| Consider Your Verdict | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Legal drama |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 163 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Crawford Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | February 1961 (1961-02) – June 1964 (1964-06) |
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.
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 (1961–63)
- Anne Charleston (1962/64, 2 episodes)
- 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)
- 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 (1962–64, 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)
- Juliana Allen as Lynne Driscoll (1962, 1 episode)
- Leonard Teale (1961–64)
- Liz Harris as Kath Hutchins (1962, 1 episode)
- Maggie Millar as Lydia Durant (1962, 1 episode)
- Mark Edwards
- Marion Edward as Myra Fuller (1963, 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 (1964/66, 2 episodes)
- Robert Jewell as Dave Betts (1962/63, 2 episodes)
- Sheila Florance as Jocelyn Matthews / Laura Radford (1962/63, 2 episodes)
- Stewart Ginn as Robert Wilkins (1962, 1 episode)
- Vernon Spencer as Graham Butler (1962, 1 episode)
- Tom Oliver (1964)
- Tommy Dysart as Jack McLean (1963, 1 episode)
- Wynn Roberts as Defence Counsel Robert Winter (1962, 1 episode)
Notable episodes
- Queen Versus Bent starring Harold Blair
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Logie Awards | Best Drama Series | Consider Your Verdict | Won |
References
- Berkeley, Margaret (4 July 1962). "It's A Family Verdict". Television Supplement. The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. p. 2. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- 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 IMDb
- Consider Your Verdict at Classic Australian Television
- Consider Your Verdict at the National Film and Sound Archive
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- 1960s Australian drama television series
- Australian legal television series
- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- Australian English-language television shows
- Seven Network original programming
- Television shows set in Victoria (state)
- 1961 Australian television series debuts
- 1964 Australian television series endings
- Television series by Crawford Productions
- Australian television show stubs