Trial & Retribution - Trial & Retribution I - Part One - 11:55 pm Monday, January 5 on ITV3

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Trial & Retribution I - Part One
Season 1, Episode 1

Part one of two. A massive police search leads to the body of a missing five-year-old, the victim of sexual assault and strangulation. All the evidence points to a local drunkard being the guilty party _ but as the case goes to trial it becomes clear that the outcome is by no means assured. Gripping crime drama by Lynda La Plante, starring David Hayman, Kate Buffery, Helen McCrory and Rhys Ifans

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Detective/Thriller Movie/Drama

Did You Know..

David Hayman (Actor) .. DS Mike Walker

Born: February 09, 1948 in Glasgow, Scotland

Best Known For: Playing Chief Superintendent Michael Walker in Trial and Retribution.

Early-life: Born in Glasgow, Scotland on February 9, 1948. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow before starting his acting career at the city's Citizens Theatre. He began to get recognised nationally after starring in A Sense of Freedom (1981).

Career: Hayman's film credits include Sid and Nancy (1986), Hope and Glory (1987) and The Jackal (1997). Between 1997 and 2009, he played Chief Superintendent Michael Walker in the TV crime drama Trial and Retribution. As well as acting, Hayman has also directed film and television productions, including Silent Scream (1990) and The Hawk (1993). More recently, he was cast as Brace in the television series Taboo.

Quote: "There's a lot of my industry I'm very disenamoured with. Like the world, television is run on greed and ego. It's not creative integrity, and that wears thin after a while."

Trivia: He founded the humanitarian charity Spirit Aid.

Kate Buffery (Actor) .. DI Pat North

Helen McCrory (Actor) .. Anita Harris

Born: August 17, 1968 in London

Best Known For: Playing Cherie Blair in The Queen and The Special Relationship.

Early-life: Helen Elizabeth McCrory was born on August 17, 1968, in London. Her mother is Welsh, her father is a Scottish diplomat, and Helen is the eldest of their three children. She was educated at a Hertfordshire boarding school, but also lived in Africa and Europe, where her father was posted. She also took a year out to live in Italy after leaving school before enrolling at Drama Centre London.

Career: McCrory's earliest professional roles came on stage. She made her TV debut in the 1993 series Full Stretch; her first film was Interview with the Vampire a year later, and she won a Royal Television Award for another early project, Streetlife, in which she starred alongside Rhys Ifans. She's continued to juggle theatre and screen work ever since. Among her best-known movies are Charlotte Gray, The Count of Monte Cristo, Enduring Love, The Queen, Skyfall and three entries in the Harry Potter franchise. On TV she's appeared in Trial & Retribution, Anna Karenina, North Square, Lucky Jim, Messiah, Life, Doctor Who and Peaky Blinders. She's also filmed the miniseries To Appomattox alongside Rob Lowe and her husband, Damian Lewis.

Quote: "I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it."

Trivia: She is an honorary patron of London children's charity Scene & Heard.