Defending the Guilty: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Will Packham is an idealistic pupil barrister being shown the ropes by his cynical, worldly-wise pupilmaster Caroline. Mistakenly believing that his role is to serve justice ("No Will, a Barrister's job is to win"), Will must navigate his way through a criminal justice system seemingly designed to be as opaque and confusing as possible. While also dealing with his fellow pupils, each of them after the same single job at the end of their training and more than happy to stab each other in the back to get it. Can he succeed and hold on to his principles? Or will the system claim another victim?

Series details

• Title: Defending the Guilty
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2018-09-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-10-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 37003
• IMDb ID: tt8363040
• TVDB ID: 352158

Cast and credited roles

• Will Sharpe — Will Packham
• Katherine Parkinson — Caroline
• Gwyneth Keyworth — Danielle
• Prasanna Puwanarajah — Ashley
• Hugh Coles — Liam

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-09-19; final listed air date 2019-10-22; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Defending the Guilty on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.