Six Days of Justice: A Question of Discipline (S3EP3 ITV Mon 5 Nov 1973, with Geoffrey Palmer)

In A Question of Discipline a teacher is the magistrate’s court accused of hitting one of her pupils. The girl in question is very much the quiet type and it is her parents who are keener on pursuing the court case. Is there more to the incident than there seems.

Writer Pat Hooker also worked as a court stenographer so had a thorough grounding of how the court system worked.

cast
Jill Balcon as Chairman
Sheila Ballantine as Margaret Gordon
Nell Brennan as W.P.C. Carson
Ishaq Bux as Magistrate
Julian Curry as Mr. Hammond
Terence Davies as Mr. Prentiss
Jenny Donnison as Betty Madden
Daphne Goddard as Magistrate
Geoffrey Palmer as Mr. Nicholas
Toni Palmer as Mrs. Prentiss
Morris Perry as Evelyn Laker
Rex Robinson as Warrant Officer
Jacqueline Tong as Susan Prentiss
George Waring as Clerk of Court
Meadows White as Usher

Director: Richard Martin
Writer: Pat Hooker

Airdate: Monday 5 November 1973 at 9.00pm on ITV.

Series: Six Days of Justice Season 3, Episode 3