The Advocates

Total Seasons :2Total Episodes : 6

Set in Edinburgh, the series contrasts the high powered and respectable world of the lawyers and advocates of the Scottish legal profession, with the sleazy and deadly existence of the city's pimps, prostitutes and drug addicts. When a young prostitute is murdered by a deadly drug overdose, only Doctor Joe Sangster, who has been treating her at the local health clinic, suspects foul play. In the ...

Episodes(3)

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Joe Sangster, a doctor at a local health clinic, hires Greg McDowall after one of his clients, a prostitute, dies from a drug overdose he suspects was administered to her.

Air Date : 1991-04-02

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Having seen Veitch speaking to a notorious pimp, McDowell is keen to find out just how much Doctor Sangster knows. The firm faces serious financial difficulties.

Air Date : 1991-04-09

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

After the bomb that was meant for him kills Ackroyd instead, McDowell tries to find out what he can, but both the police and Doctor Sangster refuse to tell him anything.

Air Date : 1991-04-16