freediver wrote on Sep 9
th, 2010 at 9:00am:
Someone's been watching too many prison movies I think.
Speaking of which, there's a great prison mini-series which has been showing on ABC2 - with the first two episodes (Series 1) available still online via IView - see: -
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/![... ...](http://www.abc.net.au/tv/common/images/publicity/1011crim_90.jpg)
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/search/criminal%20justice
Quote:Criminal Justice
When 21-year-old Ben Coulter (Ben Whishaw) embarks upon a spontaneous evening of fun with a sexy stranger, Melanie (Ruth Negga), he doesn’t expect to wake up beside her dead body, covered in blood and holding the murder weapon; ending the night in a police cell.
All the evidence points to Ben, but he didn’t do it. He can’t remember all the events of the night, but he’s sure he didn’t commit murder.
This two-part British thriller is about sex, murder and criminal justice. It is the story of Ben’s odyssey through the police, prison and legal systems. It’s a system where the truth is optional; where what counts is playing the game, in order to come out on top.
From the start no one wants to hear Ben’s side of things. A game of cat and mouse starts as soon as he is arrested, between DCI Box (Bill Paterson), an old school policeman and Ralph Stone (Con O’Neill), Ben’s world weary, second division duty solicitor.
In the middle are Ben’s parents, at sea in the system, with the certainties they held about their son turned upside down. Could their son really be a murderer?
Starring Ben Whishaw, Pete Postlethwaite, Bill Paterson, Con O’Neill, Lindsay Duncan, David Harewood, David Westhead, Juliet Aubrey, Vineeta Rishi, Ruth Negga.
Highly recommended viewing - noting that the first episode expires in 5 days!