The Advocates

4.2(5)

First Aired:April 2, 1991

Seasons:2 seasons

Episodes:6

Status:Ended

Set in Edinburgh, the series contrasts the high powered and respectable world of the lawyers and advocates of the Scottish legal profession, with the sleazy and deadly existence of the city's pimps, prostitutes and drug addicts. When a young prostitute is murdered by a deadly drug overdose, only Doctor Joe Sangster, who has been treating her at the local health clinic, suspects foul play. In the growing climate of fear over drugs and AIDS in the city, his clinic faces closure due to a local campaign. He turns to Greg McDowell for help, and the young lawyer sees the chance to make a name for himself.

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Cast

Ewan Stewart

Greg McDowell

Hugh Ross

Archie Hoseason

Elspeth MacNaughton

Libby

Isla Blair

Katherine Dunbar

Alison Peebles

Vivien Liddell

Michael Kitchen

Rachel Weisz

James Fleet

Siobhan Redmond

Hugh Fraser

Seasons & Episodes

E1Episode 1

51m

Apr 2, 1991

Joe Sangster, a doctor at a local health clinic, hires Greg McDowall after one of his clients, a prostitute, dies from a drug overdose he suspects was administered to her.

E2Episode 2

50m

Apr 9, 1991

Having seen Veitch speaking to a notorious pimp, McDowell is keen to find out just how much Doctor Sangster knows. The firm faces serious financial difficulties.

E3Episode 3

51m

Apr 16, 1991

After the bomb that was meant for him kills Ackroyd instead, McDowell tries to find out what he can, but both the police and Doctor Sangster refuse to tell him anything.

E1Episode 1

51m

Apr 9, 1992

McDowell believes his client's wife was actually murdered by a serial killer.

E2Episode 2

50m

Apr 16, 1992

Katherine Dunbar begins to think McCandlish might be innocent when the police discover that his wife's cause of death is the same as the Street Killer's victims.

E3Episode 3

51m

Apr 23, 1992

Naismith manages to track down his wife, Dunbar's ethics are challenged, and McDowell makes a discovery that puts Sarah's life in jeopardy.