
1958 – 1963
48 Episodes
30 min

Geoffrey Sutcliffe

David Ensor
The Judge

John McGregor
Television Reporter

Jim McKay
Self - Commentary Reporter

James Fox
Council for the Prosecution

Anthony Hartwell
Junior Prosecuting Council

Jane Hylton
Mrs. Vickers

Daphne Anderson

Richard Caldicot

Micheál Mac Liammóir

Anthony Sharp

David Markham

Harold Lang

William Squire
Counsel for Defence

George Bancroft
'The Verdict Is Yours' premiered on September 2, 1957, in the CBS Daytime lineup. Unscripted, the show featured real lawyers playing the lawyers and judge. The defendants and witnesses on the program were professional actors who ad-libbed their dialogue, although they were given a general outline of what they were supposed to say. Sportscaster Jim McKay was the original reporter, providing commentary on the trials. He was succeeded in 1960 by newsman Bill Stout.