Showtrial: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Showtrial will once again centre around a hotly contested criminal trial that divides the nation and takes place in the full glare of the media spotlight.

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?

Series details

• Title: Showtrial
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Legal
• Premiere date: 2021-10-31
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 58 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 45313
• IMDb ID: tt11403434
• TVDB ID: 378981

Cast and credited roles

• Tracy Ifeachor — Cleo Roberts
• Celine Buckens — Talitha Campbell
• Kerr Logan — James Thornley
• Lolita Chakrabarti — Meera Harwood
• Sharon D. Clarke — Virginia Hoult
• Sinéad Keenan — D.I. Paula Cassidy
• James Frain — Damian Campbell
• Joseph Payne — Dhillon Harwood
• Michael Socha — PC Justin Mitchell
• Adeel Akhtar — Sam Malik
• Nathalie Armin — Leila Hassoun-Kenny
• Joe Dempsie — DI Miles Southgate

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-10-31; final listed air date 2021-10-31; episode order: 5.
• Season 2: premiered 2024-10-06; final listed air date 2024-10-06; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Showtrial on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.