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Judge John Deed

  • TV series
  • 2001
  • NR
  • 7 seasons
  • 28 episodes

Created by G.F. Newman

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Overview

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.

Roughly 42h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 28 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 90 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Jenny Seagrove

    Jenny SeagroveJo Mills
    28 episodes

  • Martin Shaw

    Martin ShawJudge John Deed
    28 episodes

  • Louisa Clein

    Louisa CleinCharlie Deed
    28 episodes

  • Donald Sinden

    Donald SindenSir Joseph Channing
    28 episodes

  • Simon Chandler

    Simon ChandlerSir Ian Rochester
    28 episodes

  • Caroline Langrishe

    Caroline LangrisheGeorgina Channing
    28 episodes

  • Fraser James

    Fraser JamesLaurence James
    24 episodes

  • Barbara ThornRita 'Coop' Cooper
    18 episodes

  • Simon Ward

    Simon WardSir Joseph Channing
    18 episodes

  • Christopher Cazenove

    Christopher CazenoveDAC Row Colemore
    12 episodes

  • Jeremy Child

    Jeremy ChildAlan Peasmarsh
    9 episodes

  • Joan Blackham

    Joan Blackham
    8 episodes

  • Adrian Lukis

    Adrian LukisMarc Thompson
    6 episodes

  • Mary Woodvine

    Mary WoodvineMorag Hughes
    6 episodes

  • T.R. Bowen

    T.R. BowenSir Michael Nivan
    5 episodes

  • Colin McFarlane

    Colin McFarlane
    4 episodes

  • Amita Dhiri

    Amita DhiriRachel Crawcheck
    4 episodes

  • Christopher Benjamin

    Christopher BenjaminSteve Gaydon
    4 episodes

Created by
G.F. Newman
Network
BBC One

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