1. Welcome back
to Play of the Week,Copy !req
2. where each week
a new play is performed liveCopy !req
3. in front of a studio audience
here in CornleyCopy !req
4. and broadcast to the nation.Copy !req
5. I am Chris Bean,
the Director.Copy !req
6. Tonight I am thrilled
to presentCopy !req
7. the first legal drama
we've ever staged,Copy !req
8. although, admittedly,
not the firstCopy !req
9. we've ever been involved in.Copy !req
10. Before we begin,Copy !req
11. I do have one "parish notice".Copy !req
12. Unfortunately,
there has been an errorCopy !req
13. with the technical drawings
for the courtroom set.Copy !req
14. While the dimensions
were written in inches,Copy !req
15. they were interpreted
by the builders
in centimetersCopy !req
16. so that does mean
the courtroomCopy !req
17. is a little snug.Copy !req
18. But I'm sure
you will barely notice.Copy !req
19. So, the actors
are prepared,Copy !req
20. the stage is set.Copy !req
21. This play is
"A Trial to Watch."Copy !req
22. You look nervous.Copy !req
23. Maybe a little.Copy !req
24. Well, don't worry
about the judge.Copy !req
25. I've got Shawcroft
wrapped around
my little sleeve.Copy !req
26. Ever since
the Weatherby case,Copy !req
27. I've had a real finger
up his ace.Copy !req
28. In all my years
on the force,Copy !req
29. I've never seen a judge
throw out so much evidence.Copy !req
30. I'd be willing to bet
good money that...Copy !req
31. I'm going to stop you
right there.Copy !req
32. Isn't that what got youCopy !req
33. chucked off the force
to begin with?Copy !req
34. Betting too much money
on things?Copy !req
35. Remember, Jack, I...Copy !req
36. - I know
what I'm doing.
- ... I know what I'm doing.Copy !req
37. I'm the best defense lawyer
in the country.Copy !req
38. You're the best
defense lawyer
in the country.Copy !req
39. No, you are.Copy !req
40. I am?Copy !req
41. I'm the best
defense lawyer
in the country.Copy !req
42. You're right,
I'm in good handsCopy !req
43. Well, well, well,Copy !req
44. look who it is.Copy !req
45. It's, uh, it's...Copy !req
46. - Becky Sandhurst.
- Becky Sandhurst.Copy !req
47. Leader of the prostitution.Copy !req
48. Prosecution.Copy !req
49. She's my sex life...Copy !req
50. Ex-wife
- Ex-wife.Copy !req
51. She's my ex-wife.Copy !req
52. Morning, Karl,
you're looking well.Copy !req
53. Morning, Karl,
you're looking well.Copy !req
54. How's Jess, long pause.Copy !req
55. Come on, Becky,Copy !req
56. I've every right
to ask about my daughter.Copy !req
57. She's fine.Copy !req
58. Hope she's not
too disappointedCopy !req
59. when her mom
loses the case.Copy !req
60. Loses?Copy !req
61. You might as well
give up now.Copy !req
62. We have the truth
on our side.Copy !req
63. Since when
has the truth mattered?Copy !req
64. I get off
with all my clients.Copy !req
65. You get all
of your clients off.Copy !req
66. I do,Copy !req
67. and that's why
I'm gonna get Jacked off.Copy !req
68. Get Jack off?Copy !req
69. You know me,Copy !req
70. I don't have
any scrup-ulay?Copy !req
71. Yes, and your lack of scruplesCopy !req
72. is exactly the reason
why I don't allow youCopy !req
73. to see your daughter anymore.Copy !req
74. I know
you still love me, Becky.Copy !req
75. The man I loved
knew the differenceCopy !req
76. between right and wrong.Copy !req
77. - Sexual tension
thrums between them.
- Okay.Copy !req
78. I'll see you in court.Copy !req
79. Oh, God!Copy !req
80. All rise.Copy !req
81. Morning.Copy !req
82. Be seated.Copy !req
83. Order!Copy !req
84. Bailiff, please summon
the jury.Copy !req
85. Summon the jury!Copy !req
86. Come along, please.Copy !req
87. I've got to.
I'm before you.Copy !req
88. Ow! Stop pushing.
Stop pushing.Copy !req
89. Stop it now. Stop it.Copy !req
90. Call the defendant
to the dock.Copy !req
91. Defendant to the dock.Copy !req
92. Jack Inwood,Copy !req
93. you stand here on trialCopy !req
94. before a jury of three
of your peers.Copy !req
95. You are charged with
the murder of your brother,Copy !req
96. Nigel Terence Inwood.Copy !req
97. Counsel, how does
your client plead?Copy !req
98. Guilty your honor.Copy !req
99. Not guilty.Copy !req
100. The script says guilty.Copy !req
101. Not guilty now,
that's later.Copy !req
102. Not guilty nowCopy !req
103. but guilty later.Copy !req
104. Have the jury elected
a foreman?Copy !req
105. They have, Milord.Copy !req
106. Would the foreman
please rise.Copy !req
107. - He's in the hall.
- Moving on.Copy !req
108. Madam prosecutor, proceed...Copy !req
109. Your Honor...Copy !req
110. Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,Copy !req
111. - I put it to youCopy !req
112. that the defendant
killed his brotherCopy !req
113. in cold blood on the night
of August the 11th.Copy !req
114. You will hear how
Nigel Inwood returned homeCopy !req
115. expecting to see
his wife Angela Inwood MP,Copy !req
116. but instead was facedCopy !req
117. with his brotherCopy !req
118. who was waiting for him
in the living room...Copy !req
119. Living room...
Living room... Living room...Copy !req
120. Don't worry,
it's going to be okay.Copy !req
121. Angela, I'm home.Copy !req
122. Nigel,Copy !req
123. you're home early,
aren't you?Copy !req
124. What are you doing here?Copy !req
125. I needed to talk to you.Copy !req
126. - Can I pour you a brandy?
- Sure.Copy !req
127. Haven't seen you in a while.Copy !req
128. Mind if I finish the bottle?Copy !req
129. Go ahead.Copy !req
130. Place looks different.Copy !req
131. Have you redecorated?Copy !req
132. Well, we're halfway there.Copy !req
133. - Who's this?
- That's me.Copy !req
134. Bit of a hobby of mine.Copy !req
135. Do it every Saturday.Copy !req
136. Always the show off.Copy !req
137. Look, Jack, just spit it out.Copy !req
138. What have you got to say?Copy !req
139. Whoa!Copy !req
140. What have you got to say?Copy !req
141. I can't pay you back
the money.Copy !req
142. You know what
your problem is, Jack?Copy !req
143. I'm sure
you're going to tell me.Copy !req
144. You're selfish.Copy !req
145. You just take,
and you take and you take.Copy !req
146. What do you want me
to say? I lost it.Copy !req
147. At the casino?Copy !req
148. I'm sorry.Copy !req
149. This is the last straw.Copy !req
150. - Ha!
- Calm down, Nige.Copy !req
151. Argh!Copy !req
152. I'm bleeding.Copy !req
153. I'm bleeding.Copy !req
154. I'm bleeding.Copy !req
155. Blood.Copy !req
156. This is Professor
Imogen WinterbottomCopy !req
157. beginning autopsy report
for Nigel Inwood.Copy !req
158. Oh!Copy !req
159. Subject is male, aged 29.Copy !req
160. No residual scars
or markings.Copy !req
161. There is an acute laceration
to the chest...Copy !req
162. Oh, cold.Copy !req
163. from a sharp object.Copy !req
164. Making first incision.Copy !req
165. Internal organs
appear uncontaminated.Copy !req
166. Oh!Copy !req
167. No foreign bodies.Copy !req
168. Nothing unusual.Copy !req
169. Ugh.Copy !req
170. Proceeding to the heart.Copy !req
171. Thank you!Copy !req
172. The heart has been pierced,Copy !req
173. lacerations to the first
and fourth ventricle.Copy !req
174. The nature
of the lacerations...Copy !req
175. The nature of the lacerationsCopy !req
176. indicates the assailant
would have been left-handedCopy !req
177. and approximately six foot tall.Copy !req
178. Approximately
six foot tall.Copy !req
179. Mr. Inwood,Copy !req
180. could you please stand up
to your full height?Copy !req
181. The attacker was six foot.Copy !req
182. Mr. Inwood stands at...Copy !req
183. At two foot nine,
exactly the same.Copy !req
184. Erection!Copy !req
185. Objection.Copy !req
186. How can you object
to that, Karl?Copy !req
187. What's the matter, Becky,
can't keep up?Copy !req
188. Order in court!Copy !req
189. I'm sorry, Your Honor.Copy !req
190. That's quite all right,
please proceed.Copy !req
191. My client is innocent.Copy !req
192. I'll be the one
to decide that, Mr. McKennon.Copy !req
193. You're just trying
to undermine meCopy !req
194. because I'm your ex-wife.Copy !req
195. Are you really going to
let her speak to meCopy !req
196. like that Milord?Copy !req
197. Order, order,
stop this at once.Copy !req
198. Don't you know who I am?Copy !req
199. Mr. McKennon,
on this occasionCopy !req
200. the court will be glad
to uphold your erection...Copy !req
201. Objection!Copy !req
202. Is there anything
you'd like to add?Copy !req
203. Yes, Your Honor.Copy !req
204. Some arrogant legal stuffCopy !req
205. and a line about him
being right-handedCopy !req
206. that's important
for the plot later.Copy !req
207. My God you're good.Copy !req
208. Do you request a mistrial?Copy !req
209. I request a mistrial.Copy !req
210. Request denied.Copy !req
211. The prosecution
will now question Mr. Inwood.Copy !req
212. Mr. Inwood,Copy !req
213. did you hate your brother?Copy !req
214. This is outrageous.Copy !req
215. - Mr. Inwood.Copy !req
216. Bailiff, Bailiff!Copy !req
217. Please join
the defendant in the dock.Copy !req
218. If you can't conduct
yourself appropriatelyCopy !req
219. you shall have
to be supervised.Copy !req
220. Mr. Inwood,Copy !req
221. you were waiting
in your brother's houseCopy !req
222. with the intention
to kill him, weren't you?Copy !req
223. That's not true.Copy !req
224. The evening started
just as you described,Copy !req
225. I was waiting for Nigel
in his living room.Copy !req
226. Living room...Copy !req
227. Living room.Copy !req
228. Living room. Living room.Copy !req
229. Living room. Living room.
Living room.Copy !req
230. Living room. Living room!
Living room!Copy !req
231. Living room!Copy !req
232. Living room!
Living room!Copy !req
233. Living room.Copy !req
234. Don't worry,
it's going to be okay.Copy !req
235. Angela, I'm home...Copy !req
236. Whoa!Copy !req
237. Nigel, you're home early,
aren't you?Copy !req
238. What are you doing here?Copy !req
239. I needed to talk to you.Copy !req
240. Can I pour you a brandy?Copy !req
241. Haven't seen you in a while.Copy !req
242. Mind if I finish the bottle?Copy !req
243. Go ahead.Copy !req
244. Place looks different,
have you redecorated?Copy !req
245. We're halfway there.Copy !req
246. Who's this?Copy !req
247. That's me.Copy !req
248. It's a bit of
a hobby of mine.Copy !req
249. I do it every Saturday.Copy !req
250. Always showing off.Copy !req
251. Look, Jack,Copy !req
252. just spit it out.Copy !req
253. What have you got to say?Copy !req
254. I can't pay you back
the money.Copy !req
255. Do you know
what your problem is, Jack?Copy !req
256. I'm sure
you're going to tell me.Copy !req
257. You're selfish.Copy !req
258. You just take and you take
and you take.Copy !req
259. What do you want me
to say, I lost it.Copy !req
260. At the casino?Copy !req
261. I'm sorry!Copy !req
262. This is the last straw.Copy !req
263. Calm down, Nige!Copy !req
264. Ahhh!Copy !req
265. Ah!Copy !req
266. - Ha!
- Ha!Copy !req
267. Oh!Copy !req
268. I've fallen on my own knife.Copy !req
269. I'm bleeding.Copy !req
270. I'm bleeding.Copy !req
271. Blood...Copy !req
272. Boom boom.Copy !req
273. Boom boom. Boom boom.Copy !req
274. Boom.Copy !req
275. And that's how it happened.Copy !req
276. I didn't stab Nigel.Copy !req
277. He fell on the letter opener
he was using to attack me.Copy !req
278. I'm completely innocent.Copy !req
279. No further questions, Milord.Copy !req
280. Court is adjourned
until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.Copy !req
281. Thanks for today.Copy !req
282. You really are the best.Copy !req
283. Jack,Copy !req
284. is there something
you need to tell me?Copy !req
285. How do you mean?Copy !req
286. Because if there is,Copy !req
287. now's the time
while we're alone.Copy !req
288. I've told you
everything already.Copy !req
289. Do you want to change
your plea now?Copy !req
290. There might be time.Copy !req
291. Justice Shawcroft can be
surprisingly flexible.Copy !req
292. If you're found guilty,
he might not be so lenient.Copy !req
293. He's a serious man.Copy !req
294. Oh, this is cobblers.Copy !req
295. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
296. You really crushed
that prosecutor today.Copy !req
297. You don't think
I was too hard on her?Copy !req
298. I'm not paying you
to have a conscience.Copy !req
299. I'm paying you to get me off.Copy !req
300. Jack you off.Copy !req
301. Here's your check.Copy !req
302. I thought you were
right-handed?Copy !req
303. Oh, yes, of course.Copy !req
304. Jack, you left your...Copy !req
305. My God!Copy !req
306. Have a pleasant evening,
Ms. Stokes,Copy !req
307. I have some work to do
in my chambers.Copy !req
308. - Goodnight, Your Honor.
- Goodnight.Copy !req
309. Inwood,Copy !req
310. what are you doing here?Copy !req
311. Judge, I have something
I need to discuss.Copy !req
312. Very well, take a seat.Copy !req
313. Right Inwood,Copy !req
314. what do you want?Copy !req
315. You don't remember me,
do you?Copy !req
316. Maybe you should
check my file.Copy !req
317. That's easily done,
I have it just here.Copy !req
318. I can't read in this light.Copy !req
319. Much better.Copy !req
320. Good Lord!Copy !req
321. You ought to read
your case files
more carefully.Copy !req
322. I'll have you knowCopy !req
323. I always thoroughly digest
every case file I receive.Copy !req
324. Perhaps you don't
recognize meCopy !req
325. out of my uniform.Copy !req
326. Uniform? Not, Constable Inwood?Copy !req
327. That's right,Copy !req
328. I know all about
the hush moneyCopy !req
329. you took on
the Weatherby case.Copy !req
330. Watch your tone,Copy !req
331. there's no room
for big headedness
in my chambers.Copy !req
332. You'd better call
a mistrial tomorrow.Copy !req
333. Get out.Copy !req
334. Don't make
an enemy of me judge.Copy !req
335. Take your foot
out of the door.Copy !req
336. Think about it.Copy !req
337. I can't answer it, can I?Copy !req
338. Morning, mind if I join you?Copy !req
339. Can't stop you.Copy !req
340. We need to talk.Copy !req
341. I've got nothing to say.Copy !req
342. But I need you to trust me.Copy !req
343. Why should I?Copy !req
344. You're a cheat, Karl.Copy !req
345. Listen,Copy !req
346. I'm calling Nigel's wife
to the stand today.Copy !req
347. Great, there'll be
a media circus in there,Copy !req
348. just how you like it.Copy !req
349. I think Jack's lying.Copy !req
350. He's left-handed.Copy !req
351. Oh, you just don't get it,
do you,Copy !req
352. you think that
all of this is a game,Copy !req
353. that the winning
is more importantCopy !req
354. than how you do it.Copy !req
355. - I promise, I've changed.
- No!Copy !req
356. - Things are moving
too quickly, Karl.Copy !req
357. you may be
the better lawyerCopy !req
358. but when it comes
to raising a childCopy !req
359. you've got to be
more than that.Copy !req
360. You've got to be
the better person.Copy !req
361. That's what I'm doing now.Copy !req
362. Oh, try and keep up, Karl.Copy !req
363. Jack left his phone in court.Copy !req
364. You should see
the messages on it.Copy !req
365. Here, you were right.Copy !req
366. - The truth is on your side.Copy !req
367. Remember, it's not about us,Copy !req
368. it's about just us.Copy !req
369. Justice.Copy !req
370. Karl, wait...Copy !req
371. Yeah?Copy !req
372. Thanks.Copy !req
373. Just be ready.Copy !req
374. I'll see you in court.Copy !req
375. Good morning.Copy !req
376. I'm Henry Brown.Copy !req
377. I'm standing outside
the Old Bailey CourthouseCopy !req
378. where a jury has just heard
the defenseCopy !req
379. make its final statement.Copy !req
380. I was...
just... escorted...Copy !req
381. out of the trial...
for... gripping... myself...Copy !req
382. Now we have to wait
to see what the jury decides.Copy !req
383. And perhaps...Copy !req
384. Reporting.Copy !req
385. All rise.Copy !req
386. Be seated.Copy !req
387. Mr. McKennon,Copy !req
388. I've been reviewing
the caseCopy !req
389. and I've come
to the conclusionCopy !req
390. that given
the lack of evidenceCopy !req
391. you're request for a mistrialCopy !req
392. is perhaps warranted
after all.Copy !req
393. What? Well, that's outrageous.Copy !req
394. Order in court.Copy !req
395. - Order in court!Copy !req
396. Everyone settle down.Copy !req
397. Your Honor,
I withdraw my request.Copy !req
398. You can't do this.Copy !req
399. This is most irregular.Copy !req
400. Why are you rejecting
the mistrial, McKennon?Copy !req
401. Because I'm tired
of getting offCopy !req
402. with guilty men.Copy !req
403. The trial will continue.Copy !req
404. Ms. Sandhurst, your witness.Copy !req
405. The prosecution calls
Angela Inwood MP to the stand.Copy !req
406. Ms. Inwood,Copy !req
407. your relationship
with the defendant,Copy !req
408. your husband's brother,
is simply a friendship, yes?Copy !req
409. - 'Course.
- Mmm.Copy !req
410. Then how do you explainCopy !req
411. these text messages,Copy !req
412. clearly showing you
were involved in an affairCopy !req
413. and placing you
at the scene of the crime.Copy !req
414. It's true!Copy !req
415. Jack and I were lovers,Copy !req
416. but neither of us
intended for Nigel to die.Copy !req
417. It started off as a night
of passion and happiness...Copy !req
418. piness...Copy !req
419. Did you hear that?Copy !req
420. It's Nigel,
he mustn't see us.Copy !req
421. Quick, hide
in the wardrobe.Copy !req
422. Hide.Copy !req
423. - I don't want to.
- You have to.Copy !req
424. Don't worry,
it's going to be okay.Copy !req
425. No, no no!Copy !req
426. Angela, I'm home.Copy !req
427. Hello, Nigel,Copy !req
428. you're home early,
aren't you?Copy !req
429. What are you doing here?Copy !req
430. I needed to talk to you.Copy !req
431. Can I pour you a brandy?Copy !req
432. Sure.Copy !req
433. Haven't see you in a while.Copy !req
434. Mind if I finish the bottle?Copy !req
435. Go ahead.Copy !req
436. Place looks different,Copy !req
437. have you decorated?Copy !req
438. Well, we're halfway there.Copy !req
439. Who's this?Copy !req
440. That's me.Copy !req
441. Bit of a hobby of mine.Copy !req
442. Do it every Saturday.Copy !req
443. Always showing off.Copy !req
444. Look, Jack,Copy !req
445. just spit it out.Copy !req
446. What have you got to say?Copy !req
447. I can't pay you back
the money.Copy !req
448. Do you know
what your problem is?Copy !req
449. I'm sure
you're going to tell me.Copy !req
450. You're selfish.Copy !req
451. You just take
and you take and you take.Copy !req
452. Argh!Copy !req
453. What do you want me
to say, I lost it?Copy !req
454. You are unbelievable.Copy !req
455. Angela?Copy !req
456. What's going on here?Copy !req
457. I can explain.Copy !req
458. You're having an affair.Copy !req
459. This is the last straw.Copy !req
460. Calm down, Nige.Copy !req
461. Put the knife down, Jack.Copy !req
462. - Ha!
- No! What have you done?Copy !req
463. I'm bleeding.Copy !req
464. It's not true,
I didn't do it.Copy !req
465. No further questions, Milord.Copy !req
466. In light
of this new testimony,Copy !req
467. I am prepared
to find the defendantCopy !req
468. guilty as charged.Copy !req
469. This court is adjourned.Copy !req
470. Karl, what you did in there
was incredible.Copy !req
471. It just goes to show,Copy !req
472. it's not about the winning,Copy !req
473. - it's about justice.
- Just us.Copy !req
474. Karl, wait!Copy !req
475. You were right
about one more thing.Copy !req
476. Yeah?Copy !req
477. I do still love you.Copy !req
478. And I love...Copy !req
479. - You.
- And I love me.Copy !req
480. They kiss. Roll credits.Copy !req