Harriet Hammond View Harriet Hammond. Alan Cowdrey View Alan Cowdrey. John Bright View John Bright. Jake Milner View Jake Milner. Bethany Brassington View Bethany Brassington. Amy Lang View Amy Lang. Micky Joy View Micky Joy. Single minded and stoic Martha Costello, who we found out was pregnant in the first series, has no use at all for internal politics, other ambitious barristers, dirty cops, corrupt judges, and anything else standing in the way of natural justice.
Even her baby, which she ended up losing, would not have compromised her true and moral self. Her acting abilities are outstanding and she is very convincing.
It is hard not to believe that you are actually in the court watching the proceedings first hand. She should gain an award for this work. There is much intelligence being bandied about as each episode grapples with very complex legal, moral and social issues.
They are thought-provoking and focus attention on interesting legal dilemmas and moral ambiguities. Starring Australian born British actor Leo McKern as the indefatigable barrister who defended any and all clients, Rumpole achieved almost legendary status and the greatest popularity in television history. In either case no way has the bar impended success, it was only about perceptions and wanting the law to remain untainted.
You might have one sheet of paper with a name, and the court time. The baby barristers in Series 1 of Silk were like babes in the woods, or lambs being led to the slaughter.
Those hunting the fox were in control at every turn and Billy Lamb Neil Stuke , the aptly named Senior Clerk of the Chambers, has the power to ultimately decide who to send for Silk and who would stay behind and continue to make money for him. They were a very attractive pair. She was the tougher of the two. In between shagging George the voracious lady solicitor in a series of sordid and dangerous locations a disabled toilet most recently and making scandalous eyes at various others, he fits in the odd case and has now turned prosecutor — much to the distaste of Billy, who is simultaneously subordinate to and also completely in charge of the barristers, which makes for some interesting power play.
Silk is very much a workplace drama with the action kept inside chambers and the courtroom. Home life is suggested but it's not the main focus like so many other examples of the genre.
The courtroom action so far has veered from gripping Clive unraveling the lies of three public school nasties who attacked a young waitress to ludicrous Martha defending a mob henchman who plucked out the eyes of a chap who'd betrayed his boss.
As a series opener, the inclusion of graphic descriptions of said eyeball plucking was certainly an attention-grabbing move — but it elicited more laughter than horror at the crucial moment. Series two has also been an improvement on an already strong first outing thanks to the casting of the magnificent Frances Barber as QC Caroline Warwick, also known as Lady Macbeth.
Also true to life is the female pupil, Niamh Cranitch played by Natalie Dormer , who comes from a judicial family; and so too would be the female pupil who sleeps with her pupilmaster no need to guess who he might be — but not if they are one and the same person.
Still, you can just about believe in Niamh, however naive. Notwithstanding these character flaws, the series remains compulsive viewing. Although the six parts follow an overarching storyline, each one-hour instalment contains a complete and self-contained case, and each case airs an issue of the sort that barristers constantly come up against.
Should you lie for your client? How much should you disclose to your opponent, or the court?
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