Sutherland's Law

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Sutherland's Law is a television series made by BBC Scotland between 1973 and 1976.^[1]

Sutherland's Law
Created by	Lindsay Galloway
Starring	Iain Cuthbertson
Theme music composer	Anthony Isaac
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	46
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	16 June 1973 (1973-06-16) – 31 August 1976 (1976-08-31)

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, by Hamish MacCunn.^[4] Series creator Lindsay Galloway released a novel based on the series in 1974.

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

1. Contemporary Scottish Fictions: Film, Television and the Novel, Edinburgh University Press (2004), Duncan J. Petrie, p. 159
2. Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors, , Jerry Roberts, Scarecrow Press 2009, p. 105
3. Directed by Douglas Camfield, Michael Seeley, Fantom Publishing, 2020, pp. 184, 326
4. Questions of Music By Norman Edwards, Lulu (2006), p. 109

External links

• Sutherland's Law at IMDb
• Action TV episode guide