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  • BBC Three

Outlaws

  • 2004
  • Ended
  • Comedy · Crime · Drama
  • ~30m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.0/10

Outlaws is a new half-hour black comedy series starring Phil Daniels set in the world of duty solicitors. But Kavanagh QC it ain't. If solicitors are in the front line of the legal service, duty briefs are the advance patrols: the poor bloody infantry foraging ahead in unfamiliar territory, gleaning intelligence, securing the beachhead and digging in until morning when the top brass arrive to take the salute. There are few victories, no medals, and like any dirty job you'd prefer someone else to do it. But above all, life in the trenches is a tight round. A duty brief's horizon rarely extends beyond the arenas of the police station and the Magistrate's Court. We'll never see a jury or a wig. Just interviews, bail hearings, committals, sentencing etc. It's not life in the fast lane, more like being stuck on the hard shoulder. But that's when things pass you by quickest.

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Latest: Season 1 · 2004

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  1. E1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Oct 1, 2004 · 30m

    As the new trainee in the criminal law firm of Bagnall & Dunbar, Theodore Gulliver discovers he has a lot to learn. Unfortunately for him, Bruce Dunbar is the man who's going to teach him.

  2. E2. T.I.C. the Box

    Oct 8, 2004 · 30m

    Gulliver's education continues as Dunbar tries to show him the benefits of co-operating with the police. But it's Dunbar who ends up with blood on his hands - and his shirt.

  3. E3. Little Criminals

    Oct 15, 2004 · 30m

    Dunbar tries and fails to curtail Gulliver's desire to stop and scoop. And Sarah makes herself unpopular by sticking to the letter of the law.

  4. E4. The Value of Nothing

    Oct 22, 2004 · 30m

    Dunbar is apoplectic when his office is burgled by one of his clients. Maybe this is the perfect opportunity for some self-examination?

  5. E5. The Soft Spot

    Oct 29, 2004 · 30m

    When Dunbar smartens up for a favourite client, Sarah accuses him of actually caring. Gulliver, however, is getting tougher, and fears he's turning into his boss.

  6. E6. Sins of the Father

    Nov 5, 2004 · 30m

    Dunbar is forced to take responsibility for his self-harming teenage daughter. Gulliver tries to garner sympathy for a drug-dealer with AIDS.

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Cast

Phil Daniels