Justice (1971 TV series)

Justice is a British drama television series that originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974.^[1] Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson, a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had played barrister Julia Stanford. The theme music is Crown Imperial by William Walton.

The series was repeated in the UK by Talking Pictures TV in 2021/22.

• Margaret Lockwood as Harriet Peterson
• John Stone as Doctor Ian Moody
• John Bryans as Arthur Bollington (season 1, episode 2) / William Corletti (seasons 2–3, 22 episodes)
• Philip Stone as Sir John Gallagher (seasons 1–2, 11 episodes)
• Anthony Valentine as Robert Miller (season 1, episode 11) / James Eliot (season 3, 8 episodes)
• Rosie Collins as Rosie (season 3, 8 episodes)

• Alun Armstrong as Bob Graham (1 episode)
• Angela Thorne as Eileen Rutherford (3 episodes)
• Brian Wilde as Latimer / Prison Doctor (2 episodes)
• David Graham as Farber Tapworth (2 episodes)
• Ed Devereaux as Frank Ronce (2 episodes)
• Geoffrey Whitehead as Brian Bex / Major Bilton (2 episodes)
• Gerald Cross as Judge (2 episodes)
• Joss Ackland as Sir Robert Beste (1 episode)
• Leon Vitali as Brian Parsons (2 episodes)
• Michael Coles as Detective Sergeant Gable (3 episodes)
• Paul Eddington as Cooper / Kendall Blumenthal (2 episodes)
• Percy Herbert as Supt. Kellaway (3 episodes)
• Peter Blythe as Sommerfield (2 episodes)
• Peter Sallis as Coroner (season 1, episode 8)
• Raymond Huntley as High Court Judge (2 episodes)
• Sarah Douglas as Jenny Deane (2 episodes)
• Veronica Lang as Secretary (season 1, episode 11)

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The complete series is available on DVD in the UK in three series sets.

• Justice at IMDb