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COLLECTION · Series · 2000

North Square

North Square is an award-winning British television drama series written by Peter Moffat and broadcast by Channel 4 at the end of 2000. Starring an ensemble cast, including Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd, the programme is set around the practice of a Leeds Legal Chambers. The series was filmed in and around the real life Park Square, Leeds. This is the area near the city where the majority of legal firms are concentrated. Despite gaining considerable critical acclaim the show failed to garner a substantial audience resulting in only the one series of ten episodes being produced. In Australia the series was broadcast in 2001 on ABC and repeated in 2004 after popular and critical acclaim. The full series was released on DVD for the first time by Acorn Media UK on 5 March 2012.

Source: TMDB
* 8.0 (4)Drama
Creators
Peter Moffat
Studios
Channel 4 · Channel 4 Television · Company Pictures
Runtime
50–60 min/ep
Release
18/10/2000
Score
8.0 / 10 (4)

Awards and nominations

  • BAFTA Television Awards 2001 – Best Editing (Fiction/Entertainment) – Jon Costelloe
  • Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2001
  • Best Drama Series/Serial
  • Best Actor – Phil Davis
  • Best Actress – Helen McCrory
  • Writer's Award – Peter Moffat (shared with Simon Schama for A History of Britain )
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
10 episodes · 2000
Episode 1. Episode 1
2000-10-18

In the opening episode, barristers and best mates Alex Hay and Billy Guthrie are in court defending two armed robbers. Meanwhile, Billy's girlfriend and fellow barrister Rose is on the verge of going into labour but still taking on new…

Episode 2. Episode 2
2000-10-25

Billy is stuck at home on suspension and Rose has already returned to work just three days after giving birth. Meanwhile, Morag makes a mess of her second case and, as Billy's disciplinary hearing looms, Alex pulls out all the stops to…

Episode 3. Episode 3
2000-11-01

Alex defends a famous footballer against a charge of indecent assault, and McLeish is determined to milk the case for publicity, even though the player is worried about being outed as gay. Elsewhere, Billy is stressed about his impending…

Episode 4. Episode 4
2000-11-08

The head of Leeds' biggest crime family is hauled in on a murder charge. Rose and Billy work together on his case, but Green has other ideas about how his defence should be handled. Meanwhile, McLeish takes on a new pupil, Hussein Ali.…

Episode 5. Episode 5
2000-11-15

With criminal proceedings still hanging over his head, McLeish assigns Billy a trivial case - a pensioner accused of sheep-worrying - to keep his mind off things. But the attempt backfires when the prosecuting barrister turns out to be…

Episode 6. Episode 6
2000-11-22

Billy and Rose find themselves at loggerheads over the case of two Colombian drug runners. Billy also has other things on his mind; it looks certain that he will be taken to court for assault, and if found guilty it will be the end of his…

Episode 7. Episode 7
2000-11-29

Things don't look good for Billy. He has avoided a criminal record for assaulting Wilson, but at what cost? Meanwhile, Marlow is threatening to leak details of Wendy's affair with a senior judge to the press.

Episode 8. Episode 8
2000-12-06

Leeds' two gangland families, the Greens and the Flecks, are back in court. Meanwhile, outside the courtroom the battle between Morag and Hussein over the one available place in chambers is intensifying, and Alex makes up his mind to end…

Episode 9. Episode 9
2000-12-13

Rose decides it's time to challenge McLeish's authority, and everyone's loyalties are put to the test. Billy is caught between a rock and a hard place; on the one hand his allegiance to Rose, and on the other his loyalty to McLeish for…

Episode 10. Episode 10
2000-12-20

McLeish's past comes back to haunt him when his son unexpectedly turns up at chambers. A smart, respectable law student, Rory doesn't seem the type to deal drugs, but he's been caught in possession and needs representation. Meanwhile, the…

Cast by season
Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd
Billy Guthrie
Victoria Smurfit
Victoria Smurfit
Phil Davis
Phil Davis
James Murray
James Murray
Sasha Behar
Sasha Behar
Dominic Rowan
Dominic Rowan
Helen McCrory
Helen McCrory
Kim Vithana
Kim Vithana
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Ruth Millar
Rupert Penry-Jones
Rupert Penry-Jones
Alex Hay
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englandnorthern englandyorkshirelawyerlegal drama
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