It opens with a rescued fisherman landing on dry land. He was the only survivor of a shipwreck that killed five men.
The fishing trawler was owned by Roy Lawrence (Kenneth Cranham) who is regarded as a local hero for bringing jobs to the Yorkshire fishing town of Stainmouth. His son was one of the dead fishermen.
Lawrence is arrested for operating an unseaworthy vessel. Kavanagh is assigned as the prosecuting counsel.
A mysterious man from the Defence ministry suggests that a Russian submarine could have caused the ship to capsize. However that is something that should remain under the sonar.
Kavanagh takes a cynical view of Lawrence. He thinks that Lawrence ran a shoestring outfit and wanted to make money from a government scheme that gives compensation for those leaving the fishing industry.
It starts off with Kavanagh antagonising the locals for daring to prosecute Lawrence. A man who is grieving in a town that is reeling.
It does slowly unravel Lawrence's true motives. Someone who might not be the nice guy he made out to be. At times the storytelling was rather dry with the technical aspects of maritime life.
The fishing trawler was owned by Roy Lawrence (Kenneth Cranham) who is regarded as a local hero for bringing jobs to the Yorkshire fishing town of Stainmouth. His son was one of the dead fishermen.
Lawrence is arrested for operating an unseaworthy vessel. Kavanagh is assigned as the prosecuting counsel.
A mysterious man from the Defence ministry suggests that a Russian submarine could have caused the ship to capsize. However that is something that should remain under the sonar.
Kavanagh takes a cynical view of Lawrence. He thinks that Lawrence ran a shoestring outfit and wanted to make money from a government scheme that gives compensation for those leaving the fishing industry.
It starts off with Kavanagh antagonising the locals for daring to prosecute Lawrence. A man who is grieving in a town that is reeling.
It does slowly unravel Lawrence's true motives. Someone who might not be the nice guy he made out to be. At times the storytelling was rather dry with the technical aspects of maritime life.