Trial and Error (1992)★ 8.2/10
- Crime
- Documentary
Directed by: Stephen Phelps, Steve Haywood, Oliver Horsbrugh, Bob Duffield, Victor Melleney
Written by: David Jessel
"Trial and Error" was a highly-regarded Channel 4 TV programme which investigated the miscarriages of justice. In 1990, the BBC's "Rough Justice" team decamped to Channel 4 and set up a production company, Just Television, dedicated exclusively to the investigation and publicising of miscarriages of justice. Just Televisions' "Trial and Error" was headed by reporter David Jessel.
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David JesselSelf - ReporterJane BowlerSelfBiddy ColeSelfSteve DuffyActorAnthony ScrivenerSelf - Former Bar Council ChairmanAlistair WilsonSelf - The Royal Hospitals TrustJohn CarrolSelf - Campbell & Steele's SolicitorGraham DaviesSelf - Leicester University
Angela GallopSelf - Forensic AccessArchie YoungSelf - Professor in Geriatric Medicine, Royal Free HospitalBrice PittSelf - Prof. Psychiatry of Old AgeIain WestSelf - Forensic PathologistAudrey GilesSelf - Forensic Document Examiner
Bernard KnightSelf - Univ. of Wales College of MedicineTony SandsMark ClearyChristine HoodithMary DruhanStuart WilkinsonRaymond GilmourMaeve LeslieSheila BowlerLiz CampionKimberley StaddenSimon NapperPeter FellStewart PorterGeorge McPheeJason PerrymanJason WarrChristopher HowardActorDeborah FoxPaula GilfoyleFi GloverSelf - Co-HostLiam DolanActorSheila BowlerSelfHolly McGrathDijana DudukovicGerard BellBob SmithStuart EgdellWayne Keeton
John StahlDet Sup BrownPaul GaleDCI LongGladis RobinsonFlorence JacksonShyro ChungConduit Street Actor
John HugActorVictor BruceColin HawkinsLuke KellyActor
Steve BrodyEddie GilfoyleMichael ElderActor
Alan AustenNicholas TuckerTony WaltonKenny RobertsDavid AllsoppPhilip AthertonStephen ReynoldsDS SearleBill BarclayDS BlairPaul CowanConduit Street ActorIan RickettsMr. SoanAlan McCaffertyHousebreakerPaul HegartyActorPatrick RandolphActorDougie RobertsonActorValerie CarrollCarol Tucker
Karen SeacombeSusan BrealeyJohn AtkinsonJoe Neary
Patrick MarloweDS VincentShirley ChantrellMrs. SoanDerwent WatsonDCI McMathJon DeverellConduit Street ActorTerence BoothActorDavid GarryActorAlexander WestActor
Robert GoodmanKeith FludgateRosalind PaulTeresa ColeBill ArmourDet Sup CraigShaun HarrisConduit Street ActorNorma HowardMargaret JohnsonNicola MeeringWDS BoothRay SumbyActorClive HurstActorWayne GoddardMichael ClearyAllan SharpeDCI CorrieBernard HughesConduit Street ActorGerri SmithAnn LeeJames MilesPolice OfficerSim LeesonActorDavid DexterSteve BarnettDavid GallacherDC LoveWilfred HarrisonCourtroom ActorClive NormanPolice OfficerSophie HeydelTelephonistPatricia VarleyActorRobert CarrDS MairJames LeithCourtroom ActorAdrian BellPolice OfficerRichard PescudCourtroom ActorMalcolm CooperPolice OfficerMarianne MurphyPauline BainClaire CairnsSusan McManusRupert SmithCourtroom Actor - Dr FletcherJon AntonKnife BalancerBob 'Starry Eyes' SmithSelf - WitnessMarilyn DawsonSelfBridie WilliamsSelf - Sister
Jeremy CoidSelf - Barts HospitalMalcolm CoulthardSelf - Birmingham UniversityAnne OwersSelf - Director, 'Justice'Stephen JonesSelf - Home Office PathologistSteven DawsonSelfAdrian RhodesSelfSteve SnowSelfTeresa ColeSelfRon BirkettSelf - Cleary's SolicitorDavid EvansSelfBrian BirchnallSelfBarrie IrvingSelf - Forensic PsychologistSimon HamSelf - Fire AnalystMaxine ToulsonSelfJoe NearySelf - WitnessMichael RyanSelf - Defence WitnessPaul WelchSelf - WitnessStephanie RawdenSelfDebra BekerianSelf - Research ScientistJosephine BurgessSelfRob SmithSelfMark TalbotSelf - WitnessSusan BrealeySelfRichard BurgessSelfKeith FludgateSelf - WitnessReece PackardSelfHamish McCollSelfVesna DjurovicSelf - Defence PathologistMichael MansfieldSelfEric ShepherdSelf - Forensic PsychologistDonald TrunkeySelfGordon RitchieSelf - Gilmour's SolicitorChristopher GaneSelf - Professor of Law, Aberdeen UniversityAnthony HooperSelfDouglas FrenchSelf - Conservative, GloucesterGordon GilmourSelf - BrotherArup ChaudhuriSelf - Police SurgeonDave BoltonSelfJenny DaySelfMark SinghSelfJoe HutchesonSelfJacqueline MitchellSelfJames GalbraithSelfAndrew SandersSelf - Dept of Criminology, Oxford Univ.Fay McLaughlinSelf - Wiltshire's WidowAndrew NealSelfTim LordanSelfWali JeelaniSelf - Flo Jackson's GPLucy ReesSelf - Senior Physiotherapist, The Conquest HospitalPaul GriffinSelf - Duty SolicitorChris PankhurstSelfDavid MaundrellSelf - Former Vicar of RyeMichael KitsonSelfNeville JukesSelfKimberley StaddenSelfPaul DaviesSelf - Fell's BrotherMarc KeableSelfSam YoungSelfMary MilneSelfChristina GilmourSelf - MotherChristine WhiteSelfMarion McDougallSelfClive CandySelf - Forensic ScientistMark ClearySelfRobert OldingSelf - TrichologistConrad GaddSelf - Trial Solicitor for Mills and PooleJean StoneSelfRobin IlbertSelf - HM Prison, WinchesterTom DaySelfHelen GoodwinSelfShirley HewerSelfRoy ChurcherSelfJohn HarperSelfGreg PopeSelfLaurence BriggsSelf - Husband of Former HousemotherChris MullinSelf
Harry FletcherSelf - National Association of Probation OfficersRoger BerrettSelf - Forensic AccessMike RobinsonSelf - Philips Car SystemsAlbert HuntSelf - Forensic PathologistTim DevlinSelfDamon AnacreonteSelfLucy OmeziSelf - Former Project Worker, Kennedy CourtMichael MeadenSelfMax ScuzaSelfNick FalkSelfWill BainSelfStuart BrownSelfIan HarrisSelf - Former ColleagueJim CosbySelfJacqui CastleSelf - Victim's WidowGary EmertonSelfDan WaterhouseSelfAlf CosbySelfHeath PowellSelf - Former Site SupervisorStephen NunnSelf - Parsons's SolictorJonathan ClarkeSelf - Retired JudgeJohn KiddeySelf - Westcountry TelevisionMaureen SallnowSelfElizabeth HicklingSelf - Sheila Bowler's StepdaughterKeith TurnerSelfJames MintonSelf - Former Roads SupervisorIan SmalesSelf - Former AssociateAlistair BellinghamSelf - Royal College of PathologistsJan StuartSelf - Forensic Engineering AssociatesCharles NewtonSelf - Managing Director, G.H. Newton Ltd.Pauline CroftsSelfRobert GowSelfTerry MerstonSelf - Former Scenes of Crime OfficerCharles RoyleSelf - Mrs. Bowler's Senior Solicitor at AppealRyan SmithSelfMike HarrowSelf - Image AnalystRobert TrowSelfBrian RossSelfGeorge BaillieSelfDeclan MurraySelf - Consultant Psychiatrist, Institute of PsychiatryHamish FraserSelf - Former Police Committee MemberBarry PoynerSelf - Co-Author 'Guidelines for the Identification of Drowning Hazards'John HubbardSelf - Former Garage OwnerSharon ChowdharySelfSue CaddickSelf - Gilfoyle's SisterCampbell MaloneSelf - Gilfoyle's Solicitor at AppealPaul CaddickSelf - Former Police OfficerGeoffrey OxleeSelf - Kalagate Ltd.Des PawsonSelf - International Guild of Knot TyersJames BurnsSelf - Home Office Forensic PathologistJamie ChowdharySelfRajinder DhaliwalSelfJessie GilfoyleSelfWinifreda BrannanSelfJack WeirSelf - Former Consultant Psychiatrist, St Mary's, LondonJohn ColeSelfNorman GilfoyleSelfJackie KingSelf - Southwark Consumer & Money Advice CentreAlexandra BridgemanSelfAbdul-Rahim DhaliwalSelfMarlene ThomasSelfJohn WroeSelf - SolicitorBobby ChowdharySelf - No RelationDave BurdenSelfAnne HerreboudtSelf - Midwife Counsellor, St John & St Elizabeth HospitalJoyce PrestonSelf - Supervisor at HospitalAnna ArmbrusterSelfPenny JonesSelf
Tim Pat CooganSelf - Author, 'The IRA'Peter SwannSelf - Fingerprint AnalystMichael BirnbaumSelfOwen LewisSelf - Consultant in Information SecurityMike ScottSelf - Dublin City UniversityDavid WilliamsSelf - Deputy HeadmasterDonnalchadh LehaneSelf - SolicitorGordon FifeSelfEamonn DonnellySelf - Asst. Head of St Patrick's Primary SchoolPhilip KamaraSelfFrancis McNameeSelf - Danny McNamee's BrotherRock TanseySelfChris GuidioSelfRenee ColeSelf - McNamee's SisterAndrew SomersSelfDessie EllisSelfTim SheldonSelfArthur MairahSelfMaria O'ReillySelf - Liverpool 8 Law CentreJohn GibbonsSelf - HeadmasterRobert ParrySelf - Kamara's Former MPAlan GayleSelf - Liverpool 8 Law CentreDonald FindlaySelfThomas CampbellSelfBilly LoveSelfJoseph SteeleSelfJoseph GrangerSelfLiz CampbellSelfAngela DevlinSelf - Family FriendAgnes LaffertySelfLyn ChalmersSelf - Granger's GirlfriendAnthony MahonSelf - Granger's SolicitorAgnes CarltonSelf - Eyewitness & Billy Love's SisterJeremy RobertsSelfEwen SmithSelf - SolicitorPatrick ThomasSelf - Junior CounselRobert CameronSelf - EyewitnessAlan MillerSelf - Professor of LawTam NeilSelf - Boyhood FriendFrank FalloonSelf - Convicted Van Smasher