Daisy Bates Movies
A disconnected accountant finds his mundane life injected with a new sense of urgency after striking up a friendship with a charismatic attorney in director Marcel Langenegger's sexually charged action thriller. Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) is an accountant who has lost his passion in life. When his powerful new lawyer friend, Wyatt (Hugh Jackman), introduces Jonathan to a salacious underground sex club called The List, the dejected accountant soon believes he has found the woman of his dreams (Michelle Williams). His newfound happiness takes a turn for the worse, however, when Jonathan is named the prime suspect in the woman's disappearance as well as the theft of 20 million dollars. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, (more)
- 1996
The title of this teen-oriented British series referred to the sun-drenched isle of Jersey. Here in this fertile patch of land, a group of healthy, hearty teens lived and worked together. Naturally a few romances developed, as did a smattering of petty jealousies and a soupçon of heartache. The even dozen 30-minute episodes of Island originally aired from 1996 to 1997. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Daisy Bates, Suzanne Maddock, (more)
- 1995
Crusty, crafty British barrister James Kavanagh (John Thaw) fluctuates between defender and prosecutor in the four movie-length episodes comprising the first season of Kavanagh Q.C. In the opener, "Nothing But the Truth," Kavanagh defends an accused rapist, while in the second episode, "Heartland," he switches gears to prosecute a self-styled vigilante who has been arrested for vehicular homicide. In "A Family Affair," Kavanagh must keep a tight rein on his client, a father in a custody battle, lest the man resort to extreme measures to get what he wants. And in "The Sweetest Thing," Kavanagh burrows through a mountain of circumstantial evidence to unearth the hidden truths about his client, a prostitute charged with murdering a high-profile john. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Thaw, Daisy Bates, (more)
- 1995
John Thaw returns as wily British barrister James Kavanagh as Kavanagh Q.C. enters its second season. The first of the year's six feature-length episodes is "True Commitment," in which Kavanagh tries to sift the truth out of a case involving the daughter of a Jewish businessman, a plot to murder a neo-Nazi, and the contradictory eyewitness testimony of the girl's boyfriend. Next up is "Men of Substance," wherein Kavanagh, substituting for an ailing prosecutor, finds there is more than meets the eye in an international drug-smuggling cast. "The Burning Deck" leads Kavanagh into an investigation where truth is a relative term as he tries to determine the guilt or innocence of a vice admiral's son. "A Sense of Loss" again serves up a mess of highly suspicious evidence in a case involving the murder of a policewoman. Kavanagh takes on his first personal-injury case in two decades in "A Stranger in the Family." In the season closer, "Job Satisfaction," Kavanagh's defense of a woman accused of murdering her parents is complicated by his client's refusal to be one hundred percent candid. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Thaw, Daisy Bates, (more)
- 1995
The first episode of Kavanagh Q.C.'s third season is "Mute of Malice," in which high-profile British barrister James Kavanagh (John Thaw) is saddled with a client who is unable to speak -- literally -- after confessing to fratricide. Next on the docket is "Blood Money," wherein Kavanagh prosecutes a surgeon who loses a patient under highly suspicious circumstances. In "Ancient History," Kavanagh is involved with a case whose outcome may hinge upon revelations of Nazi war crimes. "Diplomatic Baggage" follows, in which Kavanagh's defense of an ambassador's daughter on a murder charge is compromised by interference from powerful, unnamed forces; similarly, the next episode "The Ties That Bind" places Kavanagh in a bind of his own when well-connected power brokers interfere in the dispensation of justice to the victim of a brutal killing. The season's final episode, "In God We Trust," finds Kavanagh travelling to the U.S. to help his former colleague Julia Piper (Anna Chancellor) save a man from the death house. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Thaw, Daisy Bates, (more)
- 1995
An unexpected and ironic twist caps barrister James Kavanagh's (John Thaw) defense of a doctor accused of murder in "Memento Mori," the opening episode of Kavanagh Q.C.'s fourth season. The eponymous hero subsequently returns to his home town of Bolton to unravel a confusing case of infanticide in "Care in the Community." Next up, Kavanagh tries to prevent his client, a woman accused of murdering her husband, from botching up her own defense, while simultaneously appearing on behalf of a colleague before the Conduct Committee in "Briefs Trooping Gaily." From there, Kavanagh ends up in the middle of a national controversy when defending a Jehovah's Witness who insists upon withholding a blood transfusion that might save her son's life in "Bearing Witness." Newspaper reporters continue to dog Kavanagh's trail when he defends a minister charged with sexual harassment in "The Innocency of Life." Switching to the prosecution, Kavanagh goes after a boat owner whose negligence may have caused five drownings in "Dead Reckoning," and back on the defense team, he helps a Senior Labour M.P. who has been targeted for prosecution (and persecution) in a 15-year-old case in "Ceremony of Innocence." Season five ends as Kavanagh pleads on behalf of two thieves who've been serving a double-murder charge for 23 years in "Seasons of Mist." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Thaw, Daisy Bates, (more)
- 1995
The fifth and last season of Kavanagh Q.C. begins with the first of its four episodes, "Previous Convictions," in which prominent barrister James Kavanagh (John Thaw) risks public scorn by defending a woman whose sexual peccadillos may have brought about a tragic airplane accident. Next up is "The More Loving One," wherein a recovering drug addict dazedly confesses to killing his girlfriend, forcing his lawyer, Kavanagh, to shield the poor fellow from disturbing new information that may send his client over the edge. Subsequently, Kavanagh unearths some surprising facts in the wake of a countersuit over an indecent assault charge in "Time of Need." The season finale, "End Games," finds the ugly specter of anti-Semitism complicating Kavanagh's defense of a client. And with that, court is adjourned for James Kavanagh until the character's one-shot revival in the 2001 special End of the Law. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Thaw, Daisy Bates, (more)
