Family Solicitor

Family Solicitor

1961 - United Kingdom

The business and private lives of the partners of a firm of solicitors was the background for this hour-long series which first appeared on Wednesday June 28, 1961. Robert Flemying & A. J. Brown played the senior partners, accompanied by Mary Kenton, Bernard Horsfall and Geoffrey Palmer in the principal roles as members of the fictitious solicitors' firm of Naylor and Freeman. 

The writers tried to make the cases as authentic as possible prompting the Law Society to remark: "For years we have been waiting for television to present a series like this." Series producer Jack Williams said. "Although most of the action takes place in the offices of Naylor and Freeman, there is no intention of turning Family Solicitor into a dull catalogue of legal procedure. This is a true-to-life series in which real people tackle real-life situations." 

Published on December 11th, 2018. Written by Laurence Marcus for Television Heaven.

Read Next...

Death of an Expert Witness

Anglia Television's first adaptation of a P.D. James novel finds Adam Dalgliesh investigating the murder of a forensic biologist

Also starring Geoffrey Palmer

The Jo Stafford Show

Music and light entertainment show starring the 25 million plus record selling artiste

Also released in 1961

Plateau of Fear

Mystery after dark threatens to close Potencia-One, Santa Montana's lonely nuclear power station in the Andes.

Also released in 1961

The Midnight Men tv series 1964

In 1913, a naïve farmer in the Balkan states becomes involved in political intrigue, including a deadly assassination attempt

Also tagged 1960S Drama

A Man of Our Times

Unsentimental drama about a middle-aged man whose life is enmeshed in domestic turmoil of his own making

Also tagged 1960S Drama

Hot Metal

The Crucible is a new muck-raking tabloid newspaper in London and managing editor Russell Spam is always on the lookout for the latest dirt and gossip.

Also starring Geoffrey Palmer

Garry Halliday

Teen adventure series similar to 'Biggles' about the owner/pilot of a commercial airline company who gets involved with all kinds of adventures. Garry Halliday was a huge hit for the BBC over 50 episodic broadcasts of which only one survives

Also starring Geoffrey Palmer

As Time Goes By

Two former lovers meet unexpectedly after not having been in contact for 38 years. Their time for romance has passed - or has it?

Also starring Geoffrey Palmer

Ghost Squad

An elite division of Scotland Yard, the Ghost Squad was set up to investigate and infiltrate spy rings, underworld gangs or anything else that came outside the duties of regular policing.

Also released in 1961