PRE-RELEASE: Ships when stock arrives.
Scheduled for Release on 4-28-2009

"A glossy, well-acted drama" - Financial Times

"A resounding thumbs up" - Daily Star

Beneath the powdered wig and sombre robes is a ruthless mind able to tear the truth from a tangle of legalese and lies. John Thaw (Inspector Morse) stars as wily British barrister James Kavanagh, a top member of Queen’s Counsel. Brilliant, relentless and sometimes exasperating, Kavanagh will push to any extremes to see that truth and justice prevail.

Previous Convictions - Kavanagh is required to defend an idealistic young woman charged with murder after an RAF plane crashes into a packed motocross event.

The More Loving One - Kavanagh is puzzled by the reluctance of his client, a young man (Hugh Dancy – King Arthur) charged with killing his drug-addict girlfriend, to explain what happened when she died in an explosion at their flat.

Time of Need - Kavanagh represents a Home Office Minister (Penelope Wilton – Half Broken Things) who brings a case for malicious prosecution against the police after she is found not guilty of indecent assault on a young man.

End Games - At an appeal, Kavanagh argues for a man imprisoned for murder years earlier, when he was negligently defended by an arrogant barrister whose junior was one James Kavanagh...

approx. 300 mins.

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