Silk (2 DVDs)

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Silk is a thrilling drama series for BBC One about the lives, loves and hard cases facing barristers on the front line of criminal law, written by Bafta award-winning writer Peter Moffat. Maxine Peake is Martha Costello, in her thirties, single, passionate and a defence barrister applying for silk. Innocent until proven guilty are four words she lives by. But how does this fundamental principle stand up to examination by clients who are sometimes good, sometimes bad and sometimes evil? Rupert Penry-Jones plays Clive Reader, a funny, gifted and dangerous barrister who knows how to play the game.