Showtrial (2021)
Overview
An anthology series of hotly contested criminal trials that divides the nation and take place in the full glare of the media spotlight.
- Ben RichardsCreator
StatusEnded
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Seasons
Series 1
2021 | 5 Episodes
Series 1 of Showtrial premiered on October 31, 2021
The arrogant daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur is put on trial following the disappearance of a fellow student, a hard-working daughter of a single mother.
Series 2
2024 | 5 Episodes
Series 2 of Showtrial premiered on October 6, 2024
When the high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer - a serving policeman. But who is this unnamed ‘Officer X’? What does his own history reveal about the nature of trauma and revenge, and was Marcus’s death a careless accident or cold-blooded murder?
Casts
Adeel Akhtar
Sam Malik
Nathalie Armin
Leila Hassoun-Kenny
Michael Socha
PC Justin Mitchell
Joe Dempsie
DI Miles Southgate
Fisayo Akinade
Felix Owusu
Zoe Telford
Helen McGuire
Nina Toussaint-White
Claudia Wood
Ali Khan
Mani Malik-Cohen
John Light
Adrian Gilligan
Anna Wilson-Jones
Tamara Baudin-Kenny