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R vs Murray

Episode aired Jul 13, 2011
54m

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Cleaver is presented by best friend and solicitor Barney with a case he can't resist - the defence of Professor Graham Murray, a world renowned economist accused of cannibalism and murder.Cleaver is presented by best friend and solicitor Barney with a case he can't resist - the defence of Professor Graham Murray, a world renowned economist accused of cannibalism and murder.Cleaver is presented by best friend and solicitor Barney with a case he can't resist - the defence of Professor Graham Murray, a world renowned economist accused of cannibalism and murder.

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Cleaver Greene: This economic climate is turning every decent bender in this town into a reptile. First my bookie, now my brothel keeper. 12,000 years I've been coming to this place. You think I would have accrued some frequent fucker points by now.

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Cleaver mentions Ravel's "Bolero" twice. In the closing credits, the piece is played by a band with questionable experience: the first run-through by The Cammery Public School Concert Band.

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9/10

Excellent start to the series

I really didn't know what to expect when i started watching this show. My one thought was that it would a be a legal drama with some humour thrown in. Turns out it is that...and so very much more!

This, the first episode, immediately lets you know this is not just any law-orientated series. No easing into this, everything's out there: Cleaver Green's gambling problem, his love for a prostitute, his ex-wife being his therapist, his simmering relationship with his colleague/best friend's wife, his run-ins with authority.

Moreover, we see that his clients and cases are not at all "normal". Here his client is a cannibal! This sets the tone immediately and lets you know how things are going to be going forward.

The cannibal is played by Hugo Weaving which also set a tone for the series in that the clients are often played by well known actors/actresses. Next episode we had Lisa McCune.