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  • Crown Court Proof Spirits: Part 1 (Season 10, Episode 1)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Crown Court

Proof Spirits: Part 1 (Season 10, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Vera Barnes - better known as "Madame Veda Bronski", a spiritualist and professed clairvoyant - is charged with obtaining money by deception from widow Elizabeth Penn. The Prosecution claim that she took advantage of the vulnerable Mrs. ...See moreVera Barnes - better known as "Madame Veda Bronski", a spiritualist and professed clairvoyant - is charged with obtaining money by deception from widow Elizabeth Penn. The Prosecution claim that she took advantage of the vulnerable Mrs. Penn and tricked her into donating £17500, supposedly towards a spiritualist centre that was never built. The Defence respond that Madame Bronski does appear to have unusual gifts and even these are disputed she has a sincere belief that she can contact the dead and help people like Mrs. Penn. Written by Alan Briscoe See less
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Mar 9, 1981 (United Kingdom)

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11 cast members
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Raymond Huntley
Mr. Justice Downes Mr. Justice Downes   See fewer
Christopher Benjamin
Charles Percival Charles Percival   See fewer
Ann Firbank
Sarah Gibson QC Sarah Gibson QC   See fewer
Barbara Shelley
Madame Veda Bronski Madame Veda Bronski   See fewer
Norman Mills
Det. Sergeant Cotterill Det. Sergeant Cotterill   See fewer
Robert Austin
Harold Penn Harold Penn   See fewer
Christopher Hancock
Philip Weems Philip Weems   See fewer
Joan Hickson
Elizabeth Penn Elizabeth Penn   See fewer
Randal Herley
Clerk of Court Clerk of Court   See fewer
Mary Cunningham
Jury Foreman Jury Foreman   See fewer
Peter Wheeler
Court Reporter Court Reporter   See fewer
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