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  • Silk The Bitter End (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 57 min | Drama

Silk

The Bitter End (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 57 min | Drama

With female Q.Cs or 'silks' in a tiny minority, barrister Martha Costello of the Shoe Lane chambers, is anxious to join that elite number by progressing through the courts. Following a successful acquittal in a murder trial, she is given ...See moreWith female Q.Cs or 'silks' in a tiny minority, barrister Martha Costello of the Shoe Lane chambers, is anxious to join that elite number by progressing through the courts. Following a successful acquittal in a murder trial, she is given two cases to defend at short notice--One is Mercedes Cordoba, a pregnant drugs mule for whom she pleads for mercy, based on Mercedes' poverty-stricken background. However, smooth fellow barrister Clive Reader, representing Mercedes's co-defendant, points to her previous, of which Martha was unaware, and she is sent down--though she is relieved to be out of the dealers' clutches. The other is Gary Rush, charged with robbing and assaulting elderly war hero Michael Dodd, though he has no confidence in her. Mr. Dodd commands sympathy in court but Martha demonstrates that Rush has been set up by a vengeful policeman, and he walks free. At a chambers party, Martha is irate when, in view of the day's business, she sees Reader snorting coke and pushes him downstairs. Her young pupil Nick backs her up by claiming that the fall was accidental. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Apr 7, 2014 (United States)
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Maxine Peake
Martha Costello QC Martha Costello QC   See fewer
Rupert Penry-Jones
Clive Reader Clive Reader   See fewer
Neil Stuke
Billy Lamb Billy Lamb   See fewer
Tom Hughes
Nick Slade Nick Slade   See fewer
Natalie Dormer
Niamh Cranitch Niamh Cranitch   See fewer
Nina Sosanya
Kate Brockman Kate Brockman   See fewer
John Macmillan
John Bright John Bright   See fewer
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Jake Milner Jake Milner   See fewer
Jamie Dispirito
Jimmy Johnson (as Jamie Di Spirito) Jimmy Johnson (as Jamie Di Spirito)   See fewer
Paul Hilton
Gary Rush Gary Rush   See fewer
Owen Teale
Brian Frogett Brian Frogett   See fewer
William Chubb
HHJ Briscoe HHJ Briscoe   See fewer
Gerard Horan
DS Scarrow DS Scarrow   See fewer
Iain Mitchell
HHJ Ladd HHJ Ladd   See fewer
Christianne Oliveira
Mercedes Cordoba Mercedes Cordoba   See fewer
Greg Donaldson
Crown Court Gaoler Crown Court Gaoler   See fewer
Nick Hendrix
Peter (Outdoor Clerk) Peter (Outdoor Clerk)   See fewer
Helena Cullinan
Clerk of the Court Clerk of the Court   See fewer
Sutara Gayle
Phoebe Richards (as Lorna Gayle) Phoebe Richards (as Lorna Gayle)   See fewer
Peter Vaughan
Michael Dodd Michael Dodd   See fewer
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