Series · 2000
North Square

The series
North Square is an award-winning British television drama series written by Peter Moffat and broadcast by Channel 4 at the end of 2000. Starring an ensemble cast, including Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd, the programme is set around the practice of a Leeds Legal Chambers. The series was filmed in and around the real life Park Square, Leeds. This is the area near the city where the majority of legal firms are concentrated. Despite gaining considerable critical acclaim the show failed to garner a substantial audience resulting in only the one series of ten episodes being produced. In Australia the series was broadcast in 2001 on ABC and repeated in 2004 after popular and critical acclaim. The full series was released on DVD for the first time by Acorn Media UK on 5 March 2012.
Episodes
Season 1 · 10 episodes · 2000
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Episode 118 Oct 2000
Episode 1
In the opening episode, barristers and best mates Alex Hay and Billy Guthrie are in court defending two armed robbers. Meanwhile, Billy's girlfriend and fellow barrister Rose is on the verge of going into labour but still taking on new cas…
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Episode 225 Oct 2000
Episode 2
Billy is stuck at home on suspension and Rose has already returned to work just three days after giving birth. Meanwhile, Morag makes a mess of her second case and, as Billy's disciplinary hearing looms, Alex pulls out all the stops to hel…
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Episode 31 Nov 2000
Episode 3
Alex defends a famous footballer against a charge of indecent assault, and McLeish is determined to milk the case for publicity, even though the player is worried about being outed as gay. Elsewhere, Billy is stressed about his impending c…
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Episode 48 Nov 2000
Episode 4
The head of Leeds' biggest crime family is hauled in on a murder charge. Rose and Billy work together on his case, but Green has other ideas about how his defence should be handled. Meanwhile, McLeish takes on a new pupil, Hussein Ali. Con…
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Episode 515 Nov 2000
Episode 5
With criminal proceedings still hanging over his head, McLeish assigns Billy a trivial case - a pensioner accused of sheep-worrying - to keep his mind off things. But the attempt backfires when the prosecuting barrister turns out to be Wil…
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Episode 622 Nov 2000
Episode 6
Billy and Rose find themselves at loggerheads over the case of two Colombian drug runners. Billy also has other things on his mind; it looks certain that he will be taken to court for assault, and if found guilty it will be the end of his …
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Episode 729 Nov 2000
Episode 7
Things don't look good for Billy. He has avoided a criminal record for assaulting Wilson, but at what cost? Meanwhile, Marlow is threatening to leak details of Wendy's affair with a senior judge to the press.
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Episode 86 Dec 2000
Episode 8
Leeds' two gangland families, the Greens and the Flecks, are back in court. Meanwhile, outside the courtroom the battle between Morag and Hussein over the one available place in chambers is intensifying, and Alex makes up his mind to end h…
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Episode 913 Dec 2000
Episode 9
Rose decides it's time to challenge McLeish's authority, and everyone's loyalties are put to the test. Billy is caught between a rock and a hard place; on the one hand his allegiance to Rose, and on the other his loyalty to McLeish for set…
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Episode 1020 Dec 2000
Episode 10
McLeish's past comes back to haunt him when his son unexpectedly turns up at chambers. A smart, respectable law student, Rory doesn't seem the type to deal drugs, but he's been caught in possession and needs representation. Meanwhile, the …








