Criminal Justice (TV series)
| Criminal Justice | |
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Criminal Justice title, 2009
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| Genre |
Thriller Drama Legal |
| Written by | Peter Moffat |
| Starring |
Ben Whishaw (2008) Maxine Peake (2009) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Hilary Salmon |
| Producer(s) | Pier Wilkie (2008) Steve Lightfoot (2009) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 30 June 2008 – 9 October 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
North Square (2000–01) Silk (2011–14) The Night Of (2016) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Criminal Justice is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2008. Written by Peter Moffat, each five-episode series follows the journey of an individual through the justice system and was first broadcast over five successive nights on BBC One.
The first series, first shown in 2008, starred Ben Whishaw as Ben Coulter, a young man who is accused of murder after a drunken and drug-filled night out, though is unable to remember committing the crime. It was directed by Otto Bathurst and Luke Watson. In 2009, the second series featured Maxine Peake as troubled housewife Juliet Miller whose husband was stabbed in their bed. Yann Demange and Marc Jobst directed the second series.
The first series won two British Academy Television Awards for Best Drama Serial and Best Writer, three Royal Television Society Awards and an International Emmy. The first season has been re-made into a HBO miniseries The Night Of, starring John Turturro and Riz Ahmed.
The first series was composed of five episodes, which were broadcast nightly from 30 June to 4 July 2008 on BBC One. The first series starred Ben Whishaw as Ben Coulter, a young man who is accused of murder after a drunken and drug-filled night out, though is unable to remember committing the crime. As well as Whishaw, the show starred Pete Postlethwaite, Con O'Neill, Lindsay Duncan, David Westhead, Ruth Negga and Bill Paterson.
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