Judge John Deed (2001)

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Genre: War & Politics Drama Crime
Release year: 2001-11-26
Number of Season: 7

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. 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 duty. Another episode led to complaints about biased and incorrect information about the MMR vaccine, leading the BBC to ban repeats of it in its original form. All six series have been released on DVD in the UK.

#	Title	Air Date
1	Rough Justice	26/11/2001	Download
2	Duty of Care	03/12/2001	Download
3	Appropriate Response	10/12/2001	Download
4	Hidden Agenda	17/12/2001	Download

#	Title	Air Date
1	Political Expediency	21/11/2002	Download
2	Abuse of Power	28/11/2002	Download
3	Nobody's Fool	12/12/2002	Download
4	Everyone's Child	19/12/2002	Download

#	Title	Air Date
1	Health Hazard	27/11/2003	Download
2	Judicial Review	04/12/2003	Download
3	Conspiracy	11/12/2003	Download
4	Economic Imperative	26/01/2004	Download

#	Title	Air Date
1	Lost and Found	13/01/2005	Download
2	Above the Law	20/01/2005	Download
3	In Defence of Others	27/01/2005	Download
4	Defence of the Realm	03/02/2005	Download
5	Separation of Powers	10/02/2005	Download
6	Popular Appeal	17/02/2005	Download

#	Title	Air Date
1	Hard-Gating	06/01/2006	Download
2	My Daughter, Right or Wrong	13/01/2006	Download
3	Lost Youth	20/01/2006	Download
4	Silent Killer	27/01/2006	Download
5	One Angry Man	03/02/2006	Download
6	Heart of Darkness	10/02/2006	Download