Garrow's Law Episode #1.1 (2009–2011) Online
- Original Title :
- Episode #1.1
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Biography / Drama
- Year :
- 2009–2011
- Directror :
- Peter Lydon
- Cast :
- Andrew Buchan,Alun Armstrong,Lyndsey Marshal
- Writer :
- Tony Marchant,Tony Marchant
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 8.3/10
In the London of the late eighteenth century, William Garrow, apprentice counsel to the experienced Southouse, is appalled by the savagery of the court system and the fact that the defending lawyer never gets advanced disclosure. His first case is to defend a youth falsely accused of robbery so that a professional thief taker will be paid for the conviction. He fails to save the boy but impresses the philanthropic and liberal wife of M.P. Sir Arthur Hill, Lady Sarah, who pays him to defend a young girl accused of infanticide. His demolition of the prosecution witnesses and encouraging the girl to move the court with her story results in a Not Guilty verdict and the respect of prosecutor Silvester. However, Southouse warns him that his crusading methods will bring him enemies.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Andrew Buchan | - | William Garrow |
 | Alun Armstrong | - | John Southouse |
 | Lyndsey Marshal | - | Lady Sarah Hill |
 | Rupert Graves | - | Sir Arthur |
 | Aidan McArdle | - | Silvester |
 | Michael Culkin | - | Judge Buller |
 | Anthony Bowers | - | Court Clerk |
| Andy Linden | - | Mr. Sibley |
 | Steven Waddington | - | Forrester |
 | Frances Grey | - | Mary Pace |
 | Finlay Robertson | - | Peter Pace |
 | Jeremy Swift | - | William Grove |
 | Julie Hale | - | Mrs. Browning |
 | Teresa Churcher | - | Mrs. Tarling |
| Tessa Nicholson | - | Elizabeth Jarvis |
Actor Andrew Buchan (Garrow) would often work expletives into the script in place of similar sounding words changing "...Tom, Dick and Harry..." to "Cock, Dick or Penis".
During the filming of a court house corridor scene, one of the background artists begin announcing to others that it was disgraceful he be expected to stand around for so long. His comments were overheard leading the producers to remove him from the scene to participate in another much later in the day, well after most of the cast were released.