About Judge John Deed
- Released on November 26, 2001
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove as the barrister Jo Mills, frequently the object of Deed's desire. A pilot episode was broadcast on 9 January 2001, followed by the first full series on 26 November 2001. The sixth and last series concluded on 18 January 2007. The programme then went on an indefinite break after Shaw became involved in another television programme, and he and Seagrove expressed a wish for the format of the series to change before they filmed new episodes. By 2009, the series had officially been cancelled. The six series produced make it the longest-running BBC legal drama.
The factual accuracy of the series is often criticised by legal professionals and journalists; many of the decisions taken by Deed are unlikely to happen in a real court. The romanticised vision of the court system created by Newman caused a judge to issue a warning to a jury not to let the series influence their view of trials—referring to an episode where Deed flouts rules when called up for jury duty. Another episode led to complaints about biased and incorrect information about the MMR vaccine, leading the BBC to ban repeats of it in its original form. All six series have been released on DVD in the UK.
Main Cast of Judge John Deed
Jenny Seagrove plays Jo Mills (29 episodes)
Martin Shaw plays Judge John Deed (29 episodes)
Donald Sinden
Simon Chandler
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Michael Eaves
Louisa Clein plays Charlie Deed (29 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Judge John Deed
Louisa Clein
Joe Shaw
Charles Dale
Brian Bovell
Caroline Langrishe
Leslie Ash
Tamer Hassan
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Navin Chowdhry
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Anthony Green
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Sara Powell
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Burt Kwouk
P.H. Moriarty
Charlotte Lucas
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Leah Bracknell
Ken Hudson Campbell
Marc Sinden
Simone Lahbib
Samantha Womack
Colin Salmon
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Lynsey Baxter
Anthony Higgins
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Adam Rickitt
Gemma Jones
Joseph McFadden
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Sam Troughton
John Sessions
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Keith Drinkel
Daniel Newman
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Christopher Ellison
Serge Soric
Tara Moran
Jane Hazlegrove
Malcolm Sinclair
Josie D'Arby
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Alan McKenna
Stephen Greif
Roy North
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Mark Monero
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Anthony Valentine
Charlie Cox
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Vincenzo Nicoli
Saskia Wickham
Tony Marshall
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Neil Grainger
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Sacha Bennett
Billie Whitelaw
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Jack Chissick
Joanna Roth
Robert Beck
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Tim Matthews
Shane Spencer
Robert Cavanah
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Michael Simkins
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Waleed Elgadi
Sylvia Syms
Christopher Cazenove
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Heshima Thompson
Kolade Agboke
Elliot Henderson-Boyle
Roger Barclay
Pinky Amador
Sylvestra Le Touzel
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Tom Magditch plays PC Baz Fatts (1 episode)
Lara Cazalet plays Diana Hulsey (2 episodes)
Crew of Judge John Deed
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- Louisa Clein
- Joe Shaw
- Charles Dale
- Brian Bovell
- Caroline Langrishe
- Leslie Ash
- Tamer Hassan
- Ruby Turner
- Navin Chowdhry
- Eamon Boland
- Anthony Green
- Ramon Tikaram
- Nicola Cowper
- Sara Powell
- Michael Obiora
- Stella Moray
- Burt Kwouk
- P.H. Moriarty
- Charlotte Lucas
- Santiago Cabrera
- Juliet Aubrey
- Leah Bracknell
- Ken Hudson Campbell
- Marc Sinden
- Simone Lahbib
- Samantha Womack
- Colin Salmon
- Lindsey Coulson
- Lynsey Baxter
- Anthony Higgins
- Christopher Benjamin
- Seeta Indrani
- Phoebe Thomas
- Adam Rickitt
- Gemma Jones
- Joseph McFadden
- Heathcote Williams
- Zienia Merton
- Sam Troughton
- John Sessions
- Frank Windsor
- Annette Badland
- Anthony Calf
- Jeremy Child
- Keith Drinkel
- Daniel Newman
- Jemma Redgrave
- Katy Cavanagh
- Christopher Ellison
- Serge Soric
- Tara Moran
- Jane Hazlegrove
- Malcolm Sinclair
- Josie D'Arby
- Naoko Mori
- Brett Fancy
- Alan McKenna
- Stephen Greif
- Roy North
- Nicholas Hoult
- Jade Williams
- Mark Monero
- Christopher Villiers
- Sorcha Cusack
- Peter Capaldi
- Michael Fenton Stevens
- Anthony Valentine
- Charlie Cox
- Alec Newman
- Danny Sapani
- Rory Kinnear
- Murray Head
- Vincenzo Nicoli
- Saskia Wickham
- Tony Marshall
- Ellen Thomas
- Keith Barron
- Neil Grainger
- Colin McFarlane
- Joan Blackham
- Shelagh McLeod
- Kayvan Novak
- Sacha Bennett
- Billie Whitelaw
- Elliot Cowan
- Sheridan Morley
- Jack Chissick
- Joanna Roth
- Robert Beck
- David Verrey
- Steven Elder
- Jim Sturgess
- Tim Matthews
- Shane Spencer
- Robert Cavanah
- Rod Hallett
- Jane How
- Michael Simkins
- Amita Dhiri
- Waleed Elgadi
- Sylvia Syms
- Christopher Cazenove
- Terence Maynard
- Michael J. Jackson
- Heshima Thompson
- Kolade Agboke
- Elliot Henderson-Boyle
- Roger Barclay
- Pinky Amador
- Sylvestra Le Touzel
- Abhin Galeya
- Tom Magditch
- Lara Cazalet