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Criminal Justice - Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode 1

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jun 30, 2008

Episode 1

New five-part thriller from Peter Moffat. At the end of an uncharacteristic drug- and drink-fuelled night out, 21-year-old Ben finds himself charged with murder. Unable to remember what happened and with all the evidence pointing towards him, he is facing life in jail. Ben thinks if he tells the truth he will be believed, but his legal team know otherwise.

Episode 2

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2008

Episode 2

Ben's legal team strike a deal with the prosecution which seems the best of all possible deals - but Ben will have to lie about the events of the fatal night. He seeks the advice of his junior counsel, Frances, on whether to take that morally dubious step.

When he makes a deadly enemy in jail, Ben struggles to find a way to simply survive.

Episode 3

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2008

Episode 3

Ben's new barrister hits on a defence which, if it works, will see Ben set free. She enlists Ben's solicitor to dig up evidence to support their argument, and once again Ben is required to lie about the fatal night's events.

Episode 4

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2008

Episode 4

Ben takes the stand and the formidable prosecution barrister starts to take his good character apart. It is left to Stone and Frances to find some shred of evidence to show that their client could not have committed the murder.

Episode 5

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jul 4, 2008

Episode 5

Final episode of the thriller about a young man who, after a drink and drugs fuelled night out, is charged with a murder he cannot remember.

Ben's day of reckoning arrives and while Stone tries to find more and increasingly desperate ways of getting his client released, Frances goes searching for the truth.

Season 2

Episode 1

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2009

Episode 1

Juliet Miller's life is turned upside down forever after an incident that leaves her family fighting for life, love and survival.

Episode 2

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2009

Episode 2

Struggling with life in prison and the enormity of her actions, Juliet is desperate to see her daughter and is destroyed by Ella's rejection of her.

Episode 3

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2009

Episode 3

Juliet Miller's life is turned upside down forever after an incident that leaves her family fighting for life, love and survival.

Episode 4

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2009

Episode 4

Time is running out. Jack tells Juliet that she needs to talk if she wants to stand a chance of keeping the children as well as her life as a free woman. This threat spurs her into action and she finally reveals to Jack the truth about her marriage.

Episode 5

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2009

Episode 5

The series reaches a compelling climax as the courts decide the future of Juliet and her children.

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