Showtrial: promo

5 part UK crime drama Showtrial is coming to Thursdays on Seven, after the Winter Olympics.

The series is made by World Productions (Line Of Duty, Bodyguard, Vigil, The Pembrokeshire Murders), written by Ben Richards (Cobra, The Tunnel, Strike) and directed by Zara Hayes (Poms, Dian Fossey: Secrets In The Mist).

It screened in the UK in October.

The gripping crime thriller explores how prejudice, politics and the media distort the legal process, in a timely drama packed with dark humour.

When privileged student Talitha Campbell (Celine Buckens, Bridgerton) – the estranged daughter of a wealthy property developer – is charged with conspiring to murder a fellow university student, the trial that follows places victim, accused and their families in the eye of a media storm.

Into that storm enters Cleo Roberts (Tracy Ifeachor, The Originals), the duty solicitor on the night of Talitha’s arrest.

Refusing her father’s help, Talitha wants Cleo to lead her defence against a prosecution that is weaponising Talitha’s gender and social privilege against her.

As the shocking case grips the nation, Cleo and the defence team vie with the prosecution, but is Talitha a damaged scapegoat or a cold-blooded killer?