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Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment

Crime · 2008

Last aired: S1 E4, Have I Got Noose for You · 2008-06-22

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.

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Season 1

E1 Feud Glorious Feud 2008-06-01 · 60 min Tony 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

E2 Guilty as Charred 2008-06-08 · 60 min Tony explores how turbulent times in the Middle Ages resulted in professional judges, trial by jury and a set of laws for the entire nation

E3 New King on the Block 2008-06-15 · 60 min Tony examines the 16th century and the reign of Henry VIII, whose marital issues cast Britain adrift from Europe, changing the course of legal history

E4 Have I Got Noose for You 2008-06-22 · 60 min Tony looks at crime and punishment in London in the 18th century, when industrious Victorians turned Parliament into a factory for law making

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