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Kavanagh QC Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 1995 - 1995
Episode 1
Nothing But the Truth
Mon, Jan 9, 1995100 mins
Successful but over-worked barrister James Kavanagh defends David Armstrong, a Cambridge student of impeccable background who is accused of rape by Eve Kendall, the wife of his employer. Eve's husband Alan is having an affair and she is lonely, which, at first sight, makes her seem to be a fantasist fabricating a consentual happening, which is Kavanagh 's line of defence. However he also has to face the fact that his wife Lizzie, upset by her husband's workaholism, is having an affair with a colleague.
Episode 2
Heartland
76 mins
A young man is run over by a member of a neighborhood law enforcement committee, but the police and the crown prosecution service decide there is insufficient evidence to charge the driver. The boy's mother decides to pursue a private prosecution and Kavanagh agrees to take on the case despite his own view that the defense may not have a case to answer. The young man had a history of getting into trouble with the police but had been at a pub just prior to being run down. Kavanagh must prove that this is nothing less than a case in vigilantism. Things at home are strained when Matt seems to be getting into trouble at school.
Episode 3
A Family Affair
76 mins
Michael Duggan has received an 8-month sentence for kidnapping his own son. Kavanagh defended him and now Duggan's ex-wife and her new husband are seeking a court order banning all contact between him and the boy. The case takes a turn when Duggan reveals to his solicitor that the boy's stepfather is abusing him. In a separate case, Kavanagh is prosecuting a pornographer whose defense is that her work is art. At home, Kavanagh faces the inevitable when daughter Kate wants her boyfriend to spend the night. In Chambers, Aldermarten considers running for Parliament and asks a special favor from Julia.
Episode 4
The Sweetest Thing
76 mins
Kavanagh defends Annie Lewis, a high class prostitute accused of killing an entrepreneur who had a reputation for being a risk-taker and who regularly enjoyed the company of paid escorts. Annie claims she is innocent and refuses a plea bargain offered by the prosecution. The defense challenges the testimony of witnesses who claim to have seen her leaving the hotel just prior to the murder, though she claims to have left several hours before. On the home front, Kavanagh is concerned about the future of his marriage when he learns Lizzie may get a senior level civil service appointment in Strasbourg and daughter Kate, who is about to leave for university, is having boyfriend problems. In Chambers, Jeremy is at his chauvinistic best when he initially refuses Julia's request to play in the annual cricket match.
