Madson (1996)

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

M

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man wrongfully imprisoned for murder earns a law degree and gets his conviction overturned. After his release, he works as a legal clerk helping others failed by the justice system.

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What happens

Madson is a British television crime drama series, first broadcast on 17 April 1996, that ran for a total of six episodes on BBC1. The series starred Ian McShane as the title character who, sentenced on forged evidence to life imprisonment, gains a law degree in prison and overturns his conviction. Suddenly freed again after eight years inside, he uses his contacts to secure a position as an outdoor clerk with a top firm of City Solicitors. Produced by McShane's production company by McShane himself with Chris Parr, it co-starred Joanna Kanska, Jayne Ashbourne, Matthew Marsh, and Charles Gray. Each episode shows inefficiencies of the law, solves a crime, or helps those whom the law neglected. Filming took place in West London between 23 August and 29 November 1995. The series has not been released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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