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Criminal justice, BBC ; Portman Film & Television ; written by Peter Moffat ; producer, Pier Wilkie ; directed by Otto Bathurst, Luke Watson, Widescreen

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Criminal justice

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Originally broadcast as a BBC 5-episode television mini-series in 2008 and season 2 as a 5-episode one in 2009

BBC ; Portman Film & Television ; written by Peter Moffat ; producer, Pier Wilkie ; directed by Otto Bathurst, Luke Watson

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In the first series, Ben Coulter wakes up with a hangover and blood on his hands after a one-night stand. Lying beside him, fatally stabbed, is the body of a woman. A nightmare begins that changes Ben's life forever, as damning evidence emerges to incriminate him in a murder that he has no recollection of committing. While in prison awaiting his trial, Ben must endure terrifying forms of 'justice' from hardcore inmates. Will he survive prison long enough to make it through a trial he has little chance of winning?In the second series, a woman is charged with stabbing her barrister husband as he lay in bed. The officials investigating the case are in no doubt as to her guilt, though her motives are called into question. As she passes through the British legal system under constant scrutiny, the terrible consequences of her actions become clear

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