User reviews

As I say, a very good storyline, very believable. But I wasn't convinced by the actors playing the defence counsel or his pupil, both were fairly wooden and it was hard to accept their relationship, either professional or romantic. Two of the other characters were usefully obectionable. The court scenes were well presented. A good, though predictable, ending. I quite enjoyed those few parts of Liverpool that we were shown.

In some ways this series, albeit much shorter and with fewer characters, reminded me of the Australian series Crownie, but that was far more polished with many sympathetic characters.

The premise of the mini series seems a good start. Only there were many off-putting characteristics of the filming and acting. The filming was in our face, strange angles and placements. Creative intensions but didn't work. The acting was as if the director was seeking short, choppy bursts of emotions, anger, dismay. Seems many character's anger took over for acting. No one was likeable. Not even the accused, though I wanted to like him. Just he is directed to act in a strange style. Petty office antics with holes to the story. An Odd Duck of a mini-series. Don't waste your time. Acorn TV where I watched it could just leave it off the roster.