Series titles. The left panel shows Shaw and Seagrove's respective characters in a romantic moment.
Genre
Legal drama
Written by
G.F. Newman
Starring
Martin Shaw Jenny Seagrove Barbara Thorn Louisa Clein Simon Ward
Theme music composer
Debbie Wiseman
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
6
No. of episodes
29 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Mal Young Ruth Caleb
Producer
G.F. Newman
Original release
Network
BBC One BBC HD (2007)
Release
9 January 2001 (2001-01-09) – 18 January 2007 (2007-01-18)
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Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Mr Justice Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove as the barrister Jo Mills QC, frequently the object of Deed's desire. A pilot episode was broadcast on 9 January 2001, followed by the first full series on 26 November 2001. The sixth and last series concluded on 18 January 2007. The programme then went on an indefinite break after Shaw became involved in another television programme (Inspector George Gently), and he and Seagrove expressed a wish for the format of the series to change before they filmed new episodes. By 2009, the series had officially been cancelled.
The factual accuracy of the series is often criticised by legal professionals and journalists; many of the decisions taken by Deed are unlikely to happen in a real court. The romanticised vision of the court system created by Newman caused a judge to issue a warning to a jury not to let the series influence their view of trials—referring to an episode where Deed flouts rules when called up for jury service. A complaint was made by a viewer about one episode claiming biased and incorrect information about the MMR vaccine, leading the BBC to unilaterally ban repeats of it in its original form.[1] All six series (with the exception of the two banned episodes from Series Five) have been released on DVD in the UK.
^"Editorial Complaints Unit - Quarterly Report, July - September 2006" (PDF). bbc.co.uk. BBC. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
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