Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 2013
The Escape Artist
Episode directors
Brian Welsh
A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. He is in high demand as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the notorious prime suspect in an horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected and chilling results, not to …
The story
A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. He is in high demand as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the notorious prime suspect in an horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected and chilling results, not to mention a shocking twist.
Cast
David TennantWill Burton
Toby KebbellLiam Foyle
Sophie OkonedoMaggie Gardner
Ashley JensenKate Burton
Brid BrennanMary
Tony GardnerTrevor Harris
Anton LesserRichard Mayfield QC
Roy MarsdenPeter Simkins
Stephen WightDanny Monk
Gus BarryJamie Burton
Nicholas WoodesonGeorge Balfour QC
Jeany SparkTara
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Patrick RyecartGavin de Souza QC
Jessica RansomHelen
Connor DonnagheyConnor
Kate DickieJenny
Monica DolanEileen Morris
Faton GerbeshiVadim Kumarin
Michael CochraneJudge
Roxanne GregorySandra Mullins
Alistair PetrieJulian Fowkes QC
Robert FosterNerdy Kid
Jasper JacobCharles Hegarty
Michael PenningtonJudge
Gabrielle JourdanPathologist
John AlbasinyPark Keeper
John HodgkinsonMr. Hughes
Nigel BettsJonathan Crowe
Geoffrey LeesleyDetective Calmers
Richard AlbrechtBob Forsyth
Aaron NilesAlfie
James PaytonNeighbour
Patrick ToomeyJohann
Victoria CarlingChambers Director
Garry SummersParamedic 1
Ross MitchellParamedic 2
Gary CrossPolice Officer
Ewan StewartAdvocate Depute
Gillian McCaffertyClerk to Edinburgh Court
Rod CulbertsonScottish Judge
Caroline GuthrieScottish Pathologist
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