Consider Your Verdict
| Company type | Television series |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television production |
| Founded | February 1961 |
| Founder | Crawford Productions |
| Defunct | June 1964 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne , Australia |
Area served | Australia, New Zealand |
| Products | Television drama series |
| Parent | Crawford Productions |
Consider Your Verdict is a television series from Australia, produced by Crawford Productions and broadcast on the Seven Network between February 1961 and June 1964. This program was adapted from a radio show of the identical title that aired on Melbourne's 3DB from 1958 until 1960.
Production
Filming took place at the Fitzroy Tele-theatre located within HSV-7 in Melbourne. The series comprises a total of 163 episodes, each lasting one hour. It also attracted a significant audience in New Zealand.
Synopsis
The series showcased a rotating ensemble of actors who portrayed various legal cases. Performers were provided with case backgrounds and encouraged to improvise their dialogue, aiming to deliver a realistic and immediate courtroom experience.
Cast
- Terence Donovan portrayed Keith Upton (1961–1963)
- Anne Charleston appeared in two episodes (1962/1964)
- Annette Andre as The Other Woman (single episode, 1961)
- Ben Gabriel featured in one episode (1964)
- David Watt as Leslie Butler (one episode, 1962)
- Denys Burrows (1962)
- Edward Howell played Costella across two episodes (1963)
- Elspeth Ballantyne as Cynthia Martin (one episode)
- George Fairfax took the role of Crown Prosecutor John Taylor (one episode, 1962)
- George Whaley appeared as Don Fraser / Stanley Naughton in three episodes (1962–1964)
- Harold Blair portrayed Tommy Bent (single episode, 1962)
- Ian Turpie (one episode, 1964)
- Isobel Kuhl as Gladys Willetts (one episode, 1962)
- James Elliott (one episode, 1962)
- James Scullin as Rocky Hawkins (single episode, 1962)
- Joe McCormick (1962)
- John Fegan as Owen Bresley (one episode, 1962)
- John Frawley appeared in one episode
- Juliana Allen played Lynne Driscoll (one episode, 1962)
- Kit Taylor (1964)
- Leonard Teale featured throughout the series from 1961 to 1964
- Liz Harris as Kath Hutchins (one episode, 1962)
- Lyndel Rowe portrayed Helen Humphries (single episode, 1964)
- Maggie Millar as Lydia Durant (one episode, 1962)
- Mark Edwards
- Marion Edward played Myra Fuller (one episode, 1963)
- Max Phipps appeared in one episode (1964)
- Melissa Jaffer featured in one episode (1961)
- Nigel Lovell (1962)
- Raymond Fedden as Ed Rowe (single episode, 1962)
- Reg Gorman appeared twice as Reg Fraser (1964/1966)
- Robert Jewell portrayed Dave Betts across two episodes (1962/1963)
- Sheila Florance played Jocelyn Matthews / Laura Radford in two episodes (1962/1963)
- Stewart Ginn as Robert Wilkins (one episode, 1962)
- Terry McDermott took roles of Det. Sgt. Bronson / William Draper over three episodes (1962/1964)
- Tom Oliver appeared in 1964
- Tommy Dysart as Jack McLean (single episode, 1963)
- Vernon Spencer portrayed Graham Butler in one episode (1962)
- Walter Pym played Julius Armstrong in one episode (1964)
- Wynn Roberts acted as Defence Counsel Robert Winter in a single episode (1962)
Notable episodes
- Queen Versus Bent starring Harold Blair
Awards
|- ! scope="row" | 1962 | Logie Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | Consider Your Verdict |
External links
- Consider Your Verdict on Classic Australian Television
- Consider Your Verdict via the National Film and Sound Archive
- Articles with short description
- 1960s Australian drama television series
- Australian legal television series
- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- Australian English-language television programs
- Seven Network original programming
- Television shows set in Victoria (state)
- 1961 Australian television series debuts
- 1964 Australian television series conclusions
- Television series by Crawford Productions