Second Verdict
7.2
Season 1
S1 · E1 · May 27, 1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Jun 3, 1976
Who Killed the Princes in the Tower? Episode 2
S1 · E3 · Jun 10, 1976
The French Bluebeard Episode 3
S1 · E4 · Jun 17, 1976
Murder on the 10.27 Episode 4
S1 · E5 · Jun 24, 1976
Lizzie Borden Episode 5
S1 · E6 · Jul 1, 1976
Who Burned the Reichstag? Episode 6
6 episodes in Season 1
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Second Verdict is a six-part 1976 BBC television series, a dramatised documentaries of classic criminal cases and unsolved crimes from history re-appraised by fictional police officers. Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor reprised for a final time their double-act as Detective Chief Superintendents Barlow and Watt, hugely popular with TV audiences from the long-running series Z-Cars; Softly, Softly; and Barlow at Large.
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Stratford Johns
DCS Charles Barlow
Known for
The Lair of the White Worm
Neverwhere
Frank Windsor
DCS John Watt
Known for
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Peter Marinker
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Known for
Event Horizon
Judge Dredd
Burnell Tucker
Charles A. Lindbergh
Known for
The Bedford Incident
Weston Gavin
David Wilentz
Also in
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Superman
Thick Wilson
Edward J. Reilly
Known for
The Mirror Crack'd
Shane Rimmer
Harold Giles Hoffman
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Thunderbirds
Paul Chapman
Thomas More
Also in
As Time Goes By
Persuasion
Michael Tudor Barnes
Chronicler
Also in
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Merchant of Venice
Brian Hayes
Professor William Wright
Also in
The Long Good Friday
Made in Britain
Terrence Hardiman
Dominic Mancini
Known for
Wallander
Prime Suspect
John Boswall
Dr Thomas Langton
Known for
3 Men and a Little Lady
Ladies in Lavender
Troy Kennedy Martin Creator · Elwyn Jones Creator Lawrence Gordon Clark Director
Creator
Troy Kennedy Martin
Creator Writer
Elwyn Jones
Director
Lawrence Gordon Clark
Director
Michael Simpson
Director
Gilchrist Calder
Writer
John Lloyd
Writer
Arnold Yarrow
Executive producer
Leonard Lewis
Composer
Bill Southgate
Editor
Sheila S. Tomlinson
Editor
John Cary
Production designer
Stanley Morris
Costume designer
Joyce Hawkins
Total runtime 5h 0m · Episode length 50 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
May 27, 1976
Final episode
July 1, 1976
Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
50 min
Total runtime
5h 0m
Original language
English
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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