Close and True (2000)

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lawyer with no courtroom experience takes over a struggling law practice in Newcastle. Its former owner now lives in a mental institution. The new lawyer immediately has to handle a murder trial.

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What happens

Close and True is a legal drama first broadcast on ITV from 23 November to 28 December 2000. It stars Robson Green and James Bolam as the eponymous characters, John Close and Graham True respectively and follows Close (Green) as he takes over a run-down legal practice, owned by True (Bolam) in Newcastle, who now resides in a mental institution. During his first days in charge of the practice, he is thrown into the midst of a murder trial despite having no criminal trial experience. This programme was produced by Costal Productions in association with Meridian Broadcasting for the ITV network. Just six episodes of the drama were produced before it was axed by ITV in 2001. The series was released on VHS on 29 January 2001, but has never been issued on DVD in the United Kingdom. The series was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia in 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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