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The Advocates

The Advocates

1991·TV series·2 seasons · 6 episodes

4.2 / 10 (5 votes)

Set in Edinburgh, the series contrasts the high powered and respectable world of the lawyers and advocates of the Scottish legal profession, with the sleazy and deadly existence of the city's pimps, prostitutes and drug addicts. When a young prostitute is murdered by a deadly drug overdose, only Doctor 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 Greg McDowell for help, and the young lawyer sees the chance to make a name for himself.

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Original language
English
First aired
2 April 1991

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Cast

  • Ewan Stewart

    Ewan Stewart

    Greg McDowell

  • Hugh Ross

    Hugh Ross

    Archie Hoseason

  • EM

    Elspeth MacNaughton

    Libby

  • Isla Blair

    Isla Blair

    Katherine Dunbar

  • Alison Peebles

    Alison Peebles

    Vivien Liddell

  • Michael Kitchen

    Michael Kitchen

  • Rachel Weisz

    Rachel Weisz

    Sarah Thompson

  • James Fleet

    James Fleet

  • Siobhan Redmond

    Siobhan Redmond

  • Hugh Fraser

    Hugh Fraser

    John Naismith