艾玛(海伦·麦克洛瑞 Helen McCrory 饰)是一名经验丰富的律师,专门为曾经在法庭上败诉的人们翻案,这也就意味着,她在工作中要承受远远高于其他同行的压力,但这一切对于心中充满了正义感的艾玛来说并不值一提。
这一次,艾玛的客户是一位名叫凯文(萨姆·斯温斯伯里 Sam Swainsbury 饰)的男子,他锒铛入狱已经14年之久了。曾经,凯文被控诉杀害了一位女学生,虽然并没有确凿的证据证明凯文就是凶手,但当时的舆论对于凯文来说非常的不利,迫于压力,凯文认罪了。如今,凯文的儿子已经成长为了青葱少年,始终不相信凯文有罪的他的前妻决定不再让孩子背负父亲是杀人犯的污名。
“Douglas Is Cancelled” will see Hugh Bonneville play a middle aged and widely-respected news anchor called Douglas Bellowes while Gillan stars as his canny sidekick Madeline. Douglas lives a perfect life. He enjoys his privileged status as national treasure and host of current affairs show “Live at Six” while off-air he shares a harmonious home with wife Sheila, a newspaper editor. But their world is turned upside down when, at a family wedding, he’s overheard making an “ill-advised joke.” As a guest threatens to expose Douglas on social media the rumor mill goes into overdrive and sparks off a digital storm that quickly upends his life and career. With her 2 million social media followers, tech-savvy co-anchor Madeline could throw Douglas a lifeline by posting in his defense … but will she
Sight Unseen, in partnership with Bell Media’s CTV, follows Tess Avery (Dolly Lewis, The Dutchman’s Pipe), a top homicide detective who is forced to quit the job she loves after nearly killing her partner and being diagnosed as clinically blind. Reluctant to accept help, Tess uses an assistance app and connects with Sunny Patel (Agam Darshi, DMZ), a professional seeing-eye guide and an agoraphobe living 3,000 miles away. After losing her vision, Tess is haunted by the unsolved cases she left behind. Using a hidden camera and earpiece, Sunny remotely steers Tess through life’s obstacles – and crimes – as the two challenge preconceptions about ability, trust and where to draw the line. Inspired by one of the co-creators’ experiences with sight loss, viewers join Tess and Sunny as they bring a fresh perspective to solving crime.