Beyond Reasonable Doubt was an Australian documentary series broadcast by the ABC in 1977. Presented by criminologist Professor Gordon Hawkins, it had 4 episodes revisiting four different criminal cases. The cases involving Ronald Ryan, Alexander McLeod-Lindsay[1] Leith Ratten,[2] and Frits Van Beelen[3] had their evidence re-examined and it was questioned whether the cases were proven beyond reasonable doubt.[4] It was created by Geoff Daniels and produced by ABC's feature group.[5]
Episode 1: The Ronald Ryan case
Bill Hunter as Ronald Ryan, Hugh Keays-Byrne as Patterson, Rod Mullinar as Prosecutor, John Gaden as Defence, Jay Bland as Walker, Ralph Cotterill as Prison officer LangeEpisode 2: The McLeod-Lindsay Case
Graham Corry as Alexander McLeod-Lindsay, Gillian Jones as Pamela McLeod-LindsayEpisode 3: The Leith Ratten Case
Danny Adcock as Leith Ratten, Julie Dawson as Mrs. KEpisode 4: The Van Beelen case
William L. Nagle as Frits Van Beelen, David Bracks, Graham Rouse