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Sundays at 10pm on BBC2
Episode
One – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
January 9, 2005
'See, you're just like me. Only Stupid.'
As the new trainee in the criminal law firm of Bagnall
& Dunbar, Theodore Gulliver discovers he has a lot
to learn. Unfortunately for him, Bruce Dunbar is the man
who’s going to teach him.
Episode
Two – TIC the Box
January 16, 2005
'The more truth you tell me, the fewer
option we have.'
Gulliver’s education continues as Dunbar
tries to show him the benefits of co-operating with the
police. But it’s Dunbar who ends up with blood on
his hands - and his shirt.
Episode Three – Little Criminals
January 23, 2005
'Don't spend my money on psyche reports.
I can tell you for nothing the kid's buggered.'
Dunbar tries and fails to
curtail Gulliver’s desire to stop and scoop. And
Sarah makes herself unpopular by sticking to the letter
of the law.
Episode
Four – The Value of Nothing
January 30, 2005
'What kind of scum would be stupid
enough to do a lawyer's when there's a chemist across
the street. What do they want to do? Snort the paperclips?'
Dunbar is apoplectic when his office is burgled by one
of his clients. Maybe this is the perfect opportunity
for some self-examination?
Episode
Five– The Soft Spot
February 6, 2005
‘Manners. I don’t care what you do with
your life as long as you’ve got good manners.’
When Dunbar smartens up for a favourite client, Sarah
accuses him of actually caring. Gulliver, however, is
getting tougher, and fears he’s turning into his
boss.
Episode
Six – The Sins of the Father
February 20, 2005
‘250 grand a year. For that money, we could put
him through Eton in his own private yacht and still
get a chunk of change. But what do we get if we send
him to prison?’
Dunbar is forced to take responsibility for his self-harming
teenage daughter. Gulliver tries to garner sympathy
for a drug-dealer with AIDS.
Episode
Seven – Three Monkeys
February 27, 2005
‘Whitehall wisdom states that a prime cause of
juvenile crime is the break up of the family unit -
so why in shit’s name try and propagate it?’
When he is forced to defend a blind racist, Gulliver
has an identity crisis. Meanwhile Dunbar refuses to
intervene in a violent marriage.
Episode
Eight – The Power and the Glory
March 6, 2005
‘I’m on the side of Justice.’
Gulliver hits the big time when he takes on a potentially
explosive case and Dunbar finds himself left on the
side-lines.
Episode
Nine – A Life of Grime
March 13, 2005
‘Look up principles and you’ll read, ethics,
philosophy, morality. Not skiving off work to piss about
in court for a few hours.’
While Dunbar faces a financial crisis, Gulliver gets
a visit from his dad, and learns he’s become his
own man.
Episode
Ten– Damaged Goods
March 20, 2005
‘You see, gravitas and mercy, what else do you
need to be a judge?’
Sarah’s ambitions are thwarted when she realises
she’s in trouble and Dunbar’s the only man
who can help.
Episode
Eleven – A Dying Breed
March 25, 2005
‘I don’t care who bankrolls me. If it folds,
I’ll have it.’
Dunbar is tempted by a financial offer from a smarter
class of criminal. Gulliver is out of his depth in a
domestic situation which is resolved by a surprisingly
sympathetic Sarah.
Episode
Twelve – The Decline of English Murder
March 25, 2005
‘I can’t get it up for scum like that any
more. The stiffie’s not there.’
Dunbar meets an old colleague and wonders if it’s
time to make a change now that the fire is burning out.
But can Gulliver change his mind?
BBC 2 @ 10.00pm Sundays
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