Judge John Deed Series 5 - Episodes 1 - 4 [DVD]

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Banks-Smith, Nancy (10 January 2001). "Tried and tested". Media Guardian (Guardian News and Media) . Retrieved 18 November 2007. Moss, Stephen (17 April 2007). "My personal life was a disaster". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media . Retrieved 28 April 2007. A desirable case concerning an on-screen death on a reality television series is mysteriously allocated to Deed, which leads to a clash with the press. Haughton faces a select committee to answer charges of corruption, and Jo pays the price for Deed's crusade. Deed finally confronts the man behind Jo's kidnapping.

Deed sits in The Hague to hear the case of a British soldier who killed 11 Iraqi civilians and is being accused of war crimes. A previous ruling Deed made against a British National Party councillor angers Muslim extremists, and a female assassin is sent to kill Deed. I suppose in a way this will happen all the time when the BBC, or any channel for that matter, decide to not commission something because the views expressed in the drama don't accord with their own. During the War Crimes case in The Hague, Deed learns that the British Soldier on trial is being sacrificed as part of the government's overall exit strategy. Deed's dilemma is one possible miscarriage of justice to save the lives of many soldiers.

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Wells, Matt (28 November 2001). "ITV admits 'commercial' BBC cannot be beaten". Guardian Unlimited . Retrieved 27 April 2007.

White, Roland (14 January 2001). "An honest portrayal? Judge for yourself". The Sunday Times. Times Newspapers. But I think there's a very fine line here where I suppose the BBC could theoretically censor or ban something just because a piece of fiction doesn't match with their own political or religious beliefs. A GP stands trial for the murder of a patient when it is revealed he left everything to her in his will. Though the jury finds her not guilty, the doctor insists to Deed that she did kill her patient, despite an expert witness stating that was not possible. The Lord Chancellor's Department continues surveillance of Deed when it suspects he is having an affair with the doctor. Meanwhile, Charlie becomes involved in the case of an HIV-positive mother who refuses to have her child tested, and seeks her father's help in the matter.

Banks-Smith, Nancy (28 November 2003). "It's bad to talk". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 September 2007. Deans, Jason (4 December 2003). "Holiday Showdown flies off with viewers". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007.

Theoretically a channel could use the current guidelines to not only decline to show the episode of Judge John Deed mentioned above, which I understand, but to also decline to show anything where a characters decisions are guided by religion at all couldn't it?During a reality TV show one contestant, in an explosion of stress-filled anger, kills another on camera. Judge John Deed hears the trial of the producers, who are charged with manslaughter when its learned psychologists profiled contestants to find those with 'The most entertaining flashpoints'. Deed is given a high-profile case in which a woman takes action against a mobile phone company for causing her brain tumour, angering Ian Rochester. Rochester attempts to take the case away from Deed, but is unable to. Instead he brings Jo up for a disciplinary after her affair with Deed. Deed arrives at her hearing, chaired by Sir Monty Everard, and has the charges dropped. Meanwhile, a man involved in a hit and run incident might be unfit to stand trial. Shepherd, Robert John (8 May 2006). "Region 2 Out This Week". DVD Reviewer . Retrieved 12 June 2007. Claridge, Brian (2006). "Why actor Jenny Seagrove would hate to be a barrister". Le Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008 . Retrieved 24 November 2007.

Timms, Dominic (6 February 2006). "1.8m turn up for IT Crowd". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007. Staff (2006). "BBC detective series to be filmed in The Hague". Den Haag. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008 . Retrieved 24 November 2007. Deans, Jason (21 January 2005). "Bush proves a turn-off for 2". Media Guardian . Retrieved 27 April 2007.Thomas, Liz (27 February 2007). "Sentence hangs over Judge John Deed". The Stage. The Stage Newspaper Ltd . Retrieved 24 April 2007.