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a b "BBC Crime Drama - Judge John Deed - GF Newman Interview". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 January 2003 . Retrieved 29 April 2007. Yes but it is fiction. In real life we will get bad judges who make bad decisions. We see it happen in news reports where people are up in arms over a reported case and they don't agree with the verdict. Thomas, Liz (27 February 2007). "Sentence hangs over Judge John Deed". The Stage . Retrieved 27 April 2007.

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During a reality TV show one contestant, in an explosion of stress-filled anger, kills another on camera. Judge John Deed hears the trial of the producers, who are charged with manslaughter when its learned psychologists profiled contestants to find those with 'The most entertaining flashpoints'. Drama set in the Easter rising and Irish Civil war, from the IRA point of view, broadcast around the time of the Peace process in N. Ireland BBC announces January first showings in HD". HDTV UK. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007 . Retrieved 24 April 2007. Diana Hulsey (from "Health Hazard") takes her case against the mobile phone company forwards and asks Jo to adopt her son when she dies. Rochester and the Trade Secretary try to derail the case by planting child pornography on Deed's computer, leading the phone company not to settle after Diana dies and leaving Deed with a race to save his name. Wells, Matt (28 November 2001). "ITV admits 'commercial' BBC cannot be beaten". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media . Retrieved 16 September 2007.

Claridge, Brian (2006). "Why actor Jenny Seagrove would hate to be a barrister". Le Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008 . Retrieved 24 November 2007. During the War Crimes case in The Hague, Deed learns that the British Soldier on trial is being sacrificed as part of the government's overall exit strategy. Deed's dilemma is one possible miscarriage of justice to save the lives of many soldiers. Judge John Deed takes the case of Maurice Haart, a father accused of murdering the man who killed his daughter. Haart tells his barrister, Jo Mills, that he shot the man because he saw him driving the same lorry that he hit his daughter with, but he refuses to plead provocation. Deed's daughter Charlie introduces him to Rory, an environmental activist, and they are later arrested when they destroy GM crops. a b c Hattenstone, Simon (30 December 2000). "Natural lawman". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media . Retrieved 24 April 2007. Take for example the idea of the power of prayer, I can see the reasoning why they might want to not show an episode of something as in the case described in this thread. But wouldn't it be equally possible for the BBC to decide to not show something simply because they think it isn't true so that wouldn't happen?Deed is given a high-profile case in which a woman takes action against a mobile phone company for causing her brain tumour, angering Ian Rochester. Rochester attempts to take the case away from Deed, but is unable to. Instead he brings Jo up for a disciplinary after her affair with Deed. Deed arrives at her hearing, chaired by Sir Monty Everard, and has the charges dropped. Meanwhile, a man involved in a hit and run incident might be unfit to stand trial. Robins, Jon (23 January 2007). "Primetime drama—the verdict on TV lawyers". The Times. London: Times Newspapers . Retrieved 28 April 2007. I've never watched Judge John Deed before, so I don't know if he was the judge who made the decision described in this thread with the banned episode. But isn't it our own faults for putting too much faith in him as a hero rather than seeing him as a terrible judge? It's just that it makes me think about to what extent content will be controlled, even if that control may be benign and sometimes for what a channel believes to be in the best interests of the public. Meanwhile, Rufus Barron provides evidence that the Home Secretary accepted a bribe on a defence contract. But when the evidence goes missing Neil Haughton insists Deed is impeached... Episode 6 - Popular Appeal