North Square
North Square

North Square

2000 1 Seasons 10 Episodes ⭐ 8.0 Drama

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.

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode 1

In the opening episode, barristers and best mates Alex Hay and Billy Guthrie are in court defending two armed robbers. M

EP 2

Episode 2

Billy is stuck at home on suspension and Rose has already returned to work just three days after giving birth. Meanwhile

EP 3

Episode 3

Alex defends a famous footballer against a charge of indecent assault, and McLeish is determined to milk the case for pu

EP 4

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 G

EP 5

Episode 5

With criminal proceedings still hanging over his head, McLeish assigns Billy a trivial case - a pensioner accused of she

EP 6

Episode 6

Billy and Rose find themselves at loggerheads over the case of two Colombian drug runners. Billy also has other things o

EP 7

Episode 7

Things don't look good for Billy. He has avoided a criminal record for assaulting Wilson, but at what cost? Meanwhile, M

EP 8

Episode 8

Leeds' two gangland families, the Greens and the Flecks, are back in court. Meanwhile, outside the courtroom the battle

EP 9

Episode 9

Rose decides it's time to challenge McLeish's authority, and everyone's loyalties are put to the test. Billy is caught b

EP 10

Episode 10

McLeish's past comes back to haunt him when his son unexpectedly turns up at chambers. A smart, respectable law student,

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