Trial and Retribution Episode #1.2 

Personally I think this was the best of all the Trial and Retributions. The other episodes were also excellent, but this is my favourite 🙂👍💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

An excellent movie, British are the best ones..thanks a lot..

Such brilliant acting by the Michael character and such a brilliant screenplay. Wow. Interesting how the young son was a kind of mirror to Michael and one could see that without a lot of help his rage would lead to big trouble down the road.

Totally disturbing outcome. Great series. Thanks for posting.

The stepfather was definitely a child beater but how come he had hidden Julie Anne's doll? Why would the dumb mother keep silent about that? Powerful stuff! Chilling to think this happens all the time in real life. An excellent series, one of the greats, and the acting is ace. Thanks very much for uploading.

Are these stories deliberately written to 'keep' us guessing when the credits roll at the end? The fact that the step-father was extremely violent and suspicious, forcing his partner to change her story about the time he went searching, burning the doll, and then getting rid of the son would make it seem he is likely the guilty one - especially given Dunn's private denials over the murder. Would the police really take the amended time claims from the mother, moan about it a bit between themselves, and then just go with it? Plus, I'm quite sure that once such livid bruising had been spotted on the son's legs, a social worker would've (or should've) been brought in to question him alone, especially as professionals had witnessed both parents chastise him unfairly. In real life, they do look for that kind of thing, and they'll jump on it quick when they see evidence of it. Also, I'm not so sure the trial would have been allowed to continue once it had been known that a policeman had planted evidence. Clearly this officer was losing his mind and his colleagues should have been wondering if there was more he'd done that he hadn't told them. I don't know... I like a story to be wrapped up without a shadow of doubt regarding the conclusion. To leave a load of loose ends flapping about like this leaves one feeling a bit unclear whether the final verdict was fair or not.

The victim's house not thoroughly searched, siblings not questioned couldn't help but doubt police procedures here... stepfather very dubious

That was brilliantly written, acted and directed. Lydia LaPlante out did herself with this one. It was even better than my all time favorite Prime Suspect's.

This is one to measure up to . Incredibly good drama and acting , highly recommend thank you for the upload

Hopefully real justice doesnt operate like this. Planted evidence - case should have been thrown out. Jurys decision was crazy and no appeal. Good show but unbelievable ending ruined it

I think the boyfriend wanted rid of the little girl as well as the little boy cos he hated their father, and wanted to be alone with their mother, and I think the grandmother believed it was him murdered Julie

I had to watch the last half twice to see if I missed anything. It isn't clear who the culprit is and I find it disappointing after investing the time. Don't leave the audience hanging!

The stepfather, the brother, someone else, just not this guy here standing trial. What really is true justice?

Great acting but frustrating movie. Should’ve been thrown out of court. His alibi was good and the little brother was guilty in my opinion. This is first episode. I hope they’re all not full of holes like this one ...

Kept me guessing to the end. Evidence was critical. I thought the jury would be split. The police officer that planted the rope will go on to play a crooked character in Eastenders.

Lice are highly infectious and if Dunne had them he would most certainly have transferred them to Julie - actually, there were a few other inconsistencies I noted as well and I waited to see if they'd be mentioned but they weren't. Overall, both episodes were too long and drawn out, and as already been pointed out by others, the evidence for conviction was circumstantial and lacking; while La Plante is good at crime writing, she's better off staying away from court-room scenes where knowledge of the law is necessary, otherwise she comes across as a dilettante.

This episode needed a part 3, the police fked up, right there no one should even trust them a single bit. Am really pissed off with the ending.

Horrible ending.

so who did it then as I am so confused?was it the bf?

Anyone think it could of been the brother?

gripping, moving and vert well made.. I don't think he did it! many thanks

I love the slight screens n the acting is superb

The judge's summing up indicated strongly to the jury that they should acquit, and yet they did not. The alibi witness clearly lacked credibility perhaps due to the amount of booze consumed? I was hoping for a sequel - it seemed very likely that the stepfather was the murderer, especially when the girl's doll turned up in the flat. Most disappointing that there was no follow up. A distressing case in many ways.

How in the hell did that pc even get a job with the police? I can’t think he would have passed a psychological evaluation.

Brilliant acting glad I found this 👌

The bottle was smashed and Dunn could have cut himself then. Quite a movie. Love the loose ends and Michael’s desperate rage in his cell.

The meals on wheels lady, hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thank you for this excellent upload, I agree with other comments, I wanted the stepfather to be guilty & what was the story about burning the doll found under the bed something was very strange about that family.

I hated this ending--wanted the stepfather to have done it bc he was so evil.

Too bad they didn’t question young Jason, he held the key.

O loathe this so called "mother". Her son is going to grow up to be a narc.because of her.

That was the most flimsy evidence ever to convict a man, imo he was innocent. Or am I biased because Rhys Ifans was the lovable character in the film "Notting Hill" Thank you for uploading this.

The copper who planted the washing line was sacked. He then moved to Walford to be overtly over-dramatic.

THE key clues to discovering who the murderer was were the killer's hands, the blue sherry bottle and Dunn's solicitor.

I dont think he did it. I belive him. He was framed.

Well the family Liason officer was rubbish ! and the step father was ignored ! poor policing , !! i did enjoy thank you xx

Brilliant could'nt believe the jurys decision but it was the right one in the end, but I still have my doubts???

The killer could have worn gloves to hide his fingerprints, but how would he have found the blue bottle? How could the Stepdad have known about the blue bottle? What was Michaels motive?

The little brother in my opinion

Many inconsistent details that people, in this feedback, have pointed out. I get the impression that these relatively short Episodes are quickly written, thus not so thought through as to the plots and the conclusions you expect from La Plante. I suppose her novels are much better tied up. But people seem to want fast moving punches (ie less detail) in drama these days, and that implies that she writes to an allocated time slot. Can't have everything, because it all costs money. I have noticed that the older the detective series, the more episodes, so that they are slower but much more detailed. Alternatively, try reading her books.

Hahaha all these ppl he was framed by who? He did it, even Lynda la planet confirmed in an interview that he did it…

What? Are we meant to believe the step father killed the little girl and the mother was in it as well? Disappointing ending have no clue

Always enjoy your up/down loads, ABCD yea. Upon viewing this particular crime drama, ooh my, so very many conflicting (cops,witnesses, doppelgangers) statements the incompetence can not adjudicate the irresponsible debris. Committing a lifetime of an innocent (mine own 5 years, too much) to learn more than ever HOW to delete the harm.

Don't like the split screens...its distracting....tks anyways..

Great movie..Worth the watch..

Very good show will watch next one tomorrow. Thank You. God Bless. 👍👍👍💕🤗

oh wow ...that guy is the one from Nottingham Hill...glad you said that Jeanette. Just because I really like Trial and Retribution doesn't I have to like some of the characters in it although I really admire the acting.

I was left unaware who is Michael Dunn who had been with Terry Smith whole day, never left?????? Because it assumes that this one in the court is a second one Michael Dunn, isn't it???A hole in the plot? I would say so.

Horrible mother to let her boyfriend be that way. If you can't keep an eye on your kids, stop having them!

😭😭😭😭 still watching. What a disgraceful, disgusting, excuse for a mother. Oh 😳 dam, just finished. OMG 😳 the police can get thing's so dam WRONG, it's frightening 😱😱😱😱😎💯.. Yep they do that plant evidence 😢. That poor Guy, such a sad 😭 situation. It happens to so so many innocent people.😳🥵🍋🙏

He was guilty...I wasn’t so sure I thought honestly it was the brother and that they convicted the wrong person. But I read an interview with Lynda La Plante (the writer and creator) and she said it definitely was the Welshman!

I thought they'd convicted an innocent man. Very suspicious behaviour on the part of the little girl's stepfather and her mother. No evidence really in his flat to link him to the little girl for it wasn't her doll and the rope was planted.The old lady's witness statement was shaky at the least and as she'd seen MD on several occasions when he delivered her newspaper, she wouldn't have much trouble picking him out in a line. On what evidence exactly was he convicted? And the bottle was found that the little girl had been raped with, was MD's prints on it, nothing was said about that, which naturally would have been a better piece of evidence than anything brought up in the trial.

That was excellent, but I suspected Jason, her brother. He was clearly jealous of her.

so many questions still here! so is Dunn innocent or guilty? Nobody knows

her son gets ignored most of the time...his clothes are dirty 🙄 that's explain some of his anger hitting the baby.. smashing the framed picture with his sisters photo🤔

Where are the opening titles? Is the beginning missing?

HI Having been drunk that day of July's disappearance, might have obliterated his memory of anything he did after playing the hide and seek game with her, which the old lady saw her do with him from her window. The daughter of his foster mother also said he played that hide and seek game. That was the identifyer. His drunken ranting of Queen song shows how gone he was on alcohol. The way he presented as a sober person was very Jekyl and Hyde. Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.

The murderer had blonde hair on his hand

why cant I watch this second part of the episode?

Yeah very good series. I will watch them all. I dont t mind not knowing till the end, but I hate when you dont get the answer. So yeh sloppy writing to not wrap it up better.

Another Great Series by Written by Lynda la Plante ,Great sterling Performances from David Hayman ,Kate Buffery ,Victoria Smurfit and Rhys Ifans as Michael Dunn who also in the same Year 1997 was cast in Black Comedy Twin Town with brother Llyr Ifans as Tearaway brothers causing Mayhem in a Welsh Town ,But was perfectly picked for his role in Another great Whodunnit series up there with Prime Suspect starring Helen Mirren to The Commander Starring Amanda Burton .Just Gripping Whodunnit Television 📺

I haven't seen this before... please don't give the ending

Don’t read the comments unless you want to know the ending.

Walker may not be likable but he gets the job he was hired to do done. He doesn’t try to ram a man once evidence is found or intuited that says ‘ strong but wrong suspect.’ He has a kind of rough and tough honor about him. Basic decency, nothing fancy, no A levels - doesn’t publish poetry like Inspector Dalgliesh ( Dame PD James creation) - but he reads it and can recite. Surprise!

😮😮😮😮 He was unstable from the beginning

Frankly, Michael should have been assessed by a psychiatrist before this got out of hand.

He did it. Judge too lenient. Minimum sentence! Sod all. Life without possibility of parole. Law is imperfect, police work - Meh, and lawyers as dotty as the blonde counsel for the crown. clouds of witness for sure but for certain the five year old did not rape herself with a bottle, strangle herself with a rope and stuff herself head down into a sewage pipe! Disliking the abusive stepfather and the weak mother, and the apathetic delinquent big brother are not reasons to acquit a child molester. Heaven forbid you who think that should ever serve in a jury anywhere. Dunn did it. The puzzle analogy was good. Things don’t always line up neatly. Intelligence completes the picture. But this is fiction remember. Worse happens in fact. Muddled heads allow perpetrators like Dunn to hide in plain sight and walk out of courtrooms smiling. Nasty housing projects. No way to live. No place to raise children. A high rise is a crime scene waiting to happen. LaPlante is always about more than meets the eye. Good one. Don’t mind the split screen. Shows how things work and don’t work together for the good. There’s always something going on elsewhere that may be relevant in cases and in life. Now back to Vera!

what was the reason of murdering the little girl ? why was the girl left alone?

Great stuff .not bad for the nineties

Who did it in the end?

Michael Dunn is innocent imo, how the hell. The step father clearly did it. The police planted evidence😤

I would have found him not guilty based on the evidence shown in court. If the blue bottle was found and used as evidence in court, I would have found him guilty

Only want to know: Did they get the real murderer? I mean, in general they do in a movie. Did they do here, too? Edit: Well, after watching, I'm not happy with the ending. With all the discrepancies, the many unanswered hints and, above all, the manipulation of the policeman in regard of the clothesline, this case would not have been heard in a real court. The burden of proof was far too thin. However, I also cannot understand why the defendant himself did not try much harder to convince the jury and the judge that he did not commit the murder.

Incredible!!! So what is innocence really?!

jesus christ max branning acting is so bad. those crying scenes

Or it couldve been the young distressed copper

So whodunnit ???

Why the lawyers , judges,still wear wigs ??

Is this a true story?

🤔🧐 what is going on with this cop😒

For an American viewer, especially, it is a little hard to watch. I won't divulge more.

Fine and dandy. Where is Helen Miren? Split screen is a distraction...

Boo Radley

Rubbish show..Bad acting..and too much smoking...

This was a terrible story. The Scottish superintendent got it wrong from the start. What a useless detective. Why watch another episode with him in it?

Interesting series, but don't know why they are dragging it out. 😒 can't go any further sorry

For most of the time I thought definitely the copper but now I'm certain it was JASON (her brother) and can't believe an innocent dead beat was convicted..Jason definitely killed his sister?

The verdict was a 'miscarriage of justice' imho... I think it's pretty obvious that the real culprit was the step-father... though it's also true that the jury didn't have access to all the information that the audience of this drama did. The fate of the child's REAL doll is a very telling factor...

Obviously 'artistic license' was enjoyed + used liberally, I'm sure there were many more inaccuracies than the number that I noticed. Whether it was intended, the storyline showed how a jury trial is impossible to predict + in my opinion are too often getting it wrong. Particularly cases where guilty verdicts are handed down when there would appear to be so much doubt that anything other than an acquittal is the wrong outcome. That is, as I said, only my opinion but you should think of that in the same way that you do anything that you know to be true, in other words just think of my opinion as fact, unless I tell you otherwise...... I expect some of you might be uncomfortable with that, I accept that on the face of it, mindlessly taking in what some idiot you came across online says is so, screams out 'bad move!'. Don't listen, it's only the part of the brain that deals with good sense, sound judgement, logical deduction, + rational rationale........ I forget what it's called?...?...?.... ignore it, anyway, stick with the plan, you'd be a fool not to..............