A spectacular feature film of the best-selling novel by Leon Uris
Starring Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Lee Remick

Queen's Bench Seven - QB VII - at the Royal Courts of Justice is the setting for a courtroom drama on an epic scale - the most ambitious film ever made for American television. Leon Uris's story of the Jewish writer who is sued for libel by an eminent surgeon covers a period of 30 years and travels from Germany in 1945 through post-war London, Warsaw, Kuwait, California and Israel.

American author Abe Cady, in a best-selling novel, has accused Polish-born Dr Adam Kelno of performing horrifying experiments on concentration camp victims. Kelno is obsessed with proving his innocence. As the court battle progresses, old agonies are relived, ancient wounds reopened. The film is in two parts. Tonight traces the beginning of the story. Tomorrow the court case is resolved.
(Part 2 tomorrow at 8.15 pm)
Preview: page 13