Product Details

• Actors: John Thaw
• Directors: Tristram Powell, Colin Gregg, Renny Rye, Paul Greengrass
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English (Unknown)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BFS Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Run Time: 330 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000641YUU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,079 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Kavanagh QC, Set 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious acting and superb courtroom dramas, December 20, 2004

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Craig A. Rimmerman (Ithaca, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kavanagh QC, Set 1 (DVD)

This entire series has given me endless pleasure from start to finish. Each episode presents a different perspective on the British (and very occasionally the American) legal system. You will also find changing perspectives on British culture and British life. The acting is superb, as is the music. Highly recommended to those who like gripping and well constructed courtroom dramas.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing But the Truth: Crown vs. Young, Master Ewan McGregor, June 17, 2006

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azindn (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kavanagh QC, Set 1 (DVD)

"Nothing But the Truth" features a very young and long haired, Ewan McGregor in a role that leaves everyone guessing to the very end. Did he or didn't he? Who's telling the truth? Who is the real victim? One of the series from Kavanagh QC (Queen's Counsel), the superior storyline evidence the high caliber of British drama that Americans rarely find on regular mundane weekly television except PBS Masterpiece Theater. In the title role is the late versatile character actor, John Thaw as James Kavanagh a champion for equal justice in and out of the court. He is harried with an enormous case load, and faces the shaky possibility of loosing his unhappy marriage, as well as his spoiled yuppie puppy offspring at home. Adding to his problems is the case of the Crown versus David Armstrong (Ewan McGregor).

McGregor's character is a young Cambridge student accused of raping an older woman who is the client of a construction company where David works as a summer laborer. The son of an industrial captain, David has wealth, and the good reputation of a gentleman. He is candid and forthright making him a perfect client. Kavanagh is confident and assured of David's innocence. The alleged rape victim (Alison Steadman) is a forty-something housewife. She has an unfaithful husband and her failing marriage leaves her lonely and vulnerable. Not so old that she is unattractive, Kavanagh argues she is not the kind of woman a rich and hot Cambridge boy would have an interest. He asserts the accuser enticed David into her home for a little 'afternoon delight'.

At the crux of the episode is the prejudice that rape is the fault of the victim. Who do we believe -- adorable and respectable David, or a troubled housewife with an itch for firm young flesh? As lawyers spar and examine the incident, the prejudices that surround issues of older women/younger man, class, status, and rape in today's society becomes all the more raw, exposed, and incendiary.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior in every way, November 27, 2004

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Alaska Wolf Joe (Mahagonny) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kavanagh QC, Set 1 (DVD)

I have been watching courtroom dramas (and comedies) for many years. As an American, the only British courtroom show I ever saw was Rumpole of the Bailey, and I came across Kavanagh while searching for something similar. It is, if you will, the dramatic Rumpole. John Thaw is a great actor and the stories are gripping. I hope that additional episodes will be brought to DVD.