North Square

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North Square
The main title caption of the series.
Format	Drama
Created by	Peter Moffat
Starring	Phil Davis Helen McCrory Kevin McKidd Rupert Penry-Jones Kim Vithana Dominic Rowan Victoria Smurfit Ruth Millar Tony Monroe Sasha Behar James Murray
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Channel 4
Original run	October 18, 2000 – January 1, 2001
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

North Square is an award winning British television drama series written by Peter Moffat and broadcast by Channel 4 at the end of 2000. Starring an ensemble cast including Phil Davis, Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd, the programme is set around the practice of a Leeds Legal Chambers.

Despite gaining considerable critical acclaim the show failed to garner a substantial audience resulting in only the one series of ten episodes being produced.

[edit] Synopsis

With its mixture of legal and personal drama the series bares some similarity to the highly popular This Life.

[edit] Awards

BAFTA Television Awards 2001 - Best Editing (Fiction/Entertainment) - Jon Costelloe

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2001

Best Drama Series/Serial
Best Actor - Phil Davis
Best Actress - Helen McCory
Writer's Award - Peter Moffat (Shared with Simon Schama for A History of Britain

Davis was also nominated for Best Actor at the 2001 Royal Television Society Awards.