Fighting For Justice… The 18th century legal world comes to life in new four-part drama on BBC One, inspired by the life of the pioneering barrister William Garrow, starring Andrew Buchan (Cranford, The Fixer), Alun Armstrong (New Tricks, Little Dorrit), Rupert Graves (V For Vendetta), Lyndsey Marshal (Rome) and Aidan McArdle (The Duchess, Beautiful People).

Co-created by Tony Marchant (The Knight’s Tale, Holding On, Crime And Punishment), Garrow’s Law is set in the Old Bailey of Georgian London against a backdrop of corruption and social injustice and is based on real cases from the late 18th century.

Each one-hour episode begins with the investigation of a case sourced from the Old Bailey archives, from rape and murder to high treason and corruption, and follows Garrow (Buchan) and his associate Southouse (Armstrong) working to uncover the truth or fight for justice.

An MP with a special interest in law and order, Sir Arthur Hill [Rupert Graves] is sharp, witty and ambitious. His ambition makes him dangerous and he dislikes Garrow's attitude, perceiving his radical intentions as a threat to the law. However, he also begins to see Garrow as a threat to his marriage to Sarah.
For both of those reasons, he wants Garrow brought down ...

In an age where the defence counsel acted in the minority of cases the young Garrow championed the underdog and pioneered the rigorous cross-examination of prosecution that paved the way for our modern legal system of today.

“A gifted maverick, at times arrogant and with a burning sense of destiny, Garrow is driven to change the nature of the trial against a backdrop of social and political upheaval,” says Jamie Isaacs, Executive Producer for
Twenty Twenty Television.

Episode 1:
Frustrated with the lack of defense for the accused, young barrister William Garrow employs his sharp tongue and innovative court room skills when he is called to defend a servant girl accused of murdering her new born child.

Episode 2:
Garrow stands to defend 'The Monster', a man accused of assaulting several woman with a blade. Meanwhile Sir Arthur's true intention begin to surface as he moves his living pawns into place, in an attempt to defraud the system.

Episode 3:
Will builds momentum and steps up to defend a man standing trial for allegedly raping a servant.

Episode 4:
Having successfully defended a prostitute accused of killing a masochistic client, Garrow takes up the case of Joseph Hamer, charged with treason for belonging to the Corresponding Society, who advocate a wider enfranchisement and much needed electoral reform.