712 seasons6.8 / 10
From the creator of PRIME SUSPECT
Devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect, this vast police procedural follows police detectives in England as they investigate crimes and the trials that come about as a result.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Trial & Retribution premiered October 19, 1997. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect, this vast police procedural follows police detectives in England as they investigate crimes and the trials that come about as a result.
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Episode 2
Siren (2)
1h
Imogen's mother makes a plea for her daughter's safe return. Things happening between McGill and Connor threaten the investigation.
Where to watch Trial & RetributionEpisode 3
Ghost Train (1)
1h
When a girl falls to her death from a ferris wheel, it is thought to be a tragic accident - until DS Satchell's aunt comes forward with suspicions of foul play.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dorian Lough, Vince Leigh
Episode 4
Ghost Train (2)
1h
Despite the presence of Tess, the police find the funfair workers unwilling to cooperate. An arrest is eventually made, a Romanian worker called Pavel, who had actually gone out with the girl who fell from the Big Wheel, but he is not the murderer. The big question still remains as to the part the development company may have played in the deaths at the fair.
Where to watch Trial & RetributionEpisode 5
Shooter (1)
1h
DS Satchell and his family find themselves the target of a notorious crime family when he witnesses the slaying of an informer following a jewellery raid.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dorian Lough, Vince Leigh
Episode 6
Shooter (2)
1hfinale
DS Satchell is desperate to find his wife and daughter now that they are misssing. Walker and Connor try to find the evidence to put the Bilkin family behind bars. Satchell decides to take matters into his own hands when he feels he has nowhere else to turn.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dorian Lough
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Cast
David HaymanMichael Walker
Victoria SmurfitRoisin Connor
Gemma JonesDr Jean Mullins
Dorian LoughDavid Satchell
Kate BufferyPat North
Inday BaLisa West
Richard DurdenDr John FosterSarah OzekeLisa West
Credits
- Created by
- Lynda La Plante
- Written by
- Lynda La Plante
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 44
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ITV1United Kingdom- La Plante Productions
Isle of Man FilmUnited Kingdom
Themes
courtroomcrime investigationpolice crime dramapolice detectivepolice procedural