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Depressing yet riveting, a real-life murder trial is restaged in front of not one but two entrenched juries. Plus, a nicely warped gen Z sitcom from YouTuber Lucia Keskin; and Noel Fielding swaps cakes for cloak-swishingThe Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4) | channel4.comThings You Should Have Done (BBC Three) | iPlayerThe Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (Apple TV+)Secret World of Sound With David Attenborough (Sky Nature)You find me in a state of low-level shock. I can’t remember the last time I got so demoralised watching television. I’m talking about Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial, a four-part reality TV social experiment that aired over the week. A real-life anonymised trial restaged in a former Chelmsford courthouse, with verdicts delivered by two juries of real people. Experts provide insights, while actors play barristers, the accused and witnesses. The juries, who sit in closed-off court boxes, are aware they’re being filmed, but not that there’s an alternative jury. For the first time, there’s access to jury debates. It’s fascinating television but, as I say, disheartening. You may find yourself Googling “moving to another country” as you watch it. Continue reading...