British TV drama series (1973–1976)
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Sutherland's Law Created by Lindsay Galloway Starring Iain Cuthbertson Theme music composer Anthony Isaac Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series5 No. of episodes46 Running time 50 minutes Network BBC1 Release 16 June 1973 (1973-06-16 ) – (1976-08-31 )
Sutherland's Law BBC Scotland between 1973 and 1976.[ 1]
The series had originated as a stand-alone edition of the portmanteau programme Drama Playhouse in 1972 in which Derek Francis played Sutherland and was then commissioned as an ongoing series. The producer was Frank Cox .[ 2]
Sutherland's Law dealt with the duties of the Procurator Fiscal in a small Scottish town. The major cast members included Iain Cuthbertson (as John Sutherland), Gareth Thomas , Moultrie Kelsall , Victor Carin , Martin Cochrane , Don McKillop , Maev Alexander and Edith MacArthur .
Directors included Douglas Camfield who directed episode 2 of series 2 "Caesar's Wife" transmitted on 22 May 1974[ 3]
The exteriors for the series were filmed in Oban , Argyll.
The signature tune was The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Hamish MacCunn .[ 4]
The DVD of selected episodes from Sutherland's Law Series 1 was released on Region 2 by Acorn Media UK in the UK on 1 June 2009.
References
^ Contemporary Scottish Fictions: Film, Television and the Novel , Edinburgh University Press (2004), Duncan J. Petrie, p. 159^ Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors, , Jerry Roberts, Scarecrow Press 2009, p. 105
^ Directed by Douglas Camfield, Michael Seeley, Fantom Publishing, 2020, pp. 184, 326
^ Questions of Music By Norman Edwards, Lulu (2006), p. 109
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