The Escape Artist
There is a line between law and justice.
Created by David Wolstencroft
On BBC One
A taut, morally corrosive legal thriller that interrogates the gap between legal victory and justice through a barrister's catastrophic collision with the consequences of his own brilliance.
A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. He is in high demand as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the notorious prime suspect in an horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected and chilling results, not to mention a shocking twist.
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