Kavanagh Q.C. (Season 3)

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 Mute of Malice

    Mute of Malice (Episode 1) 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.

  • Poster for Blood Money

    Blood Money (Episode 2) 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.

  • Poster for Ancient History

    Ancient History (Episode 3) 9.5

    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.

  • Poster for Diplomatic Baggage

    Diplomatic Baggage (Episode 4) 7.0

    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.

  • Poster for The Ties That Bind

    The Ties That Bind (Episode 5) 8.5

    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.

  • Poster for In God We Trust

    In God We Trust (Episode 6) 8.5

    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.

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