- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
Silk doesn’t have quite its usual silkiness. Series creator Peter Moffat, who also wrote the first three episodes, passes on typewriter duties this episode, and it shows. Mind you, there’s still plenty to enjoy, including a very unhappy-looking Clive (Rupert Penry-Jones) and one of those little homilies from head clerk Billy: “Barristers are like thoroughbreds – sleek, focused on winning and utterly selfish,” he sighs.
Clive is focused on the letter he has received from the Bar Standards Council about that little business in Oxford. Meanwhile, Martha defends the driver of a prison van in which a prisoner died. Corporate manslaughter or human error?
About this programme
4/6. A prisoner is killed during an escape from a high-security van, and driver Michael Ward and his firm are held responsible. Martha is called in to represent Ward, but when his company's legal team fails to support him, it becomes clear he will have to stand up for himself or become the fall guy. Clive struggles to convince Fatima Ali she is not responsible for her brother's death, while Billy gives in to pressure from Micky and investigates Caroline, digging up a few hidden truths. Shaun Evans (Endeavour) joins the cast.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Martha Costello QC
- Maxine Peake
- Clive Reader
- Rupert Penry-Jones
- Billy Lamb
- Neil Stuke
- Micky Joy
- Phil Davis
- Caroline Warwick QC
- Frances Barber
- George Duggan
- Indira Varma
- Alan Cowdrey QC
- Alex Jennings
- John Bright
- John Macmillan
- Jake Milner
- Theo Barklem-Biggs
- Bethany Brassington
- Amy Wren
- Daniel Lomas
- Shaun Evans
- Roland Elliott QC
- Peter De Jersey
- Dr Liam King
- Jonathan Aris
- Fatima Ali
- Shanaya Rafaat
- Michael Ward
- John Salthouse
- Professor Stephen Nyman
- Nicholas Woodeson
- Alasdair McKinley QC
- Ron Donachie
- James Purdey
- Michael Mueller
- Angie Lloyd
- Sadie Shimmin
- Harry Loughton
- Jonathan Jaynes
- Arlo Wright
- Calum Callaghan
- HHJ Teale
- Mark Penfold
- Richard Doyle
- Ryan Winsley
- Cathy Doyle
- Judy Norman
- HHJ Vermont
- Sandra Duncan
- Posh male candidate
- Ben Lamb
- Earnest female candidate
- Kate Lamb
- Aggressive male candidate
- Ed Birch
- Court clerk
- Philip Brook
Crew
- Director
- Alice Troughton
- Producer
- Richard Stokes
- Writer
- Debbie O'Malley
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