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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Road to Hell

    • April 25, 2004
    • ITV1

    Henry defends a woman who is accused of drowning her boyfriend's two children by driving them into a lake. Even though she has pleaded guilty, Henry suspects that she is merely protecting her boyfriend. And the boyfriend, who is also being tried for this double murder, has an agenda of his own.

  • S01E02 So Long, Samantha

    • May 2, 2004
    • ITV1

    Henry finds himself accused of misconduct when he takes up the cause of a father convinced his daughter was raped and murdered at a party in the Far East, while an unexpected meeting with MP Gerry Graham puts a damper on his affair with the politician's wife - Polly.

  • S01E03 Children

    • May 9, 2004
    • ITV1

    Henry reluctantly agrees to prosecute a 12-year-old girl accused of murder, but underhand tactics by the devious defence barrister and doubts surrounding the innocence of his own child witnesses soon reveal the case is more complex than it first appeared. Meanwhile, the arrival of his son Zak from Australia threatens to throw his life into turmoil.

  • S01E04 A Sort of Love

    • May 16, 2004
    • ITV1

    In the last programme of the series, Henry takes on the appeal of a convicted murderer involved in a bizarre sex triangle with his girlfriend and a younger man - a case which mirrors the barrister's own tangled love life, as his lover Polly finally leaves her husband. Meanwhile, Henry's father has information which brings him closer to Cleo in an unexpectedly personal way.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Blame

    • October 6, 2005
    • ITV1

    Henry gets involved in a case of train crashes.

  • S02E02 Lack of Affect

    • October 13, 2005
    • ITV1

    A boy with Asperger's Syndrome is accused of killing his mother; Henry defends.

  • S02E03 Forever on the Mind

    • October 20, 2005
    • ITV1

    Henry defends a nurse accused of killing some of her patients; but is she innocent?

  • S02E04 The Architect's Wife

    • October 24, 2005
    • ITV1

    Henry is takes on a case prosecuting a rapist but with only personal accounts to go on its a hard case to prove. Meanwhile his relationship with his father seems to improve as a result of some misfortune and it looks like there might be light at the end of the bankruptcy tunnel!