Kavanagh QC
A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.
Cast:John Thaw , Oliver Ford Davies , Nicholas Jones , Cliff Parisi , Lisa Harrow , Tom Brodie , Daisy Bates , Anna Chancellor , Jenny Jules , Valerie Edmond , Arkie Whiteley , Danny Midwinter , Geraldine James , Rebecca Front , Robert Ashby , Celestine Randall , Robin Bailey , Rosalind Bailey
S2.E1 ∙ True Commitment
Kavanagh finds himself defending a left-leaning protester accused of stabbing a skinhead at a protest march. The accused claims that it was entirely his fault, but when he hears that his upper middle class girlfriend has shopped him to the police, he changes his story saying he was just being chivalrous and that it was his girlfriend who did the stabbing. The Kavanaghs continue their commuter marriage with Lizzie working in Strasbourg and it all proves to be a challenge to them both. Kate has left for Cambridge and Lizzie is pleased to hear that her tutor is the husband of one of her closest childhood friends. She is far less pleased when she learns that her daughter and the tutor are having an affair and Kavanagh himself simply blows a gasket.
S2.E2 ∙ Men of Substance
When another QC becomes ill, Kavanagh inherits the prosecution of a ruthless drug dealer with a record of intimidating witnesses and their families.
S2.E3 ∙ The Burning Deck
Two sailors, one a young officer with a family pedigree and a common seaman who is a childhood friend are accused of setting fire to their ship's barracks.
S2.E4 ∙ A Sense of Loss
The shooting of a young policewoman draws Kavanagh into a tragic case in which his client refuses to help himself.
S2.E5 ∙ A Stranger in the Family
An industrial accident at a recycling plant leaves a young man mentally and physically impaired. Kavanagh goes to court to secure a fair settlement from the insurance company for the family.
S2.E6 ∙ Job Satisfaction
Kavanagh faces the most complex case of his career: a man and his sister appear to have murdered their father, a farmer, and his second wife.
