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Episode 5

Episode 5 of 6

The personal and the professional collide when someone close to Martha needs her help. Determined to fight, is she strong enough to ask the tough questions in order to do her job?

Martha has to put her personal feelings aside when she is asked to defend a close friend from her past. Is she strong enough to ask him the tough questions in order to do her job properly?

The evidence against him in the case of a gangland execution is overwhelming. Fingerprints and CCTV put Martha's friend firmly at the scene of the crime, but is it all too convenient? With Clive at her side and CW prosecuting, the stakes are high for everyone. How close were Martha and Sean when they were young, and what are their feelings for each other now?

Billy is shocked when a corrupt solicitor-turned-supergrass from Shoe Lane's past appears to ask for redemption. Meanwhile, battle lines are drawn in chambers as they gear up to an internal tribunal that polarises opinion and Martha begs Billy to tell the truth.

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Role Contributor
Martha Costello QC Maxine Peake
Clive Reader QC Rupert Penry-Jones
Billy Lamb Neil Stuke
Harriet Hammond Miranda Raison
Caroline Warwick QC Frances Barber
Alan Cowdrey QC Alex Jennings
Jake Milner Theo Barklem-Biggs
John Bright John Macmillan
Bethany Brassington Amy Wren
Amy Lang Jessica Henwick
Micky Joy Phil Davis
Sean Kieran O'Brien
Nicola Kirsty Bushell
District Judge Dora Noone Elizabeth Bennett
Nick Pellegrini Nicholas Rowe
DCI Fitzpatrick Vincent Regan
Lloyd Brannigan Joe Renton
Louise Philpott Anna Nightingale
David Whitman William Troughton
Magistrates Court Judge 1 Suzi Davies
Magistrates Court Judge 2 Jacqueline King
Junkie Danny Strokes
Gaoler Daniel Fearn
Producer Matt Strevens
Director Cilla Ware
Writer Peter Moffat

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