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A legal drama is a work of dramatic fiction about crime and civil litigation. Subtypes of legal dramas include courtroom dramas and legal thrillers, and come in all forms, including novels, television shows, and films. Legal drama sometimes overlap with crime drama, most notably in the case of Law ...
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Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American television series which ran on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia. The series starred Calista Flockhart in the...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 8, 1997
Air date of final episode:
- May 20, 2002
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 5
Number of episodes:
- 112
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, which premiered on NBC on September 13, 1990. Created by Dick Wolf, who wrote and produced shows like Miami Vice and Hill Street Blues, the series is set in New York...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 13, 1990
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of seasons:
- 19
Number of episodes:
- 413
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and airs on NBC, the series premiered on September 20, 1999 as a...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 20, 1999
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of seasons:
- 10
Number of episodes:
- 210
JAG
JAG (the American military acronym for Judge Advocate General) is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television (now CBS Television Studios) and, for...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 23, 1995
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 29, 2005
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 10
Number of episodes:
- 227
This Is Wonderland
This Is Wonderland is a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television. The show is about Alice De Raey, played by Cara Pifko, a young criminal lawyer fresh out of Osgoode Hall Law School, and thrown into a chaotic justice system. She...
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- Jan 12, 2004
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 15, 2006
Number of seasons:
- 3
Number of episodes:
- 39
Century City
Century City is an American science fiction-legal drama television series set in Los Angeles in the year 2030.
The show follows the legal team of Crane, Constable, McNeil & Montero. At the helm are the firm's four partners, the founder and senior...
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Air date of first episode:
- Mar 16, 2004
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 20, 2005
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 9
The Practice
The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. The show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the successful spin-off series Boston Legal,...
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Air date of first episode:
- Mar 4, 1997
Air date of final episode:
- May 16, 2004
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 8
L.A. Law
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama that ran from 1986 to 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 15, 1986
Air date of final episode:
- May 19, 1994
Original episode running time:
- 45 min (27 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of seasons:
- 8
Number of episodes:
- 172
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury was an American television drama about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the third spin-off from the long-running Law & Order. The show's almost exclusive focus was on the criminal trial of the accused, showing...
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Air date of first episode:
- Mar 3, 2005
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 21, 2006
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 13
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy (dramedy) created by David E. Kelley, which originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008. A spin-off of the long-running series The Practice, Boston Legal followed the personal and...
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Air date of first episode:
- Oct 3, 2004
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 8, 2008
Original episode running time:
- 42 min (25 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of seasons:
- 5
Number of episodes:
- 96
The Defenders
The Defenders is an Emmy-winning American courtroom drama series which ran on CBS from 1961–1965. It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 16, 1961
Air date of final episode:
- May 13, 1965
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 4
Number of episodes:
- 132
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law is an American legal drama starring Arthur Hill. The series aired on ABC from 1971 to 1974. A two-hour pilot movie aired as a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week entry prior to the series run.
Hill starred as Owen Marshall, a...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 16, 1971
Air date of final episode:
- Aug 24, 1974
Number of episodes:
- 69
Medium
Medium is an American supernatural and dramatic television series which premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005. Its focus is Allison DuBois (Patricia Arquette), who acts as a research medium for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office. The lead...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jan 3, 2005
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 4
Number of episodes:
- 76
Ein Fall für Zwei
Ein Fall für zwei (International: A case for two) is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on the broadcasting corporation ZDF. The series, which is situated in Frankfurt am Main, shows two main characters, a defense...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 11, 1981
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 29
Number of episodes:
- 256
The Lyon's Den
The Lyon's Den is a 2003 television series set in Washington, D.C. The legal drama starred Rob Lowe as a lawyer called Jack Turner, newly appointed as partner of a long-established law firm that, as the plot revealed, harbored some dark secrets....
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 28, 2003
Air date of final episode:
- Nov 30, 2003
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
The Jury
The Jury is a British television serial which aired in 2002. The series was the first ever to be allowed to film inside the historic Old Bailey courthouse.
The killing of a 15-year-old-boy rocks the nation, as a Sikh classmate of the boy's is...
Air date of first episode:
- 2002
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 18, 2002
Original episode running time:
- 300 min (180 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 6
Close to Home
Close to Home is an American crime-drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS. It first aired from October 4, 2005 to May 11, 2007 and starred actress Jennifer Finnigan as Annabeth Chase,...
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Air date of first episode:
- Oct 4, 2005
Air date of final episode:
- May 11, 2007
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 44
Just Legal
Just Legal is a short-lived television courtroom drama that starred Don Johnson (Miami Vice) and Jay Baruchel (Million Dollar Baby) as two courtroom lawyers in Venice, CA. The series premiered on The WB on September 19, 2005 and was cancelled on...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 19, 2005
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 10, 2006
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 8
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot is the title of a TV western that aired from 1957 to 1961. The series featured Will Hutchins as fledgling frontier lawyer Tom Brewster and Jack Elam as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school graduate whose apparent...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 17, 1957
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 17, 1961
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 4
Number of episodes:
- 69
Civil Wars
Civil Wars is an American legal drama that aired on ABC from November 1991 to March 1993. The series was produced by Steven Bochco, known for his work on NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, and Hill Street Blues.
The series focused on the lives and cases of New...
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Air date of first episode:
- Nov 20, 1991
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 2, 1993
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 36
Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as The Hon. Mr Justice Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jan 9, 2001
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 18, 2007
Original episode running time:
- 90 min (54 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 29
Conviction
Conviction is an American television drama on NBC that debuted as a midseason replacement on Friday, March 3, 2006. The cast includes Stephanie March reprising her Law & Order: Special Victims Unit role as Alexandra Cabot. In the series, Cabot...
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Air date of first episode:
- Mar 3, 2006
Air date of final episode:
- May 19, 2006
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Lock-Up
Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had little time for character development or subplots and presented a compact story without embellishment....
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 28, 1959
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 12, 1961
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 78
Judd, for the Defense
Judd, for the Defense is a 53-episode American legal drama originally broadcast on the ABC network on Friday nights from September 8, 1967, to September 19, 1969.
The show starred Carl Betz, who had previously spent eight years in the role of Dr....
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 8, 1967
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 19, 1969
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 53
New Street Law
New Street Law is a British legal drama television series produced by Red Production Company in association with One-Eyed Dog Ltd for BBC One. The series was created by G. F. Newman and Matthew Hall, and starred an ensemble cast headed by John...
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Air date of first episode:
- May 4, 2006
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 4, 2007
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 14
Shark
Shark is an American legal drama that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. Created by Ian Biederman, the series starred James Woods as Sebastian Stark, a notorious Los Angeles defense attorney who becomes a prosecutor.
The...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 21, 2006
Air date of final episode:
- May 20, 2008
Original episode running time:
- 45 min (27 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 38
Justice
Justice is a short-lived American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA, on CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, and the Nine Network in Australia, also on TVNZ TV2 In New Zealand....
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Air date of first episode:
- Aug 30, 2006
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 22, 2006
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 13
Petrocelli
Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976.
Tony Petrocelli was an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who grew up in South Boston and gave up the big money and frenetic pace...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 11, 1974
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 31, 1976
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 45
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib is a short-lived situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28, 1973. It was produced by MGM Television and had 13 episodes. The series was a TV adaptation of the 1949 motion picture of the same name.
Adam Bonner...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 14, 1973
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 28, 1973
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 13
Crown Court
Crown Court was an ITV afternoon television courtroom drama that started in 1972, which was the same year the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in England and Wales. The last episodes were broadcast in late March 1984.
A...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 11, 1972
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 29, 1984
Original episode running time:
- 23 min (14 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of seasons:
- 11
Number of episodes:
- 879
The New Adventures of Perry Mason
The New Adventures of Perry Mason (sometimes referred to as The New Perry Mason or merely as Perry Mason) is a revival of the long-running hit television series about Erle Stanley Gardner's brilliant defense attorney, but without the participation...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 16, 1973
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 20, 1974
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 15
The D.A.
The D.A. is a short-lived American half-hour legal drama that aired on NBC as part of its lineup for the 1971-72 season. It ran from September 17, 1971 to January 7, 1972 and was packaged by Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television....
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 17, 1971
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 7, 1972
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 15
Eli Stone
San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm. But his visions lead him to accept cases with little monetary gain but a lot of moral goodness.
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Jan 31, 2008
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 30, 2008
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 17
The Young Lawyers
The Young Lawyers is an American legal drama that was aired on the ABC network as part of its 1970-71 lineup.
Aaron Silverman is part of a group of young, idealistic students at a top Boston law school who open a legal aid center, the "Neighborhood...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 21, 1970
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 24, 1971
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 24
The Trials of O'Brien
The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a seedy Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 18, 1965
Air date of final episode:
- May 27, 1966
Perry Mason
Perry Mason is an American TV series produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966. Perry Mason was played by actor Raymond Burr. The title character is a fictional Los Angeles, California, defense attorney who originally...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 21, 1957
Air date of final episode:
- May 22, 1966
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 9
Number of episodes:
- 271
Crown Prosecutor
Crown Prosecutor is a legal drama whose sole season in 1995 ran for ten episodes on BBC One. It was also produced by the BBC, rather than being independently produced and subsequently bought by the Corporation. It featured an ensemble cast of...
Air date of first episode:
- Feb 23, 1995
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 27, 1995
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 10
Michael Hayes
Michael Hayes was a TV series that ran on CBS from 1997 to 1998. It starred David Caruso and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
This series spotlighting surveys Michael Hayes, a former policeman became Deputy Prosecutor of the City of New York.
David Caruso...
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Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 15, 1997
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 15, 1998
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 22
Women's Murder Club
Women's Murder Club is an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of novels written by James...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 12, 2007
Air date of final episode:
- May 13, 2008
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 13
Canterbury's Law
Canterbury's Law is an American legal drama, which ran from March 10, 2008 to April 18, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on Fox. The show was created by Dave Erickson and executive produced by Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Walon Green, John Kane, and...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Mar 10, 2008
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 18, 2008
Original episode running time:
- 43 min (26 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 6
Damages
Damages is an American television drama series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler (collectively known as KZK). It is broadcast in the United States on the cable network FX and is...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Jul 24, 2007
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 13
Trust
Trust was a UK television program produced written and created by Simon Block for the BBC by Box TV Productions. It starred Robson Green and a cast of other British actors including Sarah Parish, Neil Stuke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Eva Birthistle and Ian...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Jan 2003
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 6
Temple Houston
Temple Houston is a 1963–64 NBC television series which has been called "the first attempt . . . to produce an hour-long Western series with the main character being an attorney in the formal sense." It was the only show Jack Webb sold to a network...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 19, 1963
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 2, 1964
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 26
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (or The Lawyers) is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from 1968 through 1972. It lasted for three seasons.
It starred Burl Ives as Walter Nichols, a self respecting attorney who hires two young brothers (Joseph...
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Air date of first episode:
- Dec 10, 1968
Air date of final episode:
- Feb 13, 1972
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 3
Rasing the Bar
Raising the Bar is an hour-long American drama television series, which ran on TNT network from September 1, 2008 to December 24, 2009. The series revolves around a group of law school classmates who find themselves on opposite sides of the criminal...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 1, 2008
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 24, 2009
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 10
Law & Order: London
Law & Order: UK is a British police procedural and legal television programme, adapted from the American TV series Law & Order. The programme is financed by the production companies Kudos Film and Television, Wolf Films, and NBC Universal. Head...
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Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Feb 23, 2009
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 3
Sam Benedict
Sam Benedict is a legal drama from MGM Television, starring a 47-year-old Edmond O'Brien, which ran on NBC during the 1962–1963 television season. O'Brien played the experienced, flamboyant San Francisco attorney Sam Benedict. Richard Rust portrayed...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 15, 1962
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 30, 1963
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 28
The Courtroom
The Courtroom is a British legal drama created by Phil Redmond, which aired between June and December 2004.
The programme was notable for starring many former British soap stars, particularly those who starred in Redmond's other productions...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jun 21, 2004
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 16, 2004
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 38
Sweet Justice
Sweet Justice is an American legal drama television series starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series premiered September 15, 1994 on NBC.
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 15, 1994
Original episode running time:
- 45 min (27 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 22
Drop Dead Diva
Drop Dead Diva is an American comedy-drama/fantasy television series that debuted on Lifetime on July 12, 2009. The hour-long series, which was created by Josh Berman, is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
The series revolves around vapid blonde...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Jul 12, 2009
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 13
Dahil May Isang Ikaw
Dahil May Isang Ikaw (English: Because There Is Only You) is a Philippine primetime drama series broadcast on ABS-CBN starring Lorna Tolentino, Gabby Concepcion, Kristine Hermosa, Jericho Rosales, John Estrada, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Karylle and Sid...
Air date of first episode:
- 2009
The Good Wife
The Good Wife is an American legal drama, which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009. The series was created by Robert and Michelle King, and stars Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, and Chris Noth. The Kings are executive producing with...
Air date of first episode:
- 2009
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 13
The Deep End
The Deep End is an upcoming television series which will premiere on ABC as a 2009-2010 midseason replacement on January 21, 2010.
The show stars Matt Long as Dylan Hewitt, Ben Lawson as Liam Priory, Tina Majorino as Addy Fisher, Norbert Leo Butz as...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jan 21, 2010
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 6
Garrow's Law
Garrow's Law is a British period legal drama about William Garrow. The series debuted on 1 November 2009 on BBC One and BBC HD.
Set in the Old Bailey of Georgian London against a backdrop of corruption and social injustice, Garrow's Law is a four...
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
