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The trial: A murder in the family. A docu drama; sociaal experiment.

The Trial: A Murder in the Family leaves viewers baffled 'Is this programme real or fake?'
VIEWERS were left confused watching new drama-documentary The Trial: A Murder in the Family over what was real and what was fake.

The show saw defendant Simon Davis, a university lecturer, be tried for the murder of his estranged wife, who had been strangled in her home.
The programme was described by Channel 4 as a social experiment, which examines the thought-process behind the British jury system.
While the defendant was an actor as were the witnesses, the jurors are ordinary members of the public.
However, those watching at home struggled to understand what part of the trial was real and who was acting.