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Murder Trial: The Killing Of Dr Brenda Page review - This real-life courtroom drama shows how hard it is to spot a liar, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS


Murder Trial: The Killing Of Dr Brenda Page (BBC2) , filmed mostly in the Aberdeen high court invited us to test our instincts, in a case that took nearly 50 years.

Screened over two nights,Murder Trial: The Killing Of Dr Brenda Page (BBC2), filmed mostly in the Aberdeen high court, has invited us to test our own instincts, in a case that took nearly 50 years to be resolved. We heard from wives and children who shrieked abuse at the strikebreakers, with no mention of Arthur Scargill's flying pickets, militants brought in from miles away to bolster the battle lines. One opponent, though uneasy at the prospect of opening old wounds, did stand his ground: Roland Taylor, the first to cross the picket lines, reminded us that the Shirebrook miners voted against the strike — and their democratic choice was over-ruled by the union.

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