The Murder Trial broadcast on Channel 4 last night was
bold and brilliant television, it condensed the five week trial of fruit and
veg wholesaler Nat Fraser as he seeked to be acquitted for the murder of his
wife in 1998.
The way the court proceedings where interwoven with
interviews from family members, witnesses and both counsels was handled with skill
and provided a great insight into the inner workings of the courts.
I urge anyone who missed it to make some time in
your schedule for it you won’t be disappointed, and while I won’t give anything
away I was surprised, namely I didn’t agree, with the verdict the jury reached,
but the programme was five weeks worth of proceedings condensed into two hours so that
has to be a factor.
This programme certainly made a case for televising
more trials in future, The Murder Trial was the most riveting two hours of TV I’ve
watched in a very long time.
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