Marshall Law was an Australian television series, which aired for one season in 2002. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The show was concieved as a legal drama mixed with Ally McBeal-style comedy, and was one of four new primetime series in 2002, as the beginning of an attempt to revive the Australian television industry. The different concept, combined with the cast of industry heavyweights, initially seemed like a concept that could not fail.Ratings, however, never picked up and the series, which first aired in August, finished airing in November for good, with just 17 episodes. This article is about law in society. ... Time magazine, June 29, 1998. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ...

Synopsis

Set in Melbourne, Marshall Law tells the story of two sisters - Ros and Verity Marshall (played by Lisa McCune, popular after her seven-year run on Blue Heelers; and Alison Whyte, well known for her role on Frontline) - working at the Magistrate's Court. Ros is a Junior Prosecutor who is more interested in partying, and is having to prove her worth at the bench; while the more-experienced and overachieving Verity is now working as a barrister. Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 61,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ... Lisa McCune (b. ... 2004 Cast - Julie Nihill, Rachel Gordon, Martin Sacks, Samantha Tolj, John Wood, Ditch Davey, Geoff Morrell, Danny Raco, Paul Bishop and Simone McAullay. ... Alison Whyte is an Australian actress best known for her role on Frontline. ... A frontline is a line of confrontation in an armed conflict, most often a war. ...

Both sisters soon find themselves in for surprises. Ros realises just how out of her depth she may be, begging the help of legal aid solicitor Mikey O'Dea (Nick Farnell), and mentor Esther Hersch, QC (Anne Phelan of Something in the Air). Anne Phelan (born 2 August 1944 in Australia) is an Australian actress. ...

Meanwhile Verity, working with her handsome but inept assistant Scott (Nathaniel Kiwi) faces her biggest challenge going up against one of the city's most eminent counsels, Dylan Boyd (William McInnes from SeaChange and Blue Heelers) - her ex-husband. William McInnes (b. ... SeaChange was a successful Australian television show which ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2000 on the ABC. Main Cast Sigrid Thornton as Laura Gibson David Wenham as Daniel Diver Dan Della Bosca [episodes 1 - 15] William McInnes as Max Connors [episodes 15+] John Howard as Bob Jelly Kerry... 2004 Cast - Julie Nihill, Rachel Gordon, Martin Sacks, Samantha Tolj, John Wood, Ditch Davey, Geoff Morrell, Danny Raco, Paul Bishop and Simone McAullay. ...

Verity and Ros, despite leading very different lifestyles, find themselves being forced to work together in this competitive world, particularly with the likes of Judge Don Foster (Greg Stone), Ros's boss Frank Dellabosca (Frank Gallacher), and the ambitious lawyer Prue Staley (Jane Hall). Jane Hall is one of four pundits on the Fox News Channel program Fox News Watch. ...

Also starring Verity McIntyre as Julie Larssen.

The Original Pilot

The original Marshall Law pilot was a different affair. Titled Leather and Silk, industry A-Lister Kerry Armstrong played Verity, who was initially a magistrate; and William McInnes did not play Dylan. In early 2002, Channel Seven announced that Armstrong would not be continuing with the series, claiming that she wasn't right for the part and "refused to play the role differently"(Australian Television Resource). Kerry Armstrong is a well-known Australian actress who is best known for her incredible flexibility within roles. ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network available in most Australian capital cities. ...

The series format was changed to make Verity a barrister, and McInnes was cast but - months later - Armstrong agreed with the rumours that the producers thought she was too old for the part of McCune's sister. She would later join the cast of another of 2002's new shows, MDA, which fared much better. MDA is an Australian television show which aired on the ABC from 2002 to 2003, and will return in 2005 as three four-hour miniseries. ...

See also

• List of Australian television series

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External link

• Marshall Law at the Internet Movie Database