The Jury (2002) (with Helen McCrory)

[IcyPeas]

I watched this series years ago. Thinking about it again in light of Helen McCrory's untimely death. Also stars Gerard Butler and Derek Jacobi.

It is on Amazon Prime. A great series: from Wiki:

The killing of a 15-year-old-boy rocks the nation, as a Sikh classmate of the boy is charged with the murder. The trial, which is engulfed in protests and media speculation, brings together 12 jurors who find themselves having to make a decision that the entire country is waiting for.

The jurors include: Charles, a young man who has left the seminary to search for his lost love; Elsie, an old lonely woman who is dying; Johnny, a recovering alcoholic; Rose, a beautiful woman whose husband is paranoid in the aftermath of a car accident; Jeremy, a once-wealthy family man who lost all his money when conned by a friend in a bad investment; Peter, who wants to be a good and impartial juror at the trial but is besieged by his wife's parents, who want to get involved; and Marcia, a single mother who is forced to let her mother back into her life during the trial.

The victim, John Maher, was stabbed twenty-eight times on his way to school one morning. His classmate, Duvinder Singh, is accused.

[Scrivener7]

1. Whaaaaaatt????? I didn't know Helen McCrory died. She is Damien Lewis's wife. Or was, I guess.

She was fabulous. This is so sad.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Only 52. So young.

She was good in everything she did.

Cancer is a terrible disease.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. She was Aunt Polly in PEAKY BLINDERS

There was supposed to be another season by now.

[Glorfindel]

4. So sorry to learn of Ms McCrory's death

She was a great actress. I particularly enjoyed her performance as Cherie Blair in "The Queen"