Storyline for Showtrial on Prime Video

Showtrial should eventually become a courtroom drama, but the opening episode instead treads familiar cop-show territory.

After a student ball in Bristol, second-year English and philosophy student Hannah Ellis (Abra Thompson) is reported missing by her mother.

Enter police officers who all have bantering nicknames such as “Cueball” (bald) and “Butch Cassidy” (er, short hair, surname Cassidy), to crack the case.

Thanks to the scene that opens proceedings – we see who is in the dock in the first few moments – we already know that Hannah is not about to be found at a friend’s house nursing a hangover.

The slow, steady reveal of what we do know, however, is devastating and done with care.

The phone call Hannah’s mother makes to the police, insisting that she knows deep down that something is wrong, is surely every viewer’s worst nightmare.

Episodes of Showtrial on Prime Video

S1.E1
Praying for Her
When one student disappears and another is arrested, the stage is set for a case that will divide the nation. Can solicitor Cleo protect her client when new evidence emerges?

Episodes of Showtrial on Prime Video S1.E2
Little Horses
Cleo puts pressure on the police case as Talitha threatens to slip from Cassidy’s grasp, but a surprise arrest of a third suspect offers a new theory about what happened to Hannah.

Episodes of Showtrial on Prime Video S1.E3
Lady Tease
With the murder trial fast approaching, Cleo must confront a fresh press scandal that throws a new and damning light on Talitha’s motives.

S1.E4
Velleities
A sensational trial starts with the Prosecution team seeking to prove that Talitha and Dhillon murdered Hannah Ellis together.

Episodes of Showtrial on Prime Video S1.E5
The Long Voyage
Time is running out for Cleo and Talitha as the trial reaches its explosive conclusion and the jury must decide: did she do it?