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The Escape Artist

Drama, Thriller, Legal · 2013 · Rated 7.4/10

Last aired: S1 E3, Episode 3 · 2013-11-12

A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice.

Cast

Ashley Jensen Kate Burton

David Tennant Will Burton

Sophie Okonedo Maggie Gardner

Toby Kebbell Liam Foyle

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 2013-10-29 · 60 min Talented junior barrister Will Burton specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners, hence his nickname - the Escape Artist. But when Will's talents acquit his latest client of a brutal and high-profile murder, the consequences are chilling.

E2 Episode 2 2013-11-05 · 60 min Liam Foyle is back in the dock, and Will's courtroom nemesis, Maggie Gardner, is defending him. Will's central moral tenet that 'everyone deserves a defence' has come back to haunt him.

E3 Episode 3 2013-11-12 · 60 min The case against Foyle is crumbling. The profession that has sustained Will Burton all his life is no longer supporting him. Can Will find another way for justice to be served?

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