"Judge John Deed" (2001) TV series 2001-????

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Creator:

G.F. Newman

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

26 November 2001 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Martin Shaw	...	Judge John Deed (29 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jenny Seagrove	...	Jo Mills (29 episodes, 2001-2007)
Barbara Thorn	...	Rita 'Coop' Cooper / ... (29 episodes, 2001-2007)
Simon Chandler	...	Sir Ian Rochester (22 episodes, 2001-2007)
Donald Sinden	...	Sir Joseph Channing (21 episodes, 2001-2007)
Louisa Clein	...	Charlie Deed (20 episodes, 2001-2007)
Michael Eaves	...	Brian Harrison / ... (20 episodes, 2001-2007)
Caroline Langrishe	...	Georgina Channing / ... (19 episodes, 2001-2007)
Simon Ward	...	Sir Monty Everard (19 episodes, 2003-2007)
Fraser James	...	Laurence James / ... (15 episodes, 2001-2006)
T.R. Bowen	...	Sir Michael Nivan / ... (15 episodes, 2001-2007)
James Barron	...	Mr. Johnson / ... (14 episodes, 2001-2006)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Aylesbury Crown Court, Market Square, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Judge John Deed: [sentencing the producer of a TV game show after a contestant has died] Celebrity. The pursuit of the talentless, by the mindless. It's become a disease of the twenty-first century. It pollutes our society, and it diminishes all who seek it, and all who worship it. And you must bear some of the responsibility for foisting this empty nonsense onto a gullible public.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "TV Heaven, Telly Hell: (#1.6)" (2006)

The truth is out there somewhere!!!

Having been bought up in Australia with a father who was a barrister and once offered a Supreme Court judicial appointment - I have to say that this program goes a long way to showing the true imperialism of the judicial system.

My father rejected the overtures for his own reasons but having watched Deeds I have to say I have seen it all. A judge is a mentor, a guardian, an executioner but most of all a human being. The politics that goes with the position is common.

Look at your own life! Change Deeds into the counselor at school, the mediator in a dispute, the local parish priest, the HR officer at work and somewhere there is a Deeds in it.

To look upon the law and see the stupidity of it is a gift most lack because there is no law just politics and Judge John Deed highlights that more than any law and order program now or in the past. I believe this is the intention of the program. Entertain - definitely - educate on how the system is and can be twisted more than likely.

Watch Deeds and say to yourself "Why is it so =- how can this happen - and how many times has it happened?". Watch again the next week and ask the same question.

Be prepared to think