Trial & Retribution
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All episodes of Lynda La Plante’s classic police procedural are available to stream via Acorn TV on Amazon. Following the life and cases of Detective Superintendent Michael Walker (David Hayman) and his partner DCI Roisin Connor (Victoria Smurfit), each feature-length episode looks at the full journey of the pursuit of justice – from the crime scene to the forensics laboratory, and from police headquarters to the courtroom. The first series sees DS Walker investigate the disappearance of five-year-old Julie Harris from her estate in East London, after being seen playing in the local playground. Suspicion immediately falls on Julie’s mother’s new boyfriend, Peter. But when her body is found inside a sewage pipe, evidence points towards local misfit Michael Dunn (a young Rhys Ifans). Gripping storytelling. ★★★