ESCAPE ARTIST - BLU-2014-DAVID TENNANT-MASTERPIECE MYSTE

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• Release Year: 2013
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: David Tennant (Doctor Who) stars as Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specializes in spiriting people out of tight legal corners, hence his nickname - The Escape Artist. Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty) portrays Will’s wife Kate, mother to his son Jamie and the rock of his world.; ; Much to the aggravation of his courtroom rival, Maggie Gardner (Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda), Will is in high demand, and he has never lost a case. But when Will’s talents acquit Liam Foyle (Toby Kebbell, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), who is standing trial for a horrific and high-profile murder, that courtroom brilliance comes back to bite him. Foyle walks free on technicality, but he is a serial killer and it is only a matter of time until he kills again. Will must confront his primal instincts as this thriller pushes his legal world far beyond and intellectual exercise.
• Cast: David Tennant, Toby Kebbell, Gus Barry, Brid Brennan, Robert A. Foster, Tony Gardner, Roxanne Gregory, Ashley Jensen, Anton Lesser, Roy Marsden, Sophie Okonedo, Jeany Spark, Nicholas Woodeson, Michael Cochrane, Kate Dickie, Monica Dolan, Faton Gerbeshi, Aaron Niles, Jessica Ransom, Patrick Ryecart, Stephen Wight, Nigel Betts, Victoria Carling, Gary Cross, Rod Culbertson, Connor Donaghey, Caroline Guthrie, John Hodgkinson, Jasper Jacob, Gabrielle Jourdan, Geoffrey Leesley, Ken Matthews, Gillian McCafferty, Matthew David McCarthy, Ross Mitchell, James Payton, Michael Pennington, Alistair Petrie, Jesse James Sims, Ewan Stewart, Garry Summers, Patrick Toomey, Gary Young, Lasco Atkins, Chris Cowlin, Forbes KB, Brian Welsh, David Wolstencroft
• Director: Brian Welsh
• Runtime: 3:00
• Company: Sonar Entertainment, Red arrow international, BBC, Masterpiece, WGBH Boston, Endor Productions, PBS Distribution
• Media Format: Series