The "Live Links" pilot project of virtual courts was launched in Medway and Camberwell Green in London in May 2009, and so far more than 1, 400 people have appeared in Kent courts via virtual justice.
And for some high-risk patients who live too far away to easily track, Mitchell is pilot-testing whether a high-tech option helps them stick with care instructions.
The adult pilot shows include Alpha House, about four senators who live together in a rented house in Washington DC and stars John Goodman, who was recently in Oscar-winning film Argo.