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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.
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This series is adult British drama at its best. Kavanagh is a lawyer magnificently portrayed by John Thaw and surrounded by a multitude of interesting characters. It never ceases to amaze me that this type of program is able to attract perfect believable actors for even the smallest roles. Many of the cases are thought provoking and the only one I didn't like was the American set "In God We Trust" which came across as well as US programs do when they portray UK situations! The only negative is that some of the video work when light is poor looks rather grainy. This might look good in some situations, but not in the court-rooms. This is a minor criticism. I thoroughly commend the series.
To me it is bland pablum, because Kavanagh does not have the force of personal character that Perry Mason had. But stories very similar in some ways. Maybe it is the silly British white court wigs they wear that makes my stomach queasy. John Thaw was outstanding as Morse and I enjoyed the more indepth look at the character's perssonal life. Kavanagh QC should either focus more on the courtroom drama exclusively or on the character, becauses what it DOES do is skim over both. I watched the episode about the Jehovah's Witness mother and son today and it could have been so much better if it had not just been the veneer -- no real drama anywhere in it even though there is blood and guts and death and more life hanging in the balance in court. Pleasant enough but only good for background noise while I do other thing.
Kavanagh Q.C. is a British Series about a barrister with the designation of Queen's Counsel (hence the title) which stars John Thaw, Thaw is likely best known to most for the "Inspector Morse" series or "The Sweeney". In both of these other two series Thaw played police officers although decidedly different ones. With Kavanagh we again have another character very different than either Morse or Jack Regan.
I found it somewhat refreshing to see a series both for Thaw and of this type where the lead character has a home life and a family. I find it unfortunate that later in the series they decided to curtail this approach which I thought brought a nice balance to the series.
Overall the series has a few flaws including some supporting characters that are thinly developed or caricatured (although the performances are by and large good) and the writing fails to give us many memorable courtroom moments. But I found that it was counterbalanced by a well developed lead character (with a strong performance from Thaw) as well as some interesting subject manner and social commentary. Another reason I found this intriguing is because the courtroom drama on TV still hasn't as overdone as other genres, and this was the only example I have seen from Britain.
This is also another British series with some very good guest stars including a young Ewan McGregor in the first episode.
Unfortunately not all the episodes of the series have been released on DVD for Region 1. Hopefully this will be rectified at some point in the future.
I found it somewhat refreshing to see a series both for Thaw and of this type where the lead character has a home life and a family. I find it unfortunate that later in the series they decided to curtail this approach which I thought brought a nice balance to the series.
Overall the series has a few flaws including some supporting characters that are thinly developed or caricatured (although the performances are by and large good) and the writing fails to give us many memorable courtroom moments. But I found that it was counterbalanced by a well developed lead character (with a strong performance from Thaw) as well as some interesting subject manner and social commentary. Another reason I found this intriguing is because the courtroom drama on TV still hasn't as overdone as other genres, and this was the only example I have seen from Britain.
This is also another British series with some very good guest stars including a young Ewan McGregor in the first episode.
Unfortunately not all the episodes of the series have been released on DVD for Region 1. Hopefully this will be rectified at some point in the future.
Kavanagh Q C gives us a glimpse of Inspector Morse, if he had become a barrister rather than a Chief Inspector,found love rather than solitude,and had hailed from Sargent Lewis's neck of the woods rather than Cambridge. This sort of television should be the norm, not a rare exception.
I thoroughly enjoyed this series. There were occasional mild hiccups to that enjoyment, but I found myself wishing there were more seasons throughout the series.
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- ConexõesFeatured in The Unforgettable John Thaw (2012)
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