"Judge John Deed" (2001) TV series 2001-

Creator:

G.F. Newman
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

26 November 2001 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Martin Shaw	...	Judge John Deed (29 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jenny Seagrove	...	Jo Mills (29 episodes, 2001-2007)
Barbara Thorn	...	Rita 'Coop' Cooper / ... (29 episodes, 2001-2007)
Simon Chandler	...	Sir Ian Rochester (25 episodes, 2001-2007)
Donald Sinden	...	Sir Joseph Channing (23 episodes, 2001-2007)
Louisa Clein	...	Charlie Deed (23 episodes, 2001-2007)
Michael Eaves	...	Brian Harrison / ... (22 episodes, 2001-2007)
Caroline Langrishe	...	Georgina Channing / ... (21 episodes, 2001-2007)
Simon Ward	...	Sir Monty Everard (20 episodes, 2003-2007)
Fraser James	...	Laurence James / ... (17 episodes, 2001-2006)
T.R. Bowen	...	Sir Michael Nivan / ... (15 episodes, 2001-2007)
James Barron	...	Mr. Johnson / ... (14 episodes, 2001-2006)

Series Directed by
Andy Hay		(4 episodes, 2002-2005)
Steve Kelly		(4 episodes, 2005-2007)
Jonny Campbell		(3 episodes, 2001-2002)
Darcia Martin		(3 episodes, 2006-2007)
G.F. Newman		(2 episodes, 2003-2006)
David Kerr		(2 episodes, 2003-2005)
Tristram Powell		(2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Deborah Paige		(2 episodes, 2005)

Series Writing credits
G.F. Newman		(11 episodes, 2001-2007)
Tristram Powell		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Ruth Caleb	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2001-2007)
G.F. Newman	....	producer (7 episodes, 2001-2006)
Mal Young	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2001-2005)
Alison B. Matthews	....	associate producer (6 episodes, 2003-2007)
Richard Burrell	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 2001-2002)

Series Original Music by
Debbie Wiseman		(12 episodes, 2001-2007)

Series Cinematography by
Peter Chapman		(5 episodes, 2002-2006)
David Schwartz		(5 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Film Editing by
David Kew		(6 episodes, 2001-2005)
Cassian Hall		(5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Nigel Cattle		(3 episodes, 2001-2006)
Nick Ames		(3 episodes, 2001-2002)

Series Casting by
Liz Stoll		(23 episodes, 2001-2006)
Kate Plantin		(6 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Production Design by
Ken Ledsham		(8 episodes, 2001-2007)

Series Art Direction by
Claire Johnston		(4 episodes, 2003-2006)
Sue Tanner		(2 episodes, 2001-2002)
John Hemsley		(2 episodes, 2007)
Jo Sutherland		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Colin Lavers		(5 episodes, 2002-2006)
Robert Lever		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Makeup Department
Ros Peat	....	makeup designer / makeup artist (6 episodes, 2003-2007)
Jessica Brooks	....	makeup artist / makeup trainee (5 episodes, 2005-2006)
Clare Juhasz	....	second makeup designer / makeup artist (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Gillian Thomas	....	makeup designer (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Clare Wright	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 2005)
Lulu Hall	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Lizzie Judd	....	makeup trainee (unknown episodes)
Nicky South	....	makeup trainee (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Holly Watson	....	third assistant director / second assistant director (11 episodes, 2001-2003)
Adam Barrington	....	third assistant director (4 episodes, 2003)
Chris Dall	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Oliver Cookson	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2003-2006)
Gemma Quilliam	....	third assistant director (3 episodes, 2003-2005)
Claire Thompson	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
Joe Shaw	....	second unit director (3 episodes, 2007)
Tammy Kempinski	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Ian Barber	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2001)
Rebecca Callas	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 2007)
Kate Pickford	....	third assistant director (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Department
Fiona Bambrough-Stott	....	production buyer (8 episodes, 2001-2007)
Eric Levey	....	property master (8 episodes, 2001-2007)
Clive Brown	....	dressing props (7 episodes, 2002-2007)
Mark Burgess	....	stand-by props (7 episodes, 2002-2007)
Stuart Newton	....	dressing props (7 episodes, 2002-2007)
Nobby Clark	....	painter / carpenter (5 episodes, 2005-2007)
Malcolm Elliott	....	carpenter / painter (5 episodes, 2005-2007)
Max De Nett	....	stand-by props (3 episodes, 2003-2005)
Brian Green	....	stand-by props (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Daryn McLaughlan	....	assistant art director (2 episodes, 2005)
Clare Little	....	assistant art director (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Sound Department
Pietro Dalmasso	....	sound editor & dubbing mixer / dubbing mixer (22 episodes, 2002-2007)
Jonathan Wyatt	....	sound mixer / sound recordist (9 episodes, 2001-2002)
Danny Finn	....	dubbing mixer (6 episodes, 2001-2002)
Tony Bell	....	boom operator (6 episodes, 2003-2007)
Malcolm Hirst	....	sound recordist (6 episodes, 2003-2007)
Natalie Doherty	....	sound assistant (4 episodes, 2001)
Phil Porter	....	boom operator (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Charlotte Gray	....	sound trainee (2 episodes, 2006)
Keith Batten	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Craig Burns	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Alistair Crocker	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Sue Lenny	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Keith Marriner	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Becky Thomson	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Dominic Weaver	....	dubbing mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Tony Auger	....	special effects supervisor (2 episodes, 2007)
Dean Ford	....	special effects technician (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Stunts
Gary Arthurs	....	stunt double (5 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jason White	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2001)
Peter Brayham	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2003-2006)
Dani Biernat	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2007)
Nicholas Daines	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Gary Norman	....	grip (14 episodes, 2001-2005)
Andrew Todd	....	assistant camera (7 episodes, 2002-2007)
Kelvin Billing	....	focus puller (6 episodes, 2003-2007)
Stephen Roach	....	camera operator (6 episodes, 2003-2007)
Graham Newton	....	gaffer (5 episodes, 2002-2006)
James Moss	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 2002)
Lee North	....	gaffer (4 episodes, 2003-2006)
Richard Mason	....	electrician (4 episodes, 2007)
David Summerfield	....	grip (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jimmy Ward	....	camera trainee (2 episodes, 2003)
Tim Pruce	....	camera trainee (2 episodes, 2006)
Amir Aal	....	camera trainee (2 episodes, 2007)
Eddie Done	....	gaffer (2 episodes, 2007)
Haydn Thomas	....	focus puller (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Tim Watson	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maggie Partington-Smith	....	costume assistant (5 episodes, 2001-2005)
Carl Levey	....	wardrobe assistant (4 episodes, 2003-2006)
Jill Beaumont	....	wardrobe assistant (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Alison Stevens	....	costume assistant / wardrobe trainee (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Emma Heath	....	costume assistant (2 episodes, 2007)
Jane Leonard	....	costume supervisor (2 episodes, 2007)
Claire Mitchell	....	costume assistant (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Editorial Department
Alan Bishop	....	colorist (8 episodes, 2001-2007)
Colin Wilson	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Dave Rhodes	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Music Department
Steve Price	....	music engineer (1 episode, 2001)
Debbie Wiseman	....	conductor (1 episode, 2007)

Series Transportation Department
David Barry	....	transportation coordinator (29 episodes, 2001-2007)

Series Other crew
Ben Bickerton	....	script editor (10 episodes, 2003-2005)
Chris Bunyan	....	location manager (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Gary Slapper	....	legal advisor (8 episodes, 2001-2007)
Martin Walker	....	legal advisor (8 episodes, 2001-2007)
David Etherington	....	legal advisor (5 episodes, 2001-2006)
Camilla Griffith-Jones	....	production executive (5 episodes, 2001-2006)
Vivienne Neary	....	script editor (5 episodes, 2001)
Joy Sapieka	....	publicist (5 episodes, 2001)
Emma Brown	....	floor runner (4 episodes, 2001)
Paul B. Gibbs	....	assistant accountant (4 episodes, 2002)
Siptwe Chikondo	....	assistant to producer / assistant to producers (4 episodes, 2003-2006)
Amanda Lean	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 2003-2006)
Ben Rogers	....	floor runner / runner (4 episodes, 2003-2006)
Neil Hodge	....	head chef (4 episodes, 2007)
Catherine Moulton	....	script editor (4 episodes, 2007)
Toni Barnett	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2001-2006)
Derek Harrington	....	location manager (3 episodes, 2001-2006)
Vanessa Stoddart	....	production accountant / assistant accountant (3 episodes, 2001-2003)
James Lea	....	location manager / location unit manager (3 episodes, 2002-2005)
Liza Carmel	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2003-2005)
Heddi-Joy Taylor	....	production runner (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
Daniel Liddiard	....	production accountant (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Irene Chawko	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Steve Requena	....	legal advisor (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
Michelle Franklin	....	production runner (2 episodes, 2005)
Matt Kett	....	production accountant (2 episodes, 2005)
Martin Tweddell	....	assistant production accountant (2 episodes, 2005)
Jo Cooper	....	legal advisor (2 episodes, 2007)
Tina Falcone	....	assistant production accountant (2 episodes, 2007)
Sam Hemingway	....	floor runner (2 episodes, 2007)
Kelly Lee	....	production runner (2 episodes, 2007)
Frances Mable	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 2007)
Sonia O'Grady	....	assistant to producer (2 episodes, 2007)
Ben Rennick	....	assistant location manager (2 episodes, 2007)
Gordon Ronald	....	production consultant (2 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Vanneck	....	floor runner (2 episodes, 2007)
Juliette Woodcock	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 2007)
Pat Garrett	....	choreographer (unknown episodes)
Chris Patterson	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Gemma Quilliam	....	runner (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Peter Brayham	....	in memory of (2 episodes, 2007)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• One Eyed Dog

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2001-) (UK) (TV) (BBC1)
• AXN Mystery (2011) (Japan) (TV)
• Just Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
• Just Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 2 and 3)
• Just Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 4-6)
• Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) (2004-) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Martyr Television  post-production
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Wood Hall Catering  catering

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Aylesbury Crown Court, Market Square, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Judge John Deed:[sentencing the producer of a TV game show after a contestant has died] Celebrity. The pursuit of the talentless, by the mindless. It's become a disease of the twenty-first century. It pollutes our society, and it diminishes all who seek it, and all who worship it. And you must bear some of the responsibility for foisting this empty nonsense onto a gullible public.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Screenwipe: Episode #2.3" (2006)

A work of art..

I find myself somewhat astonished at the BBC's recent production of Judge John Deed. And it is a feeling I have not been subject to in a very long time where British television productions are concerned. Simply put, this is a work of pure genius, and there it is. This coming from a man with the utmost suspicion of our judicial system and the officers set up on high to enforce such an institution, and yet, I am in constant agreement, albeit to my own amazement, with the antics both of the judge and his underlings, and the way in which the court system is so succinctly depicted in this on-going series. Having happened across the DVD's by mistake, and eventually taken the time to view the contents, despite my reservations of having an age old storyline supporting the injustices of our political bodies, their avaricious motives, and the long standing old-school nepotist constitution forced upon me yet again, I instead found myself almost instantly engrossed by the in-depth characters, the surprisingly believable story lines, and the outright exceptional scripting.

Unlike many of the mainstream drama's that the BBC have a tendency of vomiting into unsuspecting audiences sitting rooms, without any concern for the damage they might be doing to our sense of rectal restraint and gag reflexes, Judge John Deed is without doubt a complete and utter reprieve for the British Broadcasting Company. Not only does this exquisitely crafted drama give the concept of a truly fair and just British legal system, doing it's utmost to defend the rights and privileges of victims and criminals alike, but it is not afraid to show how the Executive, i.e. the presiding governments long arm of political interference, the British police force, and the CPS (Criminal Prosecution Service) allow their personal departmental agendas and blinkered drive to gain convictions at any price, and indirectly perverting the course of justice.

As a complete layman, I have little insight into what really goes on in our courts of law, other than what I find regurgitated in the local press, of which most I am well aware, is dramatised for the sole purpose of selling yet more over-inflated tabloid drivel, or accompanying propagandist putrescence. Yet, in spite of my long standing cynicism for the pretence we all commonly refer to as 'The Authorities', I suddenly find myself comprehending the inconceivably difficult and complex responsibilities our high court judges must face, and deal with on a day to day basis. Of course this is only a drama, and yes it is played up for obvious entertainment value, however I hate to admit it, but I have learned more about how our legal system works and operates through the contents of the first fifteen episodes of Judge John Deed, than I have throughout my entire life living and working in the United Kingdom. I am shocked to say it, in fact I would go as far as to say I am entirely astonished, that a simple television program could sway my tainted opinions quite so much, and with such compelling dynamism, that I have actually begun to have some real faith, however small, in our British judiciary.

I have to hand it to G.F. Newman, and the production team of One-Eyed Dog. Between them they have smashed through the monotony of drab, mind numbingly inept, and the endlessly anal-retentive montage of legal drama's, we as an audience have had to endure from so many other would- be purveyors of truth, and actually delivered an honestly frank and genuinely sincere rendition of reality, without compromising the real meaning of entertainment in the process. This series should be presented as a part of every law school curriculum, a core module and de-facto benchmark of what is expected of every lawyer, solicitor, barrister and judge in the United Kingdom, not to mention our somewhat errant ministers of parliament at present. This drama's stark acceptance that people, no matter their redoubtable positions, are still human beings, and can still make mistakes in their private lives, but making little difference in the court room while common sense, an unbiased conviction to seek out the real truth, and still offer up authentic, honest-to-god verdicts and sound justice, is a joy to behold. No one is above the law in Judge John Deed's courtroom, CEO's, MP's, even other judges; they all come under the hammer of John Deeds (Martin Shaw), insurmountable intellect and fair minded ethics.

Suffice to say, I love this series and endeavour to get my hands on the rest of the episodes thus far unseen. Congratulations to the BBC, and the entire cast of Judge John Deed. You have made this unbeliever think twice before speaking out against the 'system' without first thinking about what I really do know, and what I don't. You have dared to stand out from the crowd on this one, and I applaud you for it. Ignore the criticisms, the winging companies, who even now seek to curtail the truths and facts of the products this series has openly exposed to the light of day, and long may you continue to reveal the notorious sabre rattling of our ruling political bodies, to put money before the citizens who have given them such misguided trust.