Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The 2008 10 series had 10 episodes, the longest run of the drama so far. A new series began on 9 January 2009.
Every episode is unique, while the plot is...
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Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The 2008 10 series had 10 episodes, the longest run of the drama so far. A new series began on 9 January 2009.
Every episode is unique, while the plot is often complicated. There is frequent use of split screen, normally three images in one screen. Similar effects are frequently used in other TV-series such as 24 and Spooks, and, more recently in the ITV police-soap series, The Bill.
The camera angles used in the split-screen configuration of Trial & Retribution have tended to be used to present the situation from different perspectives e.g.:
Trial & Retribution has been released on DVD in Regions 1 and 2.
The third, fourth and fifth collections are distributed by Acorn Media UK.
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