"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)

Little Prince learned that the most difficult thing to judge is yourself!

I am rather disappointed as the series unfolds. What started as something very special and believable, is turning into a total farce. When I say "what started" I mean when I started to watch it, I have no idea what episode it was, actually I did only watch one or two episodes at first, and much latter got involved more regularly with it. But the last episode I watched was a case against animal right protest people who seemed to have maliciously planted a bomb in some animal lab resulting in someone's death. The problem with accepting so many side stories with the case is that eventually the case seems secondary to the stories. And the whole show seems bogged in a lot of superficial gossip material that does very little to entertain me. Just try this for evaluation. A judge has in his court for a murder trial his inexperienced and not really qualified daughter left in charge of the defense, occasionally helped by HIS deserting mistress - and here we're supposed to be talking about a Conservative judge! This is rather worrying - are we going to end up with judge john Days-of-our-life? There is no doubt about Martin Shaw's charisma. He is very good. I imagine, with series, directors and writers have to stretch beyond themselves and their talent for the show to go on. What a pity!