While not the best written story ever from the series, it is a good one, that follows Kavanagh and Foxcott acting in a case concerning a couple suspected of killing their baby. Oliver Ford Davies gives one of his better performances as Peter Foxcott while John Thaw is fine as always. And Robert Lang seems to be enjoying himself as the judge who doesn't take a shine to Kavanagh, actually that is an understatement in itself. The couple who are suspected of killing their baby are acted very well as well. Also well done are the script, the production values and the direction. Overall, not Kavanagh's best but a good episode all the same. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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Highest Recommendation--Kavanagh Goes Home
rdms87-149-61207230 June 2019
Shattering story. A young couple is accused of murdering their toddler in her crib. From start to finish, you get to know why they turned out as they did, and how tragic that is. Though written over two decades ago, the despair, drugs, loneliness and poverty are still with us, in many ways unchanged with time.
Oliver Ford Davies steals every scene he is in, and that's quite a feat. John Thaw's character returns to his home town to defend the man accused of murder. The irony of where Kavanagh was raised and the estate homes nearby is hard to miss. There but for a few blocks, and real parents, lives are made or lost. The system still fails far too many, and that's the real lesson in this episode.
Oliver Ford Davies steals every scene he is in, and that's quite a feat. John Thaw's character returns to his home town to defend the man accused of murder. The irony of where Kavanagh was raised and the estate homes nearby is hard to miss. There but for a few blocks, and real parents, lives are made or lost. The system still fails far too many, and that's the real lesson in this episode.
Care in the Community
Prismark104 March 2021
Kavanagh comes to home ground. Bolton to defend a man Mark Holmes accused of killing his 14 month old baby of neglect.
His partner Debbie Sattenthwaite has her own representation through Foxcott but his mind seems to be elsewhere. An offer to of becoming a full time judge.
It has a start where the formula is messed around with. There are flashbacks as a policeman gives evidence in court.
At its heart. This is a grim up north episode. Kavanagh laments wistfully as he gazes from a tower block not far from where he was born.
It is a story about broken Britain. An underclass living on the dole, in social housing high on drugs or drunk out of their minds. What chance does a baby have.
Unfortunately it goes through all the cliches. The tower block scenes must have been shot in Manchester or Salford. Bolton does not have those type of flats.
The only interesting twist is that Foxcott is not at the races and one of the defendant's will switch his story.
Overall it was a tad patronising. Just compare the northern scenes with the summer party thrown by Aldermarten or even Buckley's plush house.
His partner Debbie Sattenthwaite has her own representation through Foxcott but his mind seems to be elsewhere. An offer to of becoming a full time judge.
It has a start where the formula is messed around with. There are flashbacks as a policeman gives evidence in court.
At its heart. This is a grim up north episode. Kavanagh laments wistfully as he gazes from a tower block not far from where he was born.
It is a story about broken Britain. An underclass living on the dole, in social housing high on drugs or drunk out of their minds. What chance does a baby have.
Unfortunately it goes through all the cliches. The tower block scenes must have been shot in Manchester or Salford. Bolton does not have those type of flats.
The only interesting twist is that Foxcott is not at the races and one of the defendant's will switch his story.
Overall it was a tad patronising. Just compare the northern scenes with the summer party thrown by Aldermarten or even Buckley's plush house.
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