Does The Escape Artist leave you hopeful?

No. Less hopeful than 95% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Escape Artist easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 94% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Escape Artist scary?

Yes, very. More frightening than 93% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Escape Artist violent?

Yes. More violent than 81% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Escape Artist sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 72% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

The Escape Artist

Name: The Escape Artist
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013
Rating: 7.076
Cast: David Tennant, Toby Kebbell, Sophie Okonedo, Ashley Jensen, Brid Brennan

There is a line between law and justice.

Created by David Wolstencroft

On BBC One

20131 season3 episodes60 min7.1 / 10

A taut, morally corrosive legal thriller that interrogates the gap between legal victory and justice through a barrister's catastrophic collision with the consequences of his own brilliance.

A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. He is in high demand as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the notorious prime suspect in an horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected and chilling results, not to mention a shocking twist.

Clusters

Paranoia Without Comfort Grief, Guilt, and the Long Investigation Betrayal, Paranoia, and the Cost of Loyalty

Genres

Drama

Keywords

London, England Revenge Lawyer Fight For Justice Wife Murder Legal Drama

Where to watch

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Questions people ask

Does The Escape Artist leave you hopeful? No. Less hopeful than 95% of series.
Is The Escape Artist easy watching? No. Less comforting than 94% of series.
Is The Escape Artist scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 93% of series.
Is The Escape Artist violent? Yes. More violent than 81% of series.
Is The Escape Artist sad? Somewhat. More sad than 72% of series.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

The Escape Artist

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