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Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

  • Air date:1996-02-26
  • User score:
    6.7
  • Number of episodes:6

List of Episodes

True Commitment
S2E1
7.0

Air date: 1996-02-26

Runtime: 76 min

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.

Men of Substance
S2E2
8.0

Air date: 1996-03-04

Runtime: 75 min

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

The Burning Deck
S2E3
4.5

Air date: 1996-03-11

Runtime: 76 min

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

A Sense of Loss
S2E4
8.0

Air date: 1996-03-19

Runtime: 76 min

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.

A Stranger in the Family
S2E5
4.5

Air date: 1996-03-26

Runtime: 76 min

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.

Job Satisfaction
S2E6
8.0

Air date: 1996-04-02

Runtime: 76 min

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.

Top Cast

John Thaw

John Thaw

James Kavanagh QC

Nicholas Jones

Nicholas Jones

Jeremy Aldermarten QC

Oliver Ford Davies

Oliver Ford Davies

Peter Foxcott QC

Lisa Harrow

Lisa Harrow

Lizzie Kavanagh

Cliff Parisi

Cliff Parisi

Tom Buckley

Daisy Bates

Daisy Bates

Kate Kavanagh

John Carlisle

John Carlisle

Judge Trafford

Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

Julia Piper

Sam Cox

Sam Cox

Dr. Derek Buxton

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