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Homepage ► Garrow’s Law:Tales from the Old Bailey
BBC series Garrow’s Law: Tales of the Old Bailey
Legal drama inspired by the life of pioneering barrister William Garrow
Starring Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong, Michael Culkin, Lyndsey Marshall and Rupert Graves.
Episode Guide for Series Two ►
Episode Guide for Series Three ►
A stellar cast, lead by Andrew Buchan (Cranford, Party Animals), Alun Armstrong (New Tricks, Little Dorrit), Lyndsey Marshal (Being Human, Rome), Aidan McArdle (Beautiful People, Jane Eyre) and Rupert Graves (Wallander, God On Trial), return for a second series of BBC One's acclaimed legal drama Garrow's Law, which recently started shooting in Scotland.
A Twenty Twenty / Shed Media Scotland production through BBC Scotland, the four-
William Garrow, criminal defence barrister
The first series
In the late 18th century, Garrow, a young, idealistic barrister, is given his first
criminal defence case at the Old Bailey by attorney and mentor John Southouse. The
case is brought by Mary Pace, who needs a barrister to defend her innocent brother,
Peter, who is falsely accused by renowned thief-
At the Old Bailey, Garrow meets the prosecuting barrister, Oxford-
Garrow is invited to dinner at Sir Arthur and Lady Sarah's home but talk around the table of crime and punishment offends Garrow's sense of justice and he leaves in disgust.
Lady Sarah Hill takes notes at a magistrate's hearing of a young maidservant, Elizabeth Jarvis, who is accused of murdering her newborn baby. Her mistress, Mrs Tarling, discovered her and the case is brought before Judge Buller at the Old Bailey. Lady Sarah goes to Southouse and insists that Garrow defend Elizabeth and that she will pay. Southouse has no choice but to instruct Garrow and they visit Elizabeth at Newgate Prison.
In court, Garrow is well prepared, having visited an obstetrician with a queasy Southouse and gathered vital medical evidence. He discredits the evidence of the prosecution witnesses – Mrs Tarling and surgeon William Herring – and advises Elizabeth to defend herself to the jury as law dictates he is not allowed to do so. His method of defence works and the jury find Elizabeth not guilty. She is released.
A jubilant Garrow vows to change the law and bring justice to the defenceless and he tells Southouse that he hopes the support of Lady Sarah will help him do so. Southouse does not approve.
The stars of Garrow’s Law
William Garrow is played by Andrew Buchan, John Southouse by Alun Armstrong, Forrester by Steven Waddington, Silvester by Aidan McArdle, Judge Buller by Michael Culkin, Lady Sarah Hill by Lyndsey Marshal and Sir Arthur Hill by Rupert Graves.
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Photograph of Garrow’s Law stars Andrew Buchan and Alun Armstrong