On Trial

Episode 01

Sir Roger Casement

Jul 8, 1960

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

Episode 02

The Baccarat Scandal

Jul 15, 1960

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

Episode 03

Admiral Byng

Jul 22, 1960

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

Episode 04

Spencer Cowper

Jul 29, 1960

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

Episode 05

Oscar Wilde

Aug 5, 1960

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

Episode 06

The Dilke Case

Aug 12, 1960

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

Episode 07

The Tichborne Case

Aug 19, 1960

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

Episode 08

W.T. Stead

Aug 26, 1960

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.

Episode 09

Governor Wall

Sep 2, 1960

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

Episode 10

Horatio Bottomley, MP

Sep 9, 1960

A member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.