Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 1989
Shadow of the Noose
A look at the real cases and personal demons of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, Edwardian London's most celebrated barrister. Presiding over trials that made headlines and drew large crowds to the public gallery, the Old Bailey defence counsel was Britain's first legal celebrity. A champion of justice for all, Marshall Hall earns a reputation as The Great Defender as he pleads the innocence of clients other lawyers refuse to represent.
The story
A look at the real cases and personal demons of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, Edwardian London's most celebrated barrister. Presiding over trials that made headlines and drew large crowds to the public gallery, the Old Bailey defence counsel was Britain's first legal celebrity. A champion of justice for all, Marshall Hall earns a reputation as The Great Defender as he pleads the innocence of clients other lawyers refuse to represent.
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Season 1
Miniseries
Season details
A look at the real cases and personal demons of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, Edwardian London's most celebrated barrister. Presiding over trials that made headlines and drew large crowds to the public gallery, the Old Bailey defence counsel was Britain's first legal celebrity. A champion of justice for all, Marshall Hall earns a reputation as The Great Defender as he pleads the innocence of clients other lawyers refuse to represent.
Cast
Jonathan HydeSir Edward Marshall Hall
Michael FeastEdgar Bowker
Terence TaplinArthur Newton
Leslee UdwinHenriette Kroeger · Henriette Marshall Hall
Trevor RayHarry Bishop
Julian FirthWellesley Orr
Richard MooreSir Charles Mathews
Gary FilesMr Justice Wills
Phil McCallJackson
Victoria FairbrotherMarie Hermann
Michael MeliaHenry Stephens
Godfrey JamesCharles Stephens
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Emma DaviesLouise Hutchins
Anthony LangdonArthur
Kathi LeitnerIlse Hermann
James CurranDr Taylor
Pauline MunroMrs Forrest
Jean ReeveMrs Bricknell
John MelaineySgt Kane
Amanda WalkerMrs Hutchins
Siân PhillipsLady Scott
John BirdMr Justice Hawkins
Chris LangLord Russell
Amanda ElwesLady Mabel
Ivor RobertsSir Frank Lockwood, K.C.
Patrick GodfreyLawson Walton, K.C.
William KeyCockerton
Amerjit DeuKast
Tim BarronAylott
Marjorie BlandAda
Peter MantleLord Burnham
Charmaine ParsonsLady Burnham
Noreen LeightonDuchess
John LeesonDickinson
Phillada SewellLady Cardigan
Irina BrookEthel Marshall Hall
David RintoulCaptain James Fairbrother
Mary ConlonLady Frances Fairbrother
Tim McInnernyLieutenant de Ponthieu
Natalie ForbesAnnie Dyer
Illona LinthwaiteMrs Grandt
Peter MajerLaermann
Nicholas CoppinM.R. Wilkinson, K.C.
Christopher BurgessInspector Upfold
Amanda RichardsonMrs Flood
Vincent RiottaHerbert Bennett
Caroline QuentinMary Bennett
Gawn GraingerCharles Gill
Tony DoyleThorn Drury
John MiddletonElvey Robb
Morris PerryLord Alverstone
Derek NewarkVan der Hogh
Peter van DisselVoegel
Kevin O'SheaHuit
Claire JacobsAlice Meadows
Roger SwaineConyers
Ellie SteinerPolly Rudrum
David BradleyEdward Lawrence
Julie NeubertMrs Lawrence
Nicola DuffettRuth Hadley
Tracy Jane WhiteEdie Marsh
Ron DaviesSir Charles Cockerill
Brian MillerInsp Jack Hill
Roger MilnerMr Justice Jelf
Leonard GregoryF.W. Sherwood, K.C.
Roger Ashton-GriffithsWilliam Thompson
Alan PartingtonDr MacDonald
Bernard TaylorDr Powell
Hugh DicksonDr Galbraith
David SchofieldAlfred Harmsworth
Sian ThomasHettie Chattell
Alan MacNaughtanLord Justice Mathew
Philip FranksMontague Lush
Stephen BatemanMaster of the Rolls
Alan HayLord Justice Stirling
David NealSir Edward Clarke
Michael LeesThomas Marlowe
Patrick FieldThomas Knowles
Bev WillisHarry Cooper
Siobhan NicholasPhyllis Blew
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