| Genre | Legal drama |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Num seasons | 4 |
| Num episodes | 163 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Company | Crawford Productions |
| Network | Seven Network |
| First aired | February 1961 |
| Last aired | June 1964 |
Consider Your Verdict is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network originally screening from February 1961 through to June 1964. It was based on a radio series with the same name broadcast on 3DB in Melbourne from 1958 to 1960.[1][2]
Production
The television series was recorded at the HSV-7 Fitzroy Tele-theatre in Melbourne. There were 163 one-hour episodes. The series was also popular in New Zealand.
Synopsis
The series made use of a revolving cast to portray various court cases. The actors were given the details of a given case and instructed to improvise their performances to give the series a more authentic, immediate feel.
Cast
- Terence Donovan as Keith Upton (1961–1963)
- Anne Charleston (1962/1964, 2 episodes)
- Anne Haddy as Frances Naughton (1962, 1 episode)
- Annette Andre as The Other Woman (1961, 1 episode)
- Ben Gabriel (1964, 1 episode)
- David Watt as Leslie Butler (1962, 1 episode)
- Denys Burrows (1962)
- Don Crosby as Michael Nelson (2 episodes)
- Edward Howell as Costella (1963, 2 episodes)
- Elspeth Ballantyne as Cynthia Martin (1 episode)
- George Fairfax as Crown Prosecutor John Taylor (1962, 1 episode)
- George Whaley as Don Fraser / Stanley Naughton (1962–1964, 3 episodes)
- Harold Blair as Tommy Bent (1962, 1 episode)
- Ian Turpie (1964, 1 episode)
- Isobel Kuhl as Gladys Willetts (1962, 1 episode)
- James Elliott (1962, 1 episode)
- James Scullin as Rocky Hawkins (1962, 1 episode)
- Joe McCormick (1962)
- John Fegan as Owen Bresley (1962, 1 episode)
- John Frawley (1 episode)
- Juliana Allen as Lynne Driscoll (1962, 1 episode)
- Kit Taylor (1964)
- Leonard Teale (1961–1964)
- Liz Harris as Kath Hutchins (1962, 1 episode)
- Lyndel Rowe as Helen Humphries (1964, 1 episode)
- Maggie Millar as Lydia Durant (1962, 1 episode)
- Mark Edwards
- Marion Edward as Myra Fuller (1963, 1 episode)
- Max Osbiston as Kevin Tressell (1962, 1 episode)
- Max Phipps (1964, 1 episode)
- Melissa Jaffer (1961, 1 episode)
- Nigel Lovell (1962)
- Raymond Fedden as Ed Rowe (1962, 1 episode)
- Reg Gorman as Reg Fraser (1964/1966, 2 episodes)
- Robert Jewell as Dave Betts (1962/1963, 2 episodes)
- Sheila Florance as Jocelyn Matthews / Laura Radford (1962/1963, 2 episodes)
- Stewart Ginn as Robert Wilkins (1962, 1 episode)
- Terry McDermott as Det. Sgt. Bronson / William Draper (1962/1964, 3 episodes)
- Terry Norris as Crown Prosecutor (1963/1964, 8 episodes)
- Tom Oliver (1964)
- Tommy Dysart as Jack McLean (1963, 1 episode)
- Vernon Spencer as Graham Butler (1962, 1 episode)
- Walter Pym as Julius Armstrong (1964, 1 episode)
- Wynn Roberts as Defence Counsel Robert Winter (1962, 1 episode)
Notable episodes
- "Queen Versus Bent" starring Harold Blair
Awards
|- ! scope="row" | 1962 | Logie Awards | Best Drama Series | Consider Your Verdict | | [citation needed]
References
- ^ Berkeley, Margaret (1962-07-04). "It's A Family Verdict". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. p. 2. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ Moran, Albert & Pinne, Peter (1993). Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series. Australian Film, Television and Radio School. p. 125. ISBN 9780642184627.
External links
- Consider Your Verdict at Classic Australian Television
- Consider Your Verdict at the National Film and Sound Archive