Kavanagh Q.C. (Season 2)

John Thaw dons the silks as barrister James Kavanagh Q.C., one of the most highly respected criminal advocates in London, commanding admiration from colleagues and opponents alike. However, all this has come at a price as his dedication to work has taken its toll on his private life… Going beyond traditional courtroom dramas, “Kavanagh Q.C.” uncovers the pressures of legal battles and the problems of defining the truth, providing a compelling representation of the euphoric ups and costly downs of success and failure in the legal world.

  • Poster for True Commitment

    True Commitment (Episode 1) 7.3

    Air date: 1996-02-26

    Runtime: 76 min

    Overview: The daughter of a wealthy Jewish businessman and her boyfriend plan to murder a member of the neo-Nazi opposition. They are successful in killing a 17-year-old skinhead at a demonstration, yet when Mark, the boyfriend, is arrested, he claims the killing was an accident. Meanwhile, the Kavanagh's home life is abruptly ruffled by the news that Kate, an undergraduate at Cambridge, is having an affair with her married tutor.

  • Poster for Men of Substance

    Men of Substance (Episode 2) 8.0

    Writer: Matthew Hall

    Air date: 1996-03-04

    Runtime: 75 min

    Overview: Kavanagh is forced to replace the prosecutor who suffers a heart attack while on a Customs case involving the importation of drugs from Holland.

  • Poster for The Burning Deck

    The Burning Deck (Episode 3) 4.8

    Air date: 1996-03-11

    Runtime: 76 min

    Overview: Kavanagh represents the son of a Vice Admiral charged with arson. Despite his best efforts, the court finds Kavanagh's client guilty. The truth of the matter, however, turns out to be more complex. Meanwhile, the Kavanagh children organize a surprise anniversary party for their parents

  • Poster for A Sense of Loss

    A Sense of Loss (Episode 4) 8.0

    Air date: 1996-03-19

    Runtime: 76 min

    Overview: What appears to be a open and shut case in the murder of a young policewoman turns out not to be what it initially seems under cross examination.

  • Poster for A Stranger in the Family

    A Stranger in the Family (Episode 5) 4.5

    Air date: 1996-03-26

    Runtime: 76 min

    Overview: Even though he has not done a personal injury case for 20 years, Kavanagh is chosen as the leader in a case against a Thames River Recycling Centre, whose employee sustained spinal and brain damage from being struck by a swinging container. Meanwhile at home, Kavanagh's son besieges him with a plot to buy him a car.

  • Poster for Job Satisfaction

    Job Satisfaction (Episode 6) 8.0

    Air date: 1996-04-02

    Runtime: 76 min

    Overview: The son and daughter of a prosperous farmer are charged with the murder of their father and stepmother. A planted shotgun seems to provide the only evidence linking them to the gruesome killings. Kavanagh represents the daughter and loses the case, but in the appeal Kavanagh convinces the court that judicial errors were made in the original trial and his client is released.

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