''The Advocates'' was a Scottish legal drama, broadcast on

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, that ran for two series between 2 April 1991 and 23 March 1992. The series starred Ewan Stewart and

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as the main protagonists, Greg McDowell and Katherine Dunbar. The first series was released on DVD on 12 April 2010. The second series was released on 20 September. A complete box set was released by Go, Entertain on 23 September 2013.

Cast

* Ewan Stewart as Greg McDowell *

as Katherine Dunbar * Hugh Ross as Archie Hoseason * Alison Peebles as Vivien Lidell

Series 1

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as Alex Abercorn * Michael Byrne as Campbell Reid * Cal MacAninch as Milligan *

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as Andrea * Clive Russell as D.C.I. Ross * Sean Murray as D.S. Sam Coutts

Series 2

* James Fleet as Phillip Jackson * Hugh Fraser as John Naismith *

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as James McCandlish *

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as Janie Naismith *

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as Sarah Thompson * Finlay Welsh as Malcolm Davies * Stuart Hepburn as D.C.I. Michael Smith *

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as D.C. Murray

Episodes

Series 1 (1991)

Series 2 (1992)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Advocates (TV series), The 1991 Scottish television series debuts 1992 Scottish television series endings 1990s Scottish television series 1990s British crime drama television series 1990s British legal television series British crime television series British drama television series ITV television dramas Television shows produced by Scottish Television English-language television shows Scottish television shows Serial drama television series Television shows set in Scotland Television shows set in Edinburgh