Second Verdict
TV series
Second Verdict
1976, English, on BBC One. Created by Troy Kennedy Martin & Elwyn Jones.
Second Verdict is a six-part 1976 BBC television series, a dramatised documentaries of classic criminal cases and unsolved crimes from history re-appraised by fictional police officers. Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor reprised for a final time their double-act as Detective Chief Superintendents Barlow and Watt, hugely popular with TV audiences from the long-running series Z-Cars; Softly, Softly; and Barlow at Large.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
- Episode length
- 50 min
- Status
- Ended in 1976
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Aired 1 July 1976
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Troy Kennedy MartinCreator
- Elwyn JonesCreator
- Stratford JohnsDCS Charles Barlow · 6 ep
- Frank WindsorDCS John Watt · 6 ep
- Robert HendersonDr John Francis Condon · 2 ep
- Peter MarinkerBruno Richard Hauptmann · 1 ep
- Burnell TuckerCharles A. Lindbergh · 1 ep
- Weston GavinDavid Wilentz · 1 ep
- Thick WilsonEdward J. Reilly · 1 ep
- Shane RimmerHarold Giles Hoffman · 1 ep
- Paul ChapmanThomas More · 1 ep
- Michael Tudor BarnesChronicler · 1 ep
- Brian HayesProfessor William Wright · 1 ep
- Terrence HardimanDominic Mancini · 1 ep
Details
- First aired
- 27 May 1976
- Last aired
- 1 July 1976
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Miniseries
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What Second Verdict is based on
Second Verdict is based on a true story.
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Second Verdict has 1 season and 6 episodes, about 50 minutes each.
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Yes. Second Verdict ended in 1976, so you can watch the whole story.
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Who created Second Verdict?
Second Verdict was created by Troy Kennedy Martin and Elwyn Jones and stars Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Robert Henderson.
What is Second Verdict based on?
Second Verdict is based on a true story.