18世纪的先驱律师威廉加罗回到老贝利，反对国家权力，捍卫囚犯的权利，一路上遇到了强大的敌人。“Garrow’sLaw,whichdramatises18th-centurycourtcasesattheOldBailey,asurprisehitin2009,returnedforafour-partruninDecemberonBBC1.Itwon5millionviewers,inthemostcompetitiveSundayeveningslots,andanaudienceappreciationscoreof90.ThisisthankstoTonyMarchant’svividscriptsandAndrewBuchan’sperformanceastheeponymousbarristerchampioningthepoor,whointroducedthephrase“innocentuntilprovenguilty”.TheproductionteamarguedforalongerthirdseriestomilktheOldBaileyarchives,buthavejustheardtheyhavefourepisodesonceagain.Cri