70s Schoolkids

Difficult in my case - between 1973 and 1979, I was in two boarding schools - the first one, we were not permitted to watch telly, listen to the radio, records or anything - the only music we were allowed to listen to was classical music - live performers would come to the school on a Sunday - sometimes, we would go to live concerts - even if we had been able to watch telly, we'd've only been able to watch educational programmes - wildlife documentaries and that - bunking off to watch Crown Court would've been frowned upon.

I think I was able to see repeats during holiday time.

The 12 members of the jury were made up of 11 members of the general public and one little-known actor/actress, who played the fore(wo)man - Equity rules forbidding members of the public from speaking on any television show that wasn't a quiz or a documentary.

The stories were scripted and written by well-known writers.

Two conclusions were scripted - the verdict was unscripted, to make it feel like a real court case - one version would see the accused cheering because s/he had been acquitted or vindicated or whatever and the other the opposite.

either holidays or sick days, watching this and other ITV dramas. A lot were repeats of programmes originally shown at 9pm. Eg Van Der Valk, Village Hall, Holding On, Beryl's Lot, Fallen Hero, Hunters Walk.
ITV only showed schools programmes 9.30-12noon so had the whole afternoon to fill and no racing or cricket, before childrens programmes after school hours ie 4pm ish.

I remember this. Also Marked Personal with Stephanie Beacham and Julie Peasgood. And a series called Rooms that seemed very grown up. Perhaps I remember them so well because I wasn't supposed to be watching in the first place?