See You in Court

British TV series or programme
See You in Court
Directed byRoss Wilson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerLindsey Douglas
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release29 March (2011-03-29) –
17 May 2011 (2011-05-17)

See You in Court is a 2011 BBC One documentary series about celebrities taking libel action against the media.

Episodes

Episode 1: 29 March 2011

  • Lembit Opik claims that national newspapers made him a figure of fun and caused him to lose his seat in the 2010 general election.[1]
  • Sheryl Gascoigne claims that red top tabloids defamed her by printing quotes they said were from her ex-husband Paul and his mother.[1]

Episode 2: 5 April 2011

  • Uri Geller challenges red-top articles, and an American television programme, about his relationship with Michael Jackson and alleged connection to Martin Bashir.
  • Ali Dizaei claims newspapers have said things about him that are untrue. He was successful in receiving an apology and payout as a result of an article falsely accusing him of bigamy. He was convicted of a separate crime, for which he is serving a prison sentence.

Episode 3: 12 April 2011

  • Ultramarathon runner Richard Donovan takes action against Forbes magazine for their coverage of his North Pole marathon, which he says in inaccurate and unsatisfactory.
  • Finsbury Park Mosque takes action against Policy Exchange in response to their claim that they distributed extremist literature.

Episode 4: 3 May 2011

Episode 5: 10 May 2011

Episode 6: 17 May 2011

References

  1. ^ a b Johnston, Philip (29 March 2011). "Lembit Opik, a 'loon'? We couldn't possibly comment". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2011.

External links

  • See You in Court at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • See You in Court at BBC Online Edit this at Wikidata