Counsel

Apr 15, 2019

1h 0m

★ 6.0

Overview

An alpha female barrister complicates her professional and personal life when she falls for a client.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Lacada Entertainment

BBC Northern Ireland

Counsel Trailers

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Cast

Olivia Harley

Valene Kane

Sir Malcolm Hayes

Declan Conlon

Gareth Fleming

Adam Gillian

Kaye Reynolds

Joanne Crawford

Mr. Richards

Patrick Fitzsymons

Gavin Simms

Chris Robinson

Judge Gerry

Niall Cusack

Ciara Connolly

Ruby Campbell

Mr McAuley

Mark Asante

BBC Reporter

Aideen Hand

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7.7

Primal Fear

Mar 6, 1996

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7.4

A Time to Kill

Jul 24, 1996

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

6.8

The Crying Game

Sep 2, 1992

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

6.5

A Civil Action

Dec 25, 1998

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

6.4

An Uncommon Grace

Feb 12, 2017

An army nurse returning from Afghanistan discovers her purpose in a rural Ohio farm community, along with a deep connection with a neighbor whose conservative Amish sect strictly forbids relationships with those outside his church community.

7.5

The Insider

Oct 28, 1999

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

4.0

Holy Cross

Oct 10, 2003

Violence erupts in north Belfast when the residents of Glenbyrn, a predominantly Protestant suburb, object to schoolgirls walking through their neighbourhood from the Catholic area of Ardoyne to the Holy Cross primary school.

0.0

Life After Life

Apr 2, 1995

Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to rehabilitate former terrorists. He soon finds that the ceasefire has robbed him of both purpose and identity. Relationships with his family are difficult and reach boiling point when they find that he has rekindled his affair with a former fiancee Roisin, now married with three children.

6.5

And the Band Played On

Sep 11, 1993

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

7.0

The Goldman Case

Jun 7, 2023

A second trial begins in November 1975 against French left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman, accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists.

6.1

Five Minutes of Heaven

Jan 19, 2009

The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.

6.1

Closing the Ring

Sep 14, 2007

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.

7.3

Bloody Sunday

Jan 16, 2002

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

6.2

The Devil's Own

Mar 13, 1997

Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.