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Trial of the Century

DramaWar & Politics

A fictional courtroom drama which shows how the trial of Pádraig Pearse, one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, might have gone.

Apr 30, 20161 seasons3 episodesEndedEN

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Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Padraig Pearse

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Andrew Bennett

Sebastian Banks

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Frankie McCafferty

Father Aloysius Travers

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Mark Huberman

George Gavan Duffy

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Keith McErlean

James Connolly

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John Cronin

Joseph Mary Plunkett

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Jane Brennan

Margaret Pearse

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Aoibhinn McGinnity

Catherine Foster

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Nick Lee

Bulmer Hobson

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Anthony Brophy

Eoin MacNeill

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Pat Kenny

Foreman of the Jury

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Neilí Conroy

Mary O'Rourke

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Denis Conway

Edward Greene

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Dawn Bradfield

Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington

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Stephen Hogan

General William Lowe

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Marie Mullen

Lady Augusta Gregory

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John Olohan

John Redmond

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Rúaidhrí Conroy

Private Daniel Bailey

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Seasons

Season 1

3 episodes

Premiered Apr 30, 2016

Episodes

1–3 of 3

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Ep 1

The Prosecution of Patrick H. Pearse

Apr 30, 2016

48m

In this speculative historical fiction drama instead of a court martial and execution, rebel leader Padraig Pearse is given a public trial. The case for the prosecution is presented in this first episode.

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Ep 2

The Defence of Patrick H. Pearse

May 1, 2016

48m

Pearse, having dismissed his own legal team, defends his actions and makes the moral case for the Rising.

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Ep 3

The Jury Decides

May 2, 2016

48m

The final episode features a panel deliberating the outcome of the trial based on the evidence presented in the first two parts. The jury consisted of 12 prominent individuals, including Pat Kenny, Oisin McConville, Emma Dabiri, and Nell McCafferty. The jury debates the morality and legality of the Rising, which determines Pearse's fate in an alternative history.