Lindsay Galloway
Director
Sutherland's Law (1973)
Series 5
Sutherland's Law is a British television series created by Lindsay Galloway and produced by BBC Scotland for BBC One, aired from 6 June 1973 to 31 August 1976. The drama deals with the duties of the Procurator Fiscal in a small Scottish town. The series had originated as a standalone edition of the portmanteau programme Drama Playhouse in 1972 in which Derek Francis played Sutherland and was then commissioned as an ongoing series with Iain Cuthbertson as Sutherland.
Released June 6, 1973
Episode 50 min
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S4E1 - Jacob's Ladder
""It seems to me that this Jacob's Ladder is very steep, very difficult and damned dangerous!""
July 6, 1976, midnight
S4E2 - Blind Jump
""Forsyth walked to a phone box himself to dial 999. He was alone when an ambulance got there. He claimed last night he was the driver - but he wasn't!""
July 13, 1976, midnight
S4E3 - Small Print
""A fire can smoulder for hours before it... becomes a fire, so to speak.""
July 20, 1976, midnight
S4E4 - The Eye of the Chameleon
""A little genteel courtship, and then he decamps with every penny he can lay his hands on!""
Aug. 3, 1976, midnight
S4E5 - Murphy
""No, no, Mrs. Sutherland. I don't feel the same about human beings as I do about horses.""
Aug. 10, 1976, midnight
S4E6 - Next Year, in Jerusalem
""Funny, isn't it? They wear their hats - we take ours off!""
Aug. 17, 1976, midnight
S4E7 - The Hot Water Boat
""There's no way we can get around the fact that the gun was fired - in the direction of another person!""
Aug. 24, 1976, midnight
S4E8 - Shades of Black
""All the same, would you not agree that he's got too much power? As a Fiscal, I mean.""
Aug. 31, 1976, midnight
BBC One
50 min/ep
2300 min
June 6, 1973
Aug. 31, 1976, midnight
Ended
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