Name: The Advocates
Released: 1991-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ewan Stewart, Isla Blair, Hugh Ross

TV Show · Drama

This gritty drama contrasts the high-powered world of Edinburgh's legal professionals with life on the city's sordid streets, as a young lawyer (Ewan Stewart, Rob Roy) investigates a deadly drug overdose and a serial killer that strikes close to home. Featuring terrific performances by top British stars, including Rachel Weisz, Michael Kitchen, Shirley Henderson, and Robert Carlyle.

1991 · 51m

Starring Ewan Stewart, Isla Blair, Hugh Ross

Director Peter Barber-Fleming

EPISODE 1

Part 1

When young Edinburgh lawyer Greg McDowell is asked to prepare a case defending a planned extension of a drug rehabilitation center, he begins investigating the death of a former patient from the center.

51m
EPISODE 2

Part 2

Having seen Veitch speaking to a notorious pimp, McDowell is keen to find out just how much Doctor Sangster knows. Back at the office, the firm faces serious financial difficulties.

50m
EPISODE 3

Part 3

After the bomb that was meant for him kills Ackroyd instead, McDowell tries to find out what he can, but both the police and Doctor Sangster refuse to tell him anything.

51m
EPISODE 1

Part 1

When a Crown Prosecutor is arrested outside court for the murder of his wife, he calls upon McDowell to represent him in court, even though he has pled guilty to all charges.

51m
EPISODE 2

Part 2

Katherine Dunbar begins to think McCandlish might be innocent when the police discover that his wife's cause of death is the same as the Street Killer's victims. McDowell starts to investigate Smith's techniques.

50m
EPISODE 3

Part 3

Naismith manages to track down his wife, Dunbar's ethics are challenged, and McDowell makes a discovery that puts Sarah's life in jeopardy.

51m