List of Kavanagh QC episodes

This is a list of "Kavanagh QC" episodes, encompassing the six seasons (or "series") of "Kavanagh QC". All episodes first aired on ITV. Some of them are now available on Region 1 DVD. S eason 1-5 are available on Region 2.

"This list is incomplete. It lacks plot information for episodes 3 - 6 of Season 3."

Season 1

# "Nothing but the Truth" (January 3, 1995)
# "Heartland" (January 10, 1995)
# "A Family Affair" (January 17, 1995)
# "The Sweetest Thing" (January 24, 1995)

Season 2

# "True Commitment" (February 26, 1996)
# "Men of Substance" (March 4, 1996)
# "The Burning Deck" (March 11, 1996)
# "A Sense of Loss" (March 19, 1996)
# "A Stranger in the Family" (March 25, 1996)
# "Job Satisfaction" (April 2, 1996)

Season 3

# "Mute of Malice." Kavanagh defends a murder suspect found to be mute of malice. (March 3, 1997)
# "Blood Money." Kavanagh prosecutes a doctor accused of medical malpractice because she left the operating room when the patient developed a fatal complication. (March 10, 1997)
# "Diplomatic Baggage" (March 17, 1997)
# "The Ties That Bind" (March 24, 1997)
# "In God We Trust" (April 7, 1997)

Season 4

# "Memento Mori"
# "Care In The Community"
# "Briefs Trooping Gaily"
# "Bearing Witness"
# "The Innocency Of Life"
# "Dead Reckoning"

Season 5

# "Previous Convictions" (1999) A RAF Jet Provost trainer crashes into a crowded moto-cross event killing 22 people. One of these is a friend of Kavanagh's son. The RAF Corporal responsible for maintenance commits suicide, pinning the blame at his lover, Charlotte Sinclair (Anna Ryan). She is tried for theft and conspiracy to murder. Sabotage or human error? Kavanagh has to defend her and uncover documents initially denied to the Court. The episode ends with a magic trick and poetry recitation at a celebratory dinner at the Middle Inns.
# "The More Loving One" In London, a house explodes killing Annie, a heroin-addict. Her boyfriend Michael, a former addict and convicted arsonist, is looking through the letter-box at the same time smoking a cigarette. He tells the first two people he sees “I killed her.” Gas leak or murder? Kavanagh has to defend him. Elsewhere Miss Miller is sent to Romford defending a pit bull terrier, before returning to London to be Kavanagh’s Junior in the murder case. Aldermarten has to take over. Next thing the knows he’s buying a third of a grey-hound and every-one goes to see it race.
# "Time Of Need" A Junior Home Officer Minister (Penelope Wilton) is found innocent of sleeping with a fifteen year old boy, sixteen years ago in Hastings. But she is still sacked from the Government. Kavanagh leads her suing the Police for compensation, on the grounds of malicious prosecution.
# "Endgames" In November 1985, a robbery at Turnbrook Services goes wrong and a pregnant teacher and young boy are killed. The following year, three men are sentenced to Life Imprisonment, with a minimum of between 15 and 23 years in jail. Kavanagh was a Junior for the flawed Defense. The firer of the final shot commits suicide in 1992 leaving a note admitting one of the men was innocent. Hunger strikes and petitions to Home Secretary’s follow. Finally, twelve years after the initial murder, Kavanagh and Miss Miller act for one of the men, Cracken, at his appeal. Aldermarten will defend the other.Peter Foxcott (Oliver Ford Davies) decides to retire after a health scare. Kavanagh is offered the job of Head of Chambers at Riverside Court. Afterwards, Kavanagh and Eleanor go for a week-end in “raffish” Brighton, but decide to part as friends as she is to become a Prosecutor for the International War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia in the Hague.

Season 6

# "The End Of Law" (2 hour special episode)Kavanagh is acting as a Recorder at Southwark Crown Court. Lord Cranston (Nichoal Le Provost) pops in for a conversation during a trial for shop-lifting. Would he like to become a Judge? He asks Foxcott and his daughter for advice.Elsewhere, Aldermarten is prosecuting Hatton (Robert Pickavance) for the murder of Katya Zimanyi (Rachel Woolrich), a Hungarian escort in the Mortimer Hotel. The defendant is served by Miss Swithin (Samantha Bond), a Solicitor Advocate. After losing the trial she asks Kavanagh for help with the appeal, but passes out after a diabetic attack. But Lord Cranston asks him not to get too involved – so of course he takes on the appeal. Soon a mis-carriage of justice starts to look like a state cover-up involving the intelligence community. Kavanagh gets given the alternatives of the appeal or being sworn in as a Judge.