On Trial – Season 1
Episodes
The Trial of Edward Pritchard
At the turn of the century in Glasgow, Scotland, an eminent physician is charged with poisoning his wife.
We Who Love Her
The Nevada Nightingale
Twice in Peril
The rope is cut while a young trapeze artist is doing her act, and she is killed. The other members of the act suspect one another of the murder.
The De Santre Affair
The Law is for Lovers
Death in the Snow
The Trial of Mary Surratt
An ex-cavalry officer of the U.S. Army returns to his law practice after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He is convinced of Mary Surratt's guilt in the conspiracy, but friends persuade him to talk to Mary and possibly defend her.
The Person and Property of Margery Hay
The Jameson Case
The Fourth Witness
The Trial of Colonel Blood
Dog Versus Biddeford
Libel in the Wax Museum
The Tichbourne Claimant
The Lie Detector Game
The Case of the Forgotten Man
The Case of the Double Trouble
The Case of the Panicky Man
A man is accused of murdering his wife on the basis of his unusual behavior on the day she died. He was seen scrubbing traces of blood off the porch and burning her clothes.
The Freeman Case
Attorney William Seward accepts the case of a man who murdered five members of the same family. In this case, Seward, who later became Lincoln's secretary of state, set a legal precedent in American courts.
The Ghost at Devil's Island
The Case of the Jealous Bomber
An insanely jealous man suspects his wife of secretly meeting his business partner. He decides to murder his rival and works on an ingenious scheme.
The Case of the Abandoned Horse
Alibi for Murder
The Case of the Absent Man
After a man has been missing for seven years, his wife seeks to have the court declare him legally dead. Coincidentally her missing husband's business partner also wants the court to pass the official ruling.
The Case of the Sudden Death
The Gentle Voice of Murder
The Secret of Polanta
A successful young junior partner in a law firm is accused by an Italian village of stealing valuables from townsfolk during military action in World War 2.
The Deadly Chain
The Case of the Girl on the Elsewhere
Her prison record comes back to threaten Felicity O'Brien's future when she is suspected of murder.