North Square
| North Square | |
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| Format | Drama |
| Created by | Peter Moffat |
| Starring | Phil Davis Helen McCrory Kevin McKidd Rupert Penry-Jones Kim Vithana Dominic Rowan Victoria Smurfit Ruth Millar Tony Monroe Sasha Behar James Murray |
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| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel 4 |
| Original run | October 18, 2000 – January 1, 2001 |
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| TV.com summary | |
North Square is an award winning British television drama series written by Peter Moffat and broadcast by Channel 4 at the end of 2000. Starring an ensemble cast including Phil Davis, Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd, the programme is set around the practice of a Leeds Legal Chambers.
Despite gaining considerable critical acclaim the show failed to garner a substantial audience resulting in only the one series of ten episodes being produced.
Synopsis
With its mixture of legal and personal drama the series bears some similarity to the highly popular This Life.
Awards
- BAFTA Television Awards 2001 - Best Editing (Fiction/Entertainment) - Jon Costelloe
- Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2001
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- Best Drama Series/Serial
- Best Actor - Phil Davis
- Best Actress - Helen McCory
- Writer’s Award - Peter Moffat (Shared with Simon Schama for A History of Britain
Davis was also nominated for Best Actor at the 2001 Royal Television Society Awards.
