Unflinching drama from the award winning Jimmy McGovern (Cracker, Hillsborough, The Street) and starring Warren Brown, Peter Capaldi, Mackenzie Crook, Christopher Eccleston, Naomie Harris, Andy Serkis, Ben Smith, Juliet Stevenson and Marc Warren.

Weaving tales of fascinating hypothetical scenarios, Accused is a gripping blend of true to-life situations, moral dilemmas and intriguing characters. Each story is about an ordinary person who ends up in the dock. But should these men and women be there? Are they innocent or guilty or somewhere in between? As each hour long episode unravels we see how these people became the accused and finally whether they walk free or go down...

Creator: Jimmy McGovern Writers: Jimmy McGovern, Alice Nutter, Danny Brocklehurst, Esther Wilson.

Episode Guide

1. Willy's Story - First Broadcast: 15 November 2010

Lapsed Catholic plumber Willy Houlihan (Christopher Eccleston) is about to tell his wife Carmel (Pooky Quesnel) that he's been cheating on her when their daughter (Joanna Higson) announces she's getting married. Willy struggles with his secret and with the costs of the wedding and so he makes a pact with God that he'll give up his mistress, with whom he is still planning to run away with, if God will help him with his financial difficulties....

2. Frankie's Story - First Broadcast: 22 November 2010

Frankie Nash (Benjamin Smith) and Peter McShane Jr. (Ben Batt) join the British army to get out of going to prison for fighting in a pub. They are soon on the front-line in Afghanistan and Peter's cowardice in battle leads him to be bullied by the rest of his battalion and especially by Corporal Alan Buckley (Mackenzie Crook) who dubs him "the bitch"....

3. Helen's Story - First Broadcast: 29 November 2010

Rob Ryland (Joseph Phillips) and Michael Lang (Alfie Allen) start a new job temping at a local factory, they don't listen to the health and safety talk and Rob ends up being killed in an incident with a forklift truck. The police arrive at the house of Rob's parents, Helen (Juliet Stevenson) and Frank (Peter Capaldi), and tell them of the accident....

4. Liam's Story - First Broadcast: 6 December 2010

Liam Black (Andy Serkis) is a taxi driver with a gambling problem. When Liam's daughter makes it into a posh private school, he breaks into the house of Emma (Jodie Whittaker), a woman he drove in his taxi, and steals her grandmother's necklace to give as a present to his daughter for getting into the school. Whilst in Emma's house, Liam also steals her laptop and starts reading her diary on it leading Liam to start fantasising about life with Emma...

5. Kenny's Story - First Broadcast: 13 December 2010

Kenny Armstrong (Marc Warren) is a loving family man, who works in a crematorium. When his young daughter Chloe is attacked in a park by an unknown man, he and two of his friends, brothers Gordon (Joe Duttine) and Neil (Jack Deam), go out looking for the assailant....

6. Alison's Story - First Broadcast: 20 December 2010

After Alison Wade (Naomie Harris) and her husband David (Warren Brown) separate, she faces losing custody of her children...

DVD Extras

• Exclusive “Behind the Scenes with Jimmy McGovern”

• Cast Filmographies

• Subtitles