Second Verdict

Second Verdict is a six-part 1976 BBC television series, a dramatised documentaries of classic criminal cases and unsolved crimes from history re-appraised by fictional police officers. Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor reprised for a final time their double-act as Detective Chief Superintendents Barlow and Watt, hugely popular with TV audiences from the long-running series Z-Cars; Softly, Softly; and Barlow at Large.

CrimeDrama

Seasons

1. The Lindbergh Kidnapping

Air Date: 1976-05-27

Was Bruno Hauptmann really the man responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby in 1932? Or was he the victim of a miscarriage of justice?

2. Who Killed the Princes in the Tower?

Air Date: 1976-06-03

Was Richard III really the murderer of popular legend?

3. The French Bluebeard

Air Date: 1976-06-10

The story of Henri Landru and the mysterious disappearances of so many of his rich lady friends.

4. Murder on the 10.27

Air Date: 1976-06-17

John Alexander Dickman was hanged for murdering a man aboard a train in 1910. But were the two chief witnesses against him the ones really responsible?

5. Lizzie Borden

Air Date: 1976-06-24

Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her father forty whacks - or did she?

6. Who Burned the Reichstag?

Air Date: 1976-07-01

How the mentally challenged Marinus van der Lubbe was framed for arson by the Nazis.

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Rating

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Release Date

1976-05-27

Episodes

6 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Stratford Johns

DCS Charles Barlow

Frank Windsor

DCS John Watt

Production Companies

BBC