Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Maxine Peake Rupert Penry-Jones & Neil Stuke star in this smart & thrilling legal drama about the lives loves & hard cases facing a group of top end barristers Series 1 Single attractive thirty-something Martha Costello is a brilliant passionate defence barrister with the unwavering belief that all are innocent until proven guilty She is about to apply to become Queen&s Counsel (a &QC& or & Silk&) but she&s not the only one at her chambers Clive Reader is charming ruthless & dangerous & knows how to play the game only one of them will be made QC & Senior Clerk Billy Lamb is the man with everyone&s lives & careers in his hands Martha&s conscience & faith in the criminal justice system are tested to breaking point as she deals with clients who are good bad & downright evil Series 2 Martha is now a member of the Queen&s Council
- a QC which means the stakes are now higher than ever Tensions are running high in the chambers with the still ambitious Clive Reader having to deal with his failure to become a QC & Billy Lamb under pressure to keep the chambers afloat As Martha finds an ambiguous ally in Caroline Warwick a 50-something sharp as a stiletto QC & Clive develops a fascination for a very beautiful & principled solicitor; passion jealousy & ambition take hold both in & out of the courtroom Actors Maxine Peake Neil Stuke John Mac Millan Rupert Penry-Jones Tom Hughes Natalie Dormer Nina Sosanya Theo Barklem-Biggs & Jamie Dispirito Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010
- 2012 Languages English