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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.
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.
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Mal Young
Jenny Seagrove
Jo Mills
Martin Shaw
Judge John Deed
Louisa Clein
Charlie Deed
Donald Sinden
Sir Joseph Channing
Simon Chandler
Sir Ian Rochester
Caroline Langrishe
Georgina Channing
Christopher Cazenove
DAC Row Colemore
Fraser James
Laurence James
Simon Ward
Sir Joseph Channing
Joe Shaw
Charles Dale
Brian Bovell
Leslie Ash
Tamer Hassan
Ruby Turner
Navin Chowdhry
Eamon Boland
Anthony Green
Ramon Tikaram
Nicola Cowper
Sara Powell
Michael Obiora
P.H. Moriarty
Charlotte Lucas
Santiago Cabrera
Juliet Aubrey
Ken Hudson Campbell
Simone Lahbib
Samantha Womack
Colin Salmon
Lindsey Coulson
Lynsey Baxter
Anthony Higgins
Seeta Indrani
Phoebe Thomas
Adam Rickitt
Heathcote Williams
Sam Troughton
John Sessions
Annette Badland
Daniel Newman
Jemma Redgrave
Katy Cavanagh
Christopher Ellison
Serge Soric
Jane Hazlegrove
Josie D'Arby
Naoko Mori
Brett Fancy
Alan McKenna
Stephen Greif
Roy North
Nicholas Hoult
Mark Monero
Frank Windsor
Sir James Valentine
Christopher Villiers
Sorcha Cusack
Peter Capaldi
Michael Fenton Stevens
Charlie Cox
Alec Newman
Danny Sapani
Rory Kinnear
Vincenzo Nicoli
Tony Marshall
Ellen Thomas
Neil Grainger
Colin McFarlane
Kayvan Novak
Sacha Bennett
Billie Whitelaw
Elliot Cowan
Jack Chissick
Joseph McFadden
Henry Free
David Verrey
Joan Blackham
Lady Vera Everard
Amita Dhiri
Waleed Elgadi
Sylvia Syms
Rose Hussein
Terence Maynard
Michael J. Jackson
Lara Cazalet
Diana Hulsey
T.R. Bowen
Sir Michael Niven
Adrian Lukis
Marc Thompson
Jeremy Child
Sir Alan Peasmarsh
Mary Woodvine
Morag Hughes
Christopher Benjamin
Steve Gaydon
Shelagh McLeod
Det. Chief Insp. Linda Hurst
Murray Head
Judge Previn
Anthony Calf
James Brooklands
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