After eight years in prison for a crime he didn't commit – the murder of his wife – John Madson has been released and seeks revenge on the policeman that framed him, DI Rourke. He meets Magda, a feisty barrister, willing to help him legally and also gets him a job as an outside clerk in her chambers. As the wheels of justice grind slowly forward, Madson begins to rebuild his life and feels the need to help Magda's other clients, who the law appears to be treating unfairly.

Ian McShaneJohn Madson

Joanna KanskaMagda Ostrowska

Matthew MarshDI Rourke

Jayne AshbourneSarah Madson

Thomas CraigGordon Berry

Charles GraySir Ranald Hearnley

David ArlenDonald

Shirley Anne FieldElaine Dews

Kate BeckettCheryl Berry

Barney CraigDominic

Jonathan CoyGeorge Lodge

Julius GrowerDan Berry

Darren BrownDC Lear

Andrew BurtCS Walton

Max BrazierJeff Berry

Colum ConveyDI Aston

Che WalkerDC Poole

Kate RickettsCara Wilton

Richard DurdenArmstrong

Frank JarvisSuperintendent Burridge

Peter AttardFrank Banford

Donna WilsonLeila Halkin

Siobhan BurkeMandy

Suchitra PillaiDr Chakiri

Gerald SimAppeal Judge

Dougal DavisBarman

Amy BrookeReceptionist

Bill MoodyPoliceman

Robert David MacDonaldJudge Haldane

George CostiganGeorge Dartnell

Gregory ChisholmPeter Nolan

Alan FordAdrian

Patrick GodfreyMr Lewis

Declan MulhollandCafé Proprietor

Stuart BarrenLandlord

Craig KerriganBoy

Dean GatissBoy

Peter McNamaraBarry Rowe

Carol StarksCaroline Rowe

Yvonne D'AlpraCaroline's Mother

Dicken AshworthRon Rowe

Brian AbbottDI Mostyn

Jon RumneyJudge Barrett

Ronald HinesNigel Alwyn

Paul WilliamsonJock Gregson

Toyah GibbsJenny

Jan ChappellSecretary

Alit KreizHotel Receptionist

Emma AmosSam Connors

Charlotte CurleyMichelle Connors

Michael McKellRay McGreevy

Graham SeedHenry Richardson

Roger BrierleyMaster

Frank BoyceRemoval Man

Myron McKayRay Holt

Gil BraileyMrs Holt

Jean AinslieMrs Grant

John TurnerArthur

Andrew TanseyTerry

Leonard TrustyVinny

Paul HaleyBobby

Simon GregorGraphic Designer

John MorganSenior Prison Officer

Lorna HeilbronBank Manager

Mark DrewryBlock Guard

Ronald FraserWalter Gardner

Nicholas GleavesPhil Hartigan

Rob EdwardsBelling

Penny DownieAnderton

Rowena CooperElizabeth Perrin

Sam CoxFenton

Hugh DicksonJudge