Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed On Soap2day.love. 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.
- Genre: Drama, War & Politics
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- Director: Mal Young
- Cast: Louisa Clein, Donald Sinden, Jenny Seagrove, Martin Shaw, Simon Chandler, Barbara Thorn, Michael Eaves, Jeremy Child, Caroline Langrishe, Joan Blackham, Christopher Cazenove, Christopher Benjamin, Colin McFarlane, Amita Dhiri, P.H. Moriarty, John Sessions, Frank Windsor, Jane Hazlegrove, Sheridan Morley, Joe Shaw, Brian Bovell, Juliet Aubrey, Leah Bracknell, Ken Hudson Campbell, Simone Lahbib, Annette Badland, Anthony Calf, Jemma Redgrave, Naoko Mori, Brett Fancy, Alan McKenna, Stephen Greif, Alec Newman, Neil Grainger, Shelagh McLeod, David Verrey, Waleed Elgadi, Sylvia Syms, Terence Maynard, Michael J. Jackson, Lara Cazalet, Adrian Lukis, Mary Woodvine, Charles Dale, Leslie Ash, Tamer Hassan, Ruby Turner, Navin Chowdhry, Eamon Boland, Anthony Green, Ramon Tikaram, Nicola Cowper, Sara Powell, Michael Obiora, Stella Moray, Burt Kwouk, Charlotte Lucas, Santiago Cabrera, Marc Sinden, Samantha Womack, Colin Salmon, Lindsey Coulson, Lynsey Baxter, Anthony Higgins, Seeta Indrani, Phoebe Thomas, Adam Rickitt, Gemma Jones, Joseph McFadden, Heathcote Williams, Zienia Merton, Sam Troughton, Keith Drinkel, Daniel Newman, Katy Cavanagh, Christopher Ellison, Serge Soric, Tara Moran, Malcolm Sinclair, Josie D'Arby, Roy North, Nicholas Hoult, Jade Williams, Mark Monero, Christopher Villiers, Sorcha Cusack, Peter Capaldi, Michael Fenton Stevens, Anthony Valentine, Charlie Cox, Danny Sapani, Rory Kinnear, Murray Head, Vincenzo Nicoli, Saskia Wickham, Tony Marshall, Ellen Thomas, Keith Barron, Kayvan Novak, Sacha Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Elliot Cowan, Jack Chissick, Joanna Roth, Robert Beck, Steven Elder, Jim Sturgess, Tim Matthews, Shane Spencer, Robert Cavanah, Rod Hallett, Jane How, Michael Simkins, Heshima Thompson, Kolade Agboke, Elliot Henderson-Boyle, Roger Barclay, Pinky Amador, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Abhin Galeya, Tom Magditch, T.R. Bowen, Matyelok Gibbs, Tristan Gemmill