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Drama series about life at the Bar and the dilemmas faced by modern day barristers.

Drama series about life at the Bar, the dilemmas faced by modern day barristers, and what it means to become a silk.

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Silk: Series 3

Maxine Peake

Rupert Penry-Jones

Neil Stuke

Miranda Raison

Frances Barber

Alex Jennings

Theo Barklem-Biggs

John Macmillan

Amy Wren

Jessica Henwick

Kirsty Bushell

Meera Syal

Jay Simpson

Claire Skinner

Adrian Lukis

David Rintoul

Jacqueline Defferary

Prasanna Puwanarajah

Michael Gould

Daniel Boyd

Tim Chipping

Otto Farant

Oscar Kennedy

Georgina Beedle

Matt Strevens

Michael Keillor

Colin Teevan

Silk: Series 3: Episode 3

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Episode 3

Series 3

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An apparent assisted suicide affects all involved as Martha and Clive go head-to-head.

Tensions are high when a mother is accused of assisting her teenage daughter to die. Battle lines are drawn as Martha and Clive take opposing sides in this high profile case.

Battle lines are drawn when Martha and Clive find themselves on opposing sides in a high-profile case of assisted suicide. A mother is accused of helping her severely paralysed daughter to die and Martha must fight to defend her client in a test case amidst the moral arguments that surround such a contentious subject. As Clive and Martha represent either side of this fractured family, tensions between them rise to the surface that threatens their own relationship. 

Elsewhere in Shoe Lane, with the resignation of the head of chambers, an opportunity for one of the Silks to lead the march into the future arises. 

Meanwhile, Billy's position becomes ever more compromised when a misinterpreted action causes confusion and upset amongst one of Shoe Lane's newest members.

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Martha and Clive increasingly face off in court as they rise to the top of their field.

Martha and Clive are both silks but they're still on opposite sides of the courtroom. Can Martha keep her reputation for winning the unwinnable in the face of Clive's prosecution?

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