TV series / 1973

Sutherland's Law

Name: Sutherland's Law
Genre: Drama
Released: 1973-06-06
Cast: Iain Cuthbertson, Martin Cochrane, Edith MacArthur, Victor Carin, Maev Alexander

Episode directors Paul CiappessoniMartyn FriendBrian FarnhamRaymond Menmuir

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Drama

★ 8.5/10Audience rating

Sutherland's Law is a British television series created by Lindsay Galloway and produced by BBC Scotland for BBC One, aired from 6 June 1973 to 31 August 1976. The drama deals with the duties of the Procurator Fiscal in a small Scottish town. The series had originated as a standalone edition of the portmanteau programme Drama Playhouse in 1972 in which Derek Francis played Sutherland and was then commissioned as an ongoing series with Iain …

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Sutherland's Law is a British television series created by Lindsay Galloway and produced by BBC Scotland for BBC One, aired from 6 June 1973 to 31 August 1976. The drama deals with the duties of the Procurator Fiscal in a small Scottish town.

The series had originated as a standalone edition of the portmanteau programme Drama Playhouse in 1972 in which Derek Francis played Sutherland and was then commissioned as an ongoing series with Iain Cuthbertson as Sutherland.