Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment
2008 · Channel 4 · 60 min · 1 season
S01E04 · Have I Got Noose for You
Mon, 23 June, 5:00 am
Tony looks at crime and punishment in London in the 18th century, when industrious Victorians turned Parliament into a factory for law making
About
Tony Robinson takes a look at the fascinating and sometimes bizarre origins of our laws, and what we do to people when they break them.
Episodes
- E01
Feud Glorious Feud
Mon, 2 June· 60 minTony looks at the first millennium AD and the waves of foreign invaders that left their mark on the way we organise ourselves and sort out disputes
- E02
Guilty as Charred
Mon, 9 June· 60 minTony explores how turbulent times in the Middle Ages resulted in professional judges, trial by jury and a set of laws for the entire nation
- E03
New King on the Block
Mon, 16 June· 60 minTony examines the 16th century and the reign of Henry VIII, whose marital issues cast Britain adrift from Europe, changing the course of legal history
- E04
Have I Got Noose for You
Mon, 23 June· 60 minTony looks at crime and punishment in London in the 18th century, when industrious Victorians turned Parliament into a factory for law making
Cast
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson