Garrow's Law - Series 2 - 2-DVD Set ( Garrow's Law - Series Two )

Garrow's Law - Series 2 - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Garrow's Law - Series Two
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
257 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Documentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ashley Pearce

Written By:
Tony Marchant

Actors:
Andrew Buchan ..... William Garrow
Alun Armstrong ..... Southouse
Victoria Balnaves ..... Mary Christie
Anthony Bowers ..... Court Clerk
Stephen Boxer ..... Lord Melville
Charlene Boyd ..... Annie Christie
Jasper Britton ..... Captain Colingwood
Michael Culkin ..... Judge
Christopher Downie ..... Footman
Rupert Graves ..... Sir Arthur
Kris Haddow ..... Court Officer
Anton Lesser ..... John Farmer
Lyndsey Marshal ..... Lady Sarah
Tony Maudsley ..... Robert Stubbs
Aidan McArdle ..... Silvester
Steven McNicoll ..... Constable Yardley
Benedict Sandiford ..... Peter Gilbert
Danny Sapani ..... Gustavus Vassa
Martin Savage ..... Hugh Gilbert
Colin Tierney ..... James Kelsall

Synopsis:

Andrew Buchan, Alum Armstrong, Lyndsey Marshal and Rupert Graves star in a second series of dramatic cases from the Old Bailey archives. Pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow returns to the courtroom to champion the rights of prisoners against the State. But he is making powerful enemies who are determined to destroy him by any means. Garrow challenges a brutal trade that regards slaves as cargo not human beings; and defends a man accused of sodomy: a capital offence in Georgian England. But his work becomes entwined with his personal life when he takes on the abuse of sailors in Greenwich Hospital. In attacking the Admiralty, he attacks Sir Arthur Hill, and Garrow has been accused of adultery with Hill's wife. Garrow's fight for justice has brought his life to centre stage. Now he must give the performance of a lifetime if he is to survive.

Garrow's Law is the true tale of barrister William Garrow, who acted as council for the accused, introducing the 'innocent until proven guilty' theory to London's Old Bailey. Guided by mentor Southouse and driven by the affections of a married woman, Garrow goes against the judicial system, changing the path of law and order forever.

Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: Episode #2.1
Original Air Date-14 November 2010
Garrow is approached by the directors of the Liverpool Assurance insurance company to prosecute Captain Collingwood for insurance fraud. He threw overboard 133 African slaves whom he was transporting to Jamaica,allegedly to save supplies as he was off-course but the insurers claim this was caused by his poor seamanship. Then Garrow meets Gustavus Vassa,a freed slave who wants the charge altered to murder even though,in the law,slaves are classed as cargo and not persons. Garrow accepts Vassa's plaint and,backed by some surprising witnesses,makes the charge stick,though Collingwood is jailed and not hung.Lady Sarah has had a son,Samuel,but her jealous husband,Sir Arthur Hill,believes that Garrow is the father and turns her out of his house,planning to divorce her.
Season 2, Episode 2: Episode #2.2
Original Air Date-21 November 2010
Garrow defends young army captain Robert Jones,who faces the death penalty after David Jasker,whose failing shoe-maker's shop is patronised by Jones,accuses him of sexually assaulting him. Jones seemingly has a girl-friend but Southouse learns that she is a keeper of a Molly-house,or male brothel and that Jones chiefly prefers sex with men. Jones confesses to Garrow that he and Jasker are actually lovers but that Jasker's wife has trumped up the charge so that they do not have to repay a loan from Jones. Garrow depends on that love for Jasker to do the right thing in court and save his lover from the gallows. Hill sets out to sue Garrow and ruin him financially.He employs slimy lawyer Farmer to provide false evidence that Sarah and Garrow were seen embracing in the hotel where she lives after Hill threw her out and bullies Sarah's maid Mary into lying that she witnessed them.
Season 2, Episode 3: Episode #2.3
Original Air Date-28 November 2010
Retired British sailors at the charitably-run Greenwich Hospital are being starved and abused and when the hospital's manager,honest Captain Baillie,reports the abuse to the Admiralty,he is charged with malicious libel,his main accuser being Hill,the Under Secretary at the Admiralty. Southouse discovers corruption among the governors of the hospital which Garrow exposes in court,exonerating Captain Baillie at Hill's expense. However,Garrow's private life seems less successful as,whilst Sarah has refused to admit that Garrow is Samuel's father,she sees them as having no future together.
Season 2, Episode 4: Episode #2.4
Original Air Date-5 December 2010
Having failed to save a twelve year old mute boy from the gallows,Garrow enters the civil court to hear Hill's accusation of adultery against him in a deeply depressed mood,despite Sarah's assurances. Silvester,previously his adversary,defends him in the spirit of fair play and does well,demolishing Hill's Admiralty cronies,the prosecution witnesses,whilst Mary,Sarah's loyal maid,refuses to perjure herself. However,it is the dogged and devoted Soutouse who saves the day by bringing in a surprise,last minute witness to expose Hill's hypocrisy.

Garrow's Law is the true tale of William Garrow, who acted as council for the accused, introducing the 'innocent until proven guilty' theory to London's Old Baily.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 02 June, 2011.

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