The Escape Artist

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1. 01Episode 1S01E01 · 7.0Talented junior barrister Will Burton specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners, hence his nickname - the Escape Artist. But when Will's talents acquit his latest client of a brutal and high-profile murder, the consequences are chilling.
2. 02Episode 2S01E02 · 6.8Liam Foyle is back in the dock, and Will's courtroom nemesis, Maggie Gardner, is defending him. Will's central moral tenet that 'everyone deserves a defence' has come back to haunt him.
3. 03Episode 3S01E03 · 6.0The case against Foyle is crumbling. The profession that has sustained Will Burton all his life is no longer supporting him. Can Will find another way for justice to be served?

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Ashley JensenKate BurtonDavid TennantWill BurtonSophie OkonedoMaggie GardnerToby KebbellLiam Foyle

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