Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 2021
Showtrial
Episode directors
Julia Ford
An anthology series of hotly contested criminal trials that divides the nation and take place in the full glare of the media spotlight.
The story
An anthology series of hotly contested criminal trials that divides the nation and take place in the full glare of the media spotlight.
The seasons
Season 1
Series 1
Season details
The arrogant daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur is put on trial following the disappearance of a fellow student, a hard-working daughter of a single mother.
Season 2
Series 2
Season details
When the high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer - a serving policeman. But who is this unnamed ‘Officer X’? What does his own history reveal about the nature of trauma and revenge, and was Marcus’s death a careless accident or cold-blooded murder?
Cast
Tracy IfeachorCleo Roberts
Céline BuckensTalitha Campbell
Kerr LoganJames Thornley
Lolita ChakrabartiMeera Harwood
Sharon D. ClarkeVirginia Hoult
Amy MorganHeidi McKinnon
Sinéad KeenanDI Paula Cassidy
James FrainDamian Campbell
Joseph PayneDhillon Harwood
Abra ThompsonHannah Ellis
Claire LamsAndrea Ellis
Rebecca GrantNisha Baria
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Adeel AkhtarSam Malik
Nathalie ArminLeila Hassoun-Kenny
Michael SochaPC Justin Mitchell
Joe DempsieDI Miles Southgate
Fisayo AkinadeFelix Owusu
Zoe TelfordHelen McGuire
Nina Toussaint-WhiteClaudia Wood
Ali KhanMani Malik-Cohen
John LightAdrian Gilligan
Anna Wilson-JonesTamara Baudin-Kenny
Christopher HatherallDC Andy Lowell
Rupert Holliday-EvansBrian Reeves
Craig JenkinsOffice worker (uncredited)
Tom AndrewsSeb Harding · Seb Harding (uncredited)
Angus Castle-DoughtyTroy Manners (uncredited) · Troy Manners
Susannah BourneReporter · Reporter (uncredited)
Mika SimmonsAmanda Wilkinson · Amanda Wikinson (uncredited)
Sam HoareAdam Reynolds
Lu CorfieldEmma Hemmings · Emma Hemmings (uncredited)
Kerri Hedley-CheneyMrs. Plain · Mrs. Plain (uncredited)
Rob JarvisDC Phil Hillcroft (uncredited) · DC Phil Hillcroft
Alexander WoodAustin Jones (uncredited)
Barney FishwickMarcus Calderwood
Tom PadleyDS Iain Packham
Aidan McArdlePatrick Norris
John MarquezAlex
Simeon CostelloClimate Activist (uncredited)
Anna PróchniakSandra Vodanovic
Dan WinterCourt Clerk
Jessica AladeDC Mackenzie
Elizabeth RiderJudge Isobel Cavendish
Maud DruineFreya Taylor
Francesca WildeMaeve (uncredited)
Camilla PowerCressida Campbell (uncredited) · Cressida Campbell
Kate EntwistleCourt Security Officer (uncredited)
Ayesha GriffithsGrace Eze
Nicola ThorpChristine Stewart
Jamie BallardChief Superintendent Whitley
Frankie WilsonPC Nick Taylor
Kerrie HayesPC Becky Hollis
Pearce QuigleyPhilip Holmes KC
Emer HeatleyPC Cutts
Jon MonieReporter
Jenny RainsfordLaura Thornley
Alec NewmanDr. Stephen Vendler
Sabet ChoudhuryReporter
Amy MarstonLydia Vendler
Michael GouldPaul Harwood · Paul Harwood (uncredited)
Liberty Tate WalkerCourt Supporter (uncredited)
Liam BurtonJuror (uncredited)
Neil BerrettJuror (uncredited)
Nicholas Page HaymanCourtroom Crowd (uncredited)
Daniel KendrickPC Kyle Jones
Abigail CruttendenDr. Nesbitt
Cailum CarragherPC Robert Hyndley
Daisy BadgerSara
Desmond EdwardsLennie
Hannah BriercliffeDaniella Fielding
Francesca AnnisDame Harriet Kenny
Flora MontgomeryGrainne Westwood KC
Lara McIvorCourt Clerk
Dana HaqjooJudge
Matilda Coster-WaldauIsla Reid
Francis MezzaFerry Terminal Police Officer
Mark PettitCustody Sergeant
Mark Vernon FreestoneCabbie
Joel WyattMan With Lighter (uncredited)
James BamfordMatt
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