James Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling challenging cases and defendants which put his skills to the test regularly.
Kavanagh Q.C. (Season 3)
Mute of Malice 8.0
Air date: 1997-03-03
Runtime: 76 min
Overview: Kavanagh defends a client who has become mute after announcing that he has killed his brother.
Blood Money 8.0
Air date: 1997-03-10
Runtime: 76 min
Overview: When surgeon Hilary Jameson successfully operates on a computer tycoon involved in a car accident, she has every reason to suppose he'll survive. Within a matter of minutes, however, the patient's wife learns that he is dead. What happened in that brief period? This is the problem Kavanagh must solve when he prosecutes on behalf of the widow.
Ancient History 10.0
Air date: 1997-03-17
Runtime: 76 min
Overview: Kavanagh prosecutes an apparently blameless family doctor in an unprecedented war crime trial. The court hears devastating testimony as victims of Nazi atrocities re-live their experiences in concentration camps, but it's left to a witness for the defence to reveal the final truth.
Diplomatic Baggage 6.0
Air date: 1997-03-24
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Kavanagh discovers how dark the corridors of power can be when he defends the daughter of a British ambassador on a charge of murdering an Austrian journalist. Meanwhile, Kavanagh's son moves into a squat.
The Ties That Bind 8.0
Air date: 1997-04-07
Runtime: 76 min
Overview: Kavanagh fights for justice on behalf of a young man brutally killed, in a rare private prosecution for murder. The odds, however, are against him, since there are powerful reasons for the truth to be kept hidden.
In God We Trust 8.0
Air date: 1997-04-14
Runtime: 76 min
Overview: Driven by a desire for justice, and to help his former colleague Julia Piper, now married to an American lawyer, Kavanagh flies to the US to assist with the appeal of a convicted murderer on Florida's death row.
Seasons
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