As the series opens Martha is already a QC of a year's standing and on the back of the Jody Farr case is building her practice and particularly a reputation for winning unwinnable cases. But now Clive has got silk too and he's specialising in Prosecution. The criminal bar is a small world and increasingly Martha and Clive are pitted against each other in court. Martha finds it hard to keep the personal and the professional apart and never more so than when she loses to Clive in a big case early on. Martha's growing reputation means that her cases attract headlines... more frequently either because the case is a cause celebre or because her defence is breaking new ground legally. Her cases will feel even bigger the stakes higher heaping the pressure on Martha. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Martha is now an experienced QC at the height of her powers and should be enjoying the high-profile cases and media attention that implies But as her cases become ever more morally complex Martha questions whether her role as a defence barrister is enough Her close relationships are put to the test when her ambitious colleague and rival Clive Reader finally becomes QC challenging her to confront her feelings for him As Head Clerk Billy Lamb struggles to keep the huge secret he’s been concealing he makes plans to secure the future of Chambers with or without him Effective new Practice Manager Harriet has other ideas and wants chambers to prosecute more and defend less potentially isolating Martha As she struggles with her conscience her faith in the justice system is tested to breaking point Where does she really belong?
The third series of the BBC courtroom drama written by Peter Moffat and set in the cut-throat world of British criminal law. In this series Martha Costello (Maxine Peake), now settled into her lofty position as a Queen's Counsel, is concentrating on building her business, which is flourishing on the back of several successful cases. However, her old rival Clive Reader (Rupert Penry-Jones) has also now 'taken silk' and become a Queen's Counsel, throwing the two into competition once more. When Clive wins an early courtroom battle between the pair the stakes are raised and Martha realises that she'll have to up her game...
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