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Judge John Deed

2001 · NR · 7 seasons · 28 episodes

Created by G.F. Newman

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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.

About 42h to watch every episode. An estimate: 28 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 90 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Jenny Seagrove
    Jo Mills
    28 episodes

  • Martin Shaw
    Judge John Deed
    28 episodes

  • Louisa Clein
    Charlie Deed
    28 episodes

  • Donald Sinden
    Sir Joseph Channing
    28 episodes

  • Simon Chandler
    Sir Ian Rochester
    28 episodes

  • Caroline Langrishe
    Georgina Channing
    28 episodes

  • Fraser James
    Laurence James
    24 episodes

  • Barbara Thorn
    Rita 'Coop' Cooper
    18 episodes

  • Simon Ward
    Sir Joseph Channing
    18 episodes

  • Christopher Cazenove
    DAC Row Colemore
    12 episodes

  • Jeremy Child
    Sir Alan Peasmarsh
    9 episodes

  • Joan Blackham
    8 episodes

  • Adrian Lukis
    Marc Thompson
    6 episodes

  • Mary Woodvine
    Morag Hughes
    6 episodes

  • T.R. Bowen
    Sir Michael Nivan
    5 episodes

  • Colin McFarlane
    4 episodes

  • Amita Dhiri
    Rachel Crawcheck
    4 episodes

  • Christopher Benjamin
    Steve Gaydon
    4 episodes

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