The Advocates (TV series)

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| writer = {{Unbulleted list|Alma Cullen|John Cooper}}

| director = {{Unbulleted list|Peter Barber-Fleming}}

| starring = {{Unbulleted list|Ewan Stewart|Isla Blair|Hugh Ross|Alison Peebles}}

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| composer = Daryl Runswick

| country = {{Unbulleted list|United Kingdom}} (Scotland)

| language = {{Unbulleted list|English}}

| num_series = 2

| num_episodes = 6

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| executive_producer = {{Unbulleted list|Robert Love}}

| producer = {{Unbulleted list|Murray Ferguson}}

| location = {{Unbulleted list|Edinburgh, Scotland, UK}}

| runtime = 60 minutes

| company = Scottish Television

| channel = ITV

| first_aired = {{Start date|1991|04|02|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1992|03|23|df=yes}}

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The Advocates was a Scottish legal drama, broadcast on ITV, that ran for two series between 2 April 1991 and 23 March 1992. The series starred Ewan Stewart and Isla Blair as the main protagonists, Greg McDowell and Katherine Dunbar. The first series was released on DVD on 12 April 2010.{{Cite web |title=Advocates DVD: Isla Blair |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advocates-DVD-Isla-Blair/ |website=www.amazon.co.uk}}{{dead link|date=May 2024}} The second series was released on 20 September.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advocates-2-DVD-Ewan-Stewart/dp/B003NFK5WC/|title=The Advocates Series 2|date=20 September 2010|via=Amazon}} A complete box set was released by Go|Entertain on 23 September 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advocates-1-2-DVD/dp/B00E6O4DOU/|title=The Advocates: Series 1 And 2|date=23 September 2013|via=Amazon}}

Cast

Ewan Stewart as Greg McDowell
Isla Blair as Katherine Dunbar
Hugh Ross as Archie Hoseason
Alison Peebles as Vivien Lidell

=Series 1=

Stella Gonet as Alex Abercorn
Michael Byrne as Campbell Reid
Cal MacAninch as Milligan
Shirley Henderson as Andrea
Clive Russell as D.C.I. Ross
Sean Murray as D.S. Sam Coutts

=Series 2=

James Fleet as Phillip Jackson
Hugh Fraser as John Naismith
Michael Kitchen as James McCandlish
Siobhan Redmond as Janie Naismith
Rachel Weisz as Sarah Thompson
Finlay Welsh as Malcolm Davies
Stuart Hepburn as D.C.I. Michael Smith
Robert Carlyle as D.C. Murray

Episodes

=Series 1 (1991)=

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|WrittenBy = Alma Cullen

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|04|02|df=yes}}

|ShortSummary = When a young prostitute dies of a deadly drug overdose, Dr. Joe Sangster, who has been treating her at the local health clinic, suspects foul play. In the growing climate of fear over drugs and aids in the city, his clinic faces closure due to a local campaign. He turns to young lawyer Greg McDowell for help, and McDowell sees the chance to make a name for himself.

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Episode 3

|DirectedBy = Peter Barber-Fleming

|WrittenBy = Alma Cullen

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|04|16|df=yes}}

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=Series 2 (1992)=

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|ShortSummary = McDowell is hired by a man accused of murdering his own wife. He suspects she may have been the victim of a serial killer, but the subsequent investigation begins to put his young girlfriend Sarah in danger.

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