Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestMadson helps an international footballer who is accused of the attempted murder of his former wife.
After eight years in prison for a crime he didn't commit – the murder of his wife – John Madson has been released and seeks revenge on the policeman that framed him, DI Rourke. He meets Magda, a feisty barrister, willing to help him legally and also gets him a job as an outside clerk in her chambers. As the wheels of justice grind slowly forward, Madson begins to rebuild his life and feels the need to help Magda's other clients, who the law appears to be treating unfairly.
Acting
McShane's simmering rage before he was famous for it.
Writing
Legal cases that actually make you root for bureaucracy.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Ian McShane's first major TV lead after Lovejoy, proving he could do damaged men as well as charming rogues.
Creator Ian Kennedy Martin also invented The Sweeney, and this carries that same bitter aftertaste of '70s British policing cynicism into the post-Conservative '90s.
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