Witness to a Prosecution (1999-2003)

Premiere:
December 20, 1999

# of Seasons: 2

# of Episodes: 44

Finale:
March 25, 2003

Original Title:
洗冤錄

Alternate Titles:
Witness to a Prosecution
洗冤录1

Genres:
Crime

Production Companies:
TVB

Countries:
HK

Witness to a Prosecution is a Hong Kong television series produced by TVB. The original broadcast was on the TVB Jade network with 45-minute episodes airing five days a week from 20 December 1999 to 16 January 2000. The drama stars Bobby Au-yeung as the famous historical forensic medical expert Song Ci. Set during the Southern Song Dynasty of Mid-Imperial China, Witness to a Prosecution tells a fictionalised account of Chee's modest beginnings and the events leading to the creation of his book Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified, the world's earliest documentation of forensic science.

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