#the prosecuting counsel. Middlemass has a rather scene stealing turn as a heavy drinking police surgeon (and gets the best moment in the
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New Scotland Yard: Shock Tactics (1.6, LWT, 1972)
"Nobody's hurt. I went down to get the truth and I got it."
"The truth? Or a conviction?"
"Both. Well, alright, we already knew the truth, but this way we get our conviction too."
"Not 'our' conviction. And the Crown only gets it if this stands up."
"Well, why shouldn't it, it was voluntary. No duress, no threats, no promises."
"That's what you say."
#new scotland yard#shock tactics#lwt#classic tv#patrick alexander#john reardon#john woodvine#john carlisle#john normington#ray smith#john quentin#sheila gish#artro morris#frank middlemass#hugh morton#joyce cummings#pauline stroud#gareth forbes#derrick gilbert#mischa de la motte#a man kills his wife by scaring her; this leads into a fairly interesting thought experiment‚ as the onus of the police becomes#proving malicious intent rather than proving the act (which he freely admits). this leads to our first sight of our characters in court#indeed the third act is entirely courtroom drama‚ the prosecution case complicated by Carlisle's heavy handed attempts at#shocking the killer into admitting guilt naturally enough this drives another shouty wedge between him and Woodvine.. i am enjoying#this series but im struggling to think of another crime drama featuring main characters who so clearly do not enjoy nor#appreciate working together like this pair. it's an odd choice. Normington is our killer and cuts a rather pathetic figure‚ despite the#audience knowing up front that he did indeed plot his wife's death. the question of whether or not it is murder becomes a point#of purely legal technicality‚ out of our leads' hands‚ with just jolly old Ray Smith (on loan from Public Eye) to fight the good fight as#the prosecuting counsel. Middlemass has a rather scene stealing turn as a heavy drinking police surgeon (and gets the best moment in the#episode‚ serving Carlisle a drink in a dirty piece of medical apparatus but assuring him not to worry 'the whisky will sterilise it')
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