Or of the way the guilt or innocence is ascertained if a layman jury is used, i.e. The opinion of persons without any legal knowledge and just relying on the (un)pleasantness of appearances and presentations, playing with words and emotions et cetera... Well, the depiction of it in the Series is OK, but there are so many cliches, and the locality-based aspect is only mildly visible (the events take place in Bristol and a well constructed creation could enhance the viewers´ interest in the region, but not in Showtrial).
The female performances are strong, particularly Tracy Ifeachor as Cleo Roberts and Céline Buckens as Talitha Campbell, but males here are just rich and spoilt with sexist attitudes... The role of media is annoying as usual, trying to influence the court in the "right" (=no smoke without fire) direction and the roundup of all the proceeding is evidently realistic but letting you ponder on and over what really happened...
But still, if you like court dramas, then Showtrial is definitely in the better half of them.
The female performances are strong, particularly Tracy Ifeachor as Cleo Roberts and Céline Buckens as Talitha Campbell, but males here are just rich and spoilt with sexist attitudes... The role of media is annoying as usual, trying to influence the court in the "right" (=no smoke without fire) direction and the roundup of all the proceeding is evidently realistic but letting you ponder on and over what really happened...
But still, if you like court dramas, then Showtrial is definitely in the better half of them.