Season 3 • Episode 13
LatestJustice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.
Acting
Lockwood commands every scene with steely grace and barely contained fury.
Score
Walton's Crown Imperial gives unexpected grandeur to Yorkshire proceedings.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Margaret Lockwood was Britain's biggest female box office star of the 1940s; this was her unexpected television comeback at 55.
The series aired three years before the Sex Discrimination Act 1975—Harriet's battles mirrored real legal barriers women faced entering British courts.
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