Second Verdict (1976)

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.

Second Verdict

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Stratford Johns
Stratford Johns
as DCS Charles Barlow
Frank Windsor
Frank Windsor
as DCS John Watt
Robert Henderson
Robert Henderson
as Judge Blaisdell as Dr John Francis Condon
Peter Marinker
Peter Marinker
as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Burnell Tucker
Burnell Tucker
as Charles A. Lindbergh
Weston Gavin
Weston Gavin
as David Wilentz
Thick Wilson
Thick Wilson
as Edward J. Reilly
Shane Rimmer
Shane Rimmer
as Harold Giles Hoffman
Paul Chapman
Paul Chapman
as Thomas More
Michael Tudor Barnes
Michael Tudor Barnes
as Chronicler
Brian Hayes
Brian Hayes
as Professor William Wright
Terrence Hardiman
Terrence Hardiman
as Dominic Mancini
John Boswall
John Boswall
as Dr Thomas Langton
Brian Hawksley
Brian Hawksley
as Guillaume de Rochefort
Colin Starkey
Colin Starkey
as King Richard III
Jonathan Soper
Jonathan Soper
as King Edward V
Robin Soper
Robin Soper
as Prince Richard, Duke of York
Cyril Shaps
Cyril Shaps
as Henri Désiré Landru
Elizabeth Bennett
Elizabeth Bennett
as Fernande Segret
Frank Middlemass
Frank Middlemass
as President Gilbert
Michael Barrington
Michael Barrington
as Solicitor General Godefroy
Ivor Roberts
Ivor Roberts
as Maitre de Moro-Giafferi
John Gabriel
John Gabriel
as Doctor Vallon
Jack Holloway
Jack Holloway
as Deputy Prosecutor Beguin
Ralph Watson
Ralph Watson
as John Alexander Dickman
Evadne Stevens
Evadne Stevens
as Mrs Nisbet
Mark Dignam
Mark Dignam
as Sir Sidney Rowan-Hamilton
Patrick Barr
Patrick Barr
as Clarence Henry Norman
Hugh Manning
Hugh Manning
as E. Tindal Atkinson, KC
John Humphry
John Humphry
as E. Mitchell-Innes, KC
William Fox
William Fox
as The Honorable Mr Justice Bernard Coleridge
David Crosse
David Crosse
as CC Fullarton James
Roy Pattison
Roy Pattison
as Superintendent Weddell
Richard Henry
Richard Henry
as Percival Harding Hall
Roger Avon
Roger Avon
as Wilson Hepple
Rosemary Leach
Rosemary Leach
as Lizzie Borden
David Healy
David Healy
as Hosea Knowlton
James Berwick
James Berwick
as George Robinson
Patti Love
Patti Love
as Bridget Sullivan
Gordon Sterne
Gordon Sterne
as Dr Dolan
Norwich Duff
Norwich Duff
as Thomas Kieran
Tony Sibbald
Tony Sibbald
as Assistant Marshal Fleet
Christopher Malcolm
Christopher Malcolm
as Patrolman Mullaly
Ronald Lacey
Ronald Lacey
as Marinus Van der Lubbe
George Pravda
George Pravda
as Georgi Dimitroff
David King
David King
as Hermann Göring
Michael Sheard
Michael Sheard
as Dr Bunger
Cyril Appleton
Cyril Appleton
as Scranowitz
Neville Barber
Neville Barber
as Lateit
Roy McArthur
Roy McArthur
as Helmer
John Abineri
John Abineri
as Heisig
Ben Bazell
Ben Bazell
as Wolf von Helldorf
John Barrard
John Barrard
as Bernstein
John Herrington
John Herrington
as Dr Parisius
Pamela Tudor-Craig
Pamela Tudor-Craig
as Self – Medieval Art Historian (uncredited)
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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The lindbergh kidnapping

  • 1x2

    Who killed the princes in the tower?

  • 1x3

    The french bluebeard

  • 1x4

    Murder on the 10.27

  • 1x5

    Lizzie borden

  • 1x6

    Who burned the reichstag?

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