Hanlon

How it feels

The series follows the life of a New Zealand lawyer from 1895 to 1914. It shows his personal relationships and cases he handled in Dunedin.

periodunderstatedslow-burnearnestgroundednostalgicintimatestudious

What happens

Hanlon is a 1985 New Zealand television series about Dunedin lawyer Alf Hanlon, covering his life from 1895 to 1914, looking at his private life and some of the trials he worked. Produced by Lex van Os, it begun on 21 July running until 1 September. It was written by Ken Catran and starred David Gwillim as Hanlon. Ken Strongman of the Press wrote of the first episode "The overriding impression is of authenticity. Everyting (sic) looks and sounds so right that one can almost smell the grand steam trains chugging into Lumsden." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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