Brief Lives

Joanna Buchan presents a collection of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives.

Today: A Private Passion Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

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Producer: Simon Elmes.

Joanna Buchan presents a collection of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives.

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Producer: Simon Elmes.

Four programmes in which Joanna Buchan presents a collection of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives. 2: A Clean Sweep

Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

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Producer: Simon Elmes.

Four programmes in which Joanna Buchan presents a collection of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives. 2: A Clean Sweep

Four programmes in which Joanna Buchan presents a collection of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives.

3: The Sidelines of War Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

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Producer: Simon Elmes.

Four programmes in which Joanna Buchan presents a collection of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives.

North Winds

The last programme in which Joanna Buchan presents tales first heard on Friday Lives.

Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

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Producer: Simon Elmes.

North Winds

The last programme in which Joanna Buchan presents tales first heard on Friday Lives.

Joanna Buchan returns with four programmes of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives. 1: Living Dangerously

Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

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Producer: Simon Elmes.

Joanna Buchan returns with four programmes of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives. 1: Living Dangerously

Four programmes in which Joanna Buchan presents compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives. 2: Lovingly Crafted

Producer Simon Etmes. Stereo

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Producer: Simon Etmes.

Four programmes in which Joanna Buchan presents compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives. 2: Lovingly Crafted

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Producer: Simon Etmes.

Four programmes in which Joanna Buchan presents compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives. 3: Watching the World Go By

Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

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Producer: Simon Elmes.

Four programmes in which Joanna Buchan presents compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives. 3: Watching the World Go By

A Breath of Fresh Air

Joanna Buchan presents the last in this series of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives.

Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

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A Breath of Fresh Air

Joanna Buchan presents the last in this series of compelling tales first heard on Friday Lives.

Producer: Simon Elmes.

Joanna Buchan presents four more collections of remarkable personal stories, first heard on Tuesday Lives.

1: Against the Odds

How Roxie White stays happy after five husbands, gaol sentences, police beatings and a life on crutches; and Anglican nun Sister Anna Hoare overcomes prejudice on the front line in Belfast. Producer Simon Elmes

Joanna Buchan presents four more collections of remarkable personal stories, first heard on Tuesday Lives.

1: Against the Odds

Unknown: Joanna Buchan

Unknown: Roxie White

Unknown: Anna Hoare

Producer: Simon Elmes

Presented by Joanna Buchan.

Four more collections of remarkable personal stories, first heard on Tuesday Lives.

2: Cats and Dogs

How Colonel Allwood befriended a wild tiger, and tales of ghostly dogs in the lanes of Lincolnshire.

Producer Simon Elmes Stereo

Presented by Joanna Buchan.

Four more collections of remarkable personal stories, first heard on Tuesday Lives.

2: Cats and Dogs

How Colonel Allwood befriended a wild tiger, and tales of ghostly dogs in the lanes of Lincolnshire.

Presented By: Joanna Buchan.

Producer: Simon Elmes

Joanna Buchan presents more remarkable personal stories, first heard on Tuesday Lives.

3: Action, Thrills and Spills Did freebooting war-hero Patrick Dalzel-Job model for his commanding officer Ian Fleming 's 007? And what does Joe Ramirez do to keep Formula One ace Ayrton Senna on the right track?

Producer Simon Elmes

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Joanna Buchan presents more remarkable personal stories, first heard on Tuesday Lives.

3: Action, Thrills and Spills Did freebooting war-hero Patrick Dalzel-Job model for his commanding officer Ian Fleming 's 007? And what does Joe Ramirez do to keep Formula One ace Ayrton Senna on the right track?

Producer Simon Elmes

Unknown: Joanna Buchan

Unknown: Patrick Dalzel-Job

Unknown: Ian Fleming

Unknown: Joe Ramirez

Unknown: Ayrton Senna

Producer: Simon Elmes

Joanna Buchan presents the last in the series of collections of remarkable personal stories, first heard on Tuesday Lives. 4: Another Country

Glimpses of life at the Tsar's court by former

Princess Sofka Dolgoruky and how the British lived the high life in Morocco before the war.

Producer Simon Elmes

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Joanna Buchan presents the last in the series of collections of remarkable personal stories, first heard on Tuesday Lives. 4: Another Country

Glimpses of life at the Tsar's court by former

Princess Sofka Dolgoruky and how the British lived the high life in Morocco before the war.

Producer Simon Elmes

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Unknown: Princess Sofka Dolgoruky

Producer: Simon Elmes

Introduced by Joanna Buchan.

1. Both Sides of the Tracks. How Farrell Gordon shopped his father for fraud, how Andy Jones foiled the bird smugglers of Bangkok, how Michael Bassett swapped crime for Christianity, and the strange and disturbing tale of Jake the Rake. Producer Simon Elmes

Introduced by Joanna Buchan.

Introduced By: Joanna Buchan.

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Unknown: Andy Jones

Unknown: Michael Bassett

Producer: Simon Elmes

Joanna Buchan introduces more stories from the extraordinary lives of ordinary people.

2. Time Travel. Including the story of Aubrey Brocklehurst , the clockmaker of Strangewaysgaol and Margaret Orr 's tale of Pharaohs at the bottom of her garden. Producer Simon Elmes

Joanna Buchan introduces more stories from the extraordinary lives of ordinary people.

Introduces: Joanna Buchan

Unknown: Aubrey Brocklehurst

Unknown: Margaret Orr

Producer: Simon Elmes

Introduced by Joanna Buchan

3: Motley Collection. Including Peter Gurney who writes poems about his guinea pigs. Producer Simon Elmes

Introduced by Joanna Buchan

Introduced By: Joanna Buchan

Unknown: Peter Gurney

Producer: Simon Elmes

Joanna Buchan introduces the last in this series of extraordinary stories.

4: Town Mouse and Country Mouse. Featuring Harry, the toast ofToxteth, and Eric, the Fenman thatcher. Producer Simon Elmes

Joanna Buchan introduces the last in this series of extraordinary stories.

Introduces: Joanna Buchan

Producer: Simon Elmes

Four programmes in which Joanna Buchan seeks common threads in some strange tales from everyday life. 1: Paris in the Spring Producer Angela Hind Rpt

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Producer: Angela Hind Rpt

Joanna Buchan seeks common threads in strange tales from everyday life.

2: The Complex Issues of Relationships Producer Angela Hind Rpt

Joanna Buchan seeks common threads in strange tales from everyday life.

Joanna Buchan hears some strange tales from everyday life. 3: Odd Jobs Producer Angela Hind Rpt

Last of the series in which Joanna Buchan seeks common threads in tales from everyday life. All for Love Producer Angela Hind Rpt

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Producer: Angela Hind

: Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Return of the series about Frank Twist and his team of legal representatives. A naked young woman is arrested for protesting against the fur trade, but this is just the beginning of a tortuous maze for Frank.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Drama: Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Episode 1

Return of the popular drama series set in Manchester. Two young women are arrested for fighting in a hotel. Frank and Sarah reckon it's a fuss over nothing. Until one of the women is accused of theft.

Producer/Director Gary Brown

Series nine of the popular afternoon drama series starring David Schofield. Frank Twist's and Sarah Gold's legal advisers operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to set free burglars, muggers, murderers and even some innocent people who find themselves on the wrong side of a cell door. Sarah and Frank have a child but their relationship is purely business as they clean up the mean streets of Manchester. The combination of complex crime stories and witty humour make this a popular returning series.

Drama: Brief Lives by Philip Meeks

More tales from the new series about the team of Manchester Paralegals. Frank and Sarah drive to the country to celebrate a friend's eightieth birthday but find themselves in the centre of a family tragedy going back decades.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Episode 2

A man is arrested for suspected arson at a primary school. The school is mainly Muslim, is there a racially motivated element? Frank and Sarah unravel the underlying cat's cradle of complex community and relationship tensions.

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Series nine of the popular afternoon drama series starring David Schofield. Frank Twist's and Sarah Gold's legal advisers operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to set free burglars, muggers, murderers and even some innocent people who find themselves on the wrong side of a cell door. Sarah and Frank have a child but their relationship is purely business as they clean up the mean streets of Manchester. The combination of complex crime stories and witty humour make this a popular returning series.

: Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

More tales from the team of Manchester's finest paralegals. Frank's mate Mickey is organising a surprise birthday party for his young wife Magda, but she is implicated in a crime that might blow their marriage apart. Meanwhile Ronnie is becoming involved with a charismatic older man who runs a voluntary organisation.

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Drama: Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Sarah must defend a music teacher who has had an unlawful relationship with a student.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

A teacher is arrested for an unlawful relationship with a fifteen year old pupil. The teacher admits it. But Frank and Sarah realise that this is a far from straightforward case.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Drama: Brief Lives by Tom Fry & Sharon Kelly

A black teenager is arrested for the suspected murder of his friend. It seems they had an argument over a mobile phone that got out of hand. But Frank discovers that the case is not so straightforward. They are both the sons of senior policemen.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

: Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

A judge is accused of rape. He says it is a malicious accusation because he ended the relationship. Frank is minded to believe him as he is very plausible. But then he discovers there is a personal connection. And that changes everything.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

A judge is accused of rape. He is very plausible in his explanations. Is he innocent?

Brief Lives by Tom Fry & Sharon Kelly

Drama: Brief Lives by Michael Livesey

A journalist is arrested for being in possession of a police disciplinary report. He believes this reveals police corruption. He wants Frank to help him stop a massive cover up. But Frank needs some persuading.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Drama: Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Last in current series. Frank's suspicions about Ronnie's boyfriend Nick come to a head.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

When Dee Dee's estranged son is arrested for shoplifting, only his stepfather Frank Twist can come to the rescue.

Frank....David Schofield

Dee Dee....Denise Welch

Ben....Kwame Kwei Armah

James....Mikey North

Johnny....Andrew Schofield

McGregor/Milo....Rod Matthew

DC Highton....James Quinn

DC Price....Deborah Mcandrew

When new recruit Debbie joins the team, she ruffles more than a few feathers.

Frank....David Schofield

DeeDee....Denise Welch

Ben....Kwame Kwei Armah

James....Mikey North

Sarah....Gina Bellman

Debbie....Emma Atkins

Jackie Hargreaves....Leanne Best

Inspector Bryant....Kevin Harvey

Music by Carl Harms.

Ben defends a suspected wife beater, to Sarah's annoyance.

Frank....David Schofield

DeeDee....Denise Welch

Ben....Kwame Kwei Armah

Sarah....Gina Bellman

Debbie....Emma Atkins

Scott....Mark Chatterton

Armstrong/Townsend....Jeff Hordley

DS Sandra Morgan....Becky Hindley

Music by Carl Harms.

Frank gets Debbie out of trouble, but Sarah is unsympathetic.

Frank....David Schofield

DeeDee....Denise Welch

Ben....Kwame Kwei Armah

Sarah....Gina Bellman

Debbie....Emma Atkins

Doug....Rod Matthew

Julie....Sue Kelly

DS Perry....David Fleeshman

Music by Carl Harms.

Frank tries to get one of his friends a job and Debbie questions a celebrity client.

Frank....David Schofield

Debbie....Atkins

Sarah....Tracy-ann Oberman

Micky....Deka Walmsley

Adam....Jonathan Tafler

Jack....Adrian Bower

Greg....Joseph Millson

Blackstock....Jemma Churchill

Gwen....Emma Hughes-Jones

Music by Carl Harms.

Sarah puts her principles on hold as she represents a suspected rapist.

Frank....David Schofield

Debbie....Atkins

Sarah....Tracy-ann Oberman

Deedee....Pooky Quesnel

Mark....Malcolm Tierney

Andy....Andrew Knott

Paula....Claire Keenan

Greg....Joseph Milson

Inspector....Paul Rider

Music by Carl Harms.

Fat Doug lends a helping hand and Greg and Frank have double trouble.

Frank....David Schofield

Sarah....Tracy-ann Oberman

Greg....Joseph Millson

Fat Doug....Tom Mannion

DC Curtis....Gunnar Cauthery

Christine....Janet Dibley

Luke/Ashley....Alan Morrissey

Deathwatch....Paul Rider

Music by Carl Harms.

Matters come to a head when Fat Doug comes to visit.

Frank....David Schofield

Debbie....Emma Atkins

Sarah....Tracy-ann Oberman

Greg....Joseph Millson

Fat Doug....Tom Mannion

Elaine....Helen Lederer

Jemma....Manjeet Mann

Judge....Stephen Critchlow

Music by Carl Harms.

Frank Twist and his bunch of legal reps return for another series of adventures on the mean -ish streets of Manchester.

Frank's best mate Mickey has finally met a young Russian woman who will put up with him, his music and his socks.

But is she just using him?

Frank....David Schofield

Debbie....Emma Atkins

Sarah....Tracey- Ann Oberman

Doug....Eric Potts

Micky....Deka Walmsley

Simon....Andonis James Anthony

Burnett....Becky Hindley

Magda....Miranda Keeling

Registrar....Beatrice Kelley

Producer Gary Brown.

Original music by Carl Harms

The third series of 'Brief Lives' returns chronicling the adventures of Frank Twist and his extraordinary bunch of legal reps.

The Agency operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, dispatching legal representatives to set free burglars, muggers, murderers and even some innocent people who find themselves on the wrong side of a cell door.

Things have moved on since the last series.

The experiment of Frank and Fat Doug working together has foundered, so Frank has got rid of Fat Doug and his old business partner - Sarah Gold has moved back in.

The other development is that Frank's marriage to DeeDee has finally folded.

They share custody of their three year old son, Louis.

So Frank lives with Debbie (twenty years his junior), another rep in the firm.

Frank's old mate Mickey is set to tie the knot with Magda, a young Russian woman.

Frank presses Mickey on what Magda does for a living.

Micky is cagey but finally admits she's a pole dancer - but he's totally cool about it.

It's not as if she sleeps with the punters.

Frank and he go out on a stag night only to find that the female copper who turns up is not a stripper but a real copper.

Magda has been arrested for stealing from a man in a hotel.

Micky is nonplussed - what's this all about? It transpires that Magda has been working as a prostitute and to further complicate matters Micky is arrested for living off her earnings.

Frank manages to get all the charges dropped.

But Micky is devastated - why did Magda do it? Frank discovers that Magda has a family and a young daughter in Russia which she has been supporting through hard times.

She didn't think Micky would understand.

But he does - and the wedding takes place.

But first they have to undergo the agony of a song sung by Micky.

Written by TV writers Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly; Brief Lives stars David Schofield as Frank, Tracy Ann Oberman (Dirty Den's killer in EastEnders) as Sarah, and Emma Atkins (Charity Dingle in Emmerdale) as Debbie.

Mickey has met a young Russian woman who will put up with him.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Debby is representing a posh, middle aged good time girl who has been held at the airport on suspected drugs charges.

She says she has friends in high places.

But will they help her? Meanwhile Sarah's sister suddenly shows up.

A North London Princess who gets a nose bleed if she goes past Watford? What's her game?

Frank....David Schofield

Debbie....Emma Atkins

Sarah....Tracey-Ann Oberman

Rebecca....Jessica Blake

Caroline....Kathryn Hunt

Sumner....Malcolm Raeburn

Alex....Jake Norton

O'Brien....David Corden

Producer Gary Brown.

Original music by Carl Harms

The third series of 'Brief Lives' returns chronicling the adventures of Frank Twist and his extraordinary bunch of legal reps.

The Agency operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, dispatching legal representatives to set free burglars, muggers, murderers and even some innocent people who find themselves on the wrong side of a cell door.

This week Debbie represents Caroline (a posh ex-good time girl) who has been stopped by customs at Manchester Airport.

She's tested positive for cocaine and is supected of being a drugs mule - i.e swallowing bags of cocaine.

She can easily prove that she isn't a 'Swallower' by taking an x-ray.

But Caroline refuses - saying she is pregnant.

This causes incredulity from the interrogating officer because she is the wrong side of forty.

Meanwhile Sarah's sister, Bex is up from London.

She breezes in, but Sarah suspects something is up.

It seems that she is owed some money by a Manchester crook.

Sarah refuses to help until a little family backstory is evoked.

Debby is dispatched to ask the help of a friend of Caroline.

But the friend casts her adrift.

They have a shared history - but he's fed up of bailing her out.

She's on her own.

Debby suspects his involvement.

The bags burst in Caroline's stomach and she dies at the airport.

Written by TV writers Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly; Brief Lives stars David Schofield as Frank, Tracy Ann Oberman (Dirty Den's killer in EastEnders) as Sarah, and Emma Atkins (Charity Dingle in Emmerdale) as Debbie.

Debby represents a middle-aged woman held at the airport on suspected drugs charges.

By Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Continuing the legal drama set in Manchester.

Sarah is called to an army base to deal with a violent incident between two female soldiers.

Who is telling the truth? And Doug goes to bat for Frank's son Louis when he's accused of being a serial biter in the nursery.

Frank - David Schofield

Debbie - Emma Atkins

Sarah - Tracey- Ann Oberman

Doug - Eric Potts

Jane - Beth Palmer

Norton - Jonathan Oliver

April - Lisa Allen

Barratt - James Quinn

Louis - Isaac Whitmore

Producer Gary Brown.

Original music by Carl Harms.

Sarah's called to an army base to deal with a violent incident between two female soldiers

Last in the current series of legal dramas set in Manchester.

Frank is chipper; he's finally got his own parking space at the local nick.

Life doesn't get any better.

Frank....David Schofield

Debbie - Emma Atkins

Sarah - Tracey- Ann Oberman

Doug - Eric Potts

Lilah - Pavla Beier

Kyle - Greg Wood

Policeman - Robert Garrett

Producer Gary Brown.

Original music by Carl Harms.

The return of Frank Twist and his team of Manchester legal eagles.

When a pop entrepreneur is arrested for alleged fraud Frank discovers a personal connection.

A young teacher is accused of having an affair with a sixth former.

This is now a criminal offence and the teacher stands to lose more than his career.

To make matters worse the pupil's mother seems to have given her blessing to the affair and theoretically she could be charged with aiding and abetting.

A complicated case of trust and consent for Frank Twist and co.

Frank and Declan both stand witness for things they are unsure about.

How much does this compromise them?

FRANK....David Schofield

SARAH....Kathryn Hunt

DECLAN..

Jonjo O'Neill

PETER....Steven Pinder

AISHA...Balvinder Sopal

FR KEARNEY..Charles Lawson

MARCUS HANLEY..Andonis James Anthony

WPC MOLLISON....Lisa Moore

Producer Gary Brown

Original Music by Carl Harms.

Brief Lives by Eve Steele and Ed Jones 4/6

A sixty year old photographer is accused of assaulting his financial advisor.

Emotional triangle? Or Baby Boomer revenge?

FRANK....David Schofield

SARAH....Kathryn Hunt

DECLAN..Jonjo O'Neill

PC MCGOWAN.David Corden

OLIVER....Jonathan Keeble

ARNOLD....David Fleeshman

HAZEL....Olwen May

JUSTIN....Drew Carter Cain

Producer Gary Brown

Original Music by Carl Harms.

A 60-year-old photographer is accused of assaulting his financial advisor.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly 5/6

A right wing academic is accused of assault and this leads to a personal and ethical crisis for Sarah Gold.

FRANK...David Schofield

SARAH...Kathryn Hunt

DECLAN.Jonjo O'Neill

DOUG...Eric Potts

DI NEWTON.Danielle Henry

PETER....Malcolm Raeburn

HEATHER..Julia Rounthwaite

Producer Gary Brown

Original Music by Carl Harms.

A right wing academic is accused of assault, leading to an ethical crisis for Sarah Gold.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly 6/6

A youth is arrested for attempted murder and Doug attempts to bring Shakespeare to the inner city.

They seem unconnected but end up colliding with tragic consequences for our star crossed lovers.

Last in the current series.

FRANK...David Schofield

SARAH...Kathryn Hunt

DECLAN..Jonjo O'Neill

DOUG...Eric Potts

SIDNEY.Stefan Gumbs

TERRY.Everal A Walsh

DS COOPER...Andrew Westfield

BONITA...Nisa Cole

Producer Gary Brown

Original Music by Carl Harms.

A youth is arrested for attempted murder, and Doug brings Shakespeare to the inner city.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Another case for Frank Twist and his team of paralegals. A female athletics coaching team are being hounded by vicious online slurs and sexual innuendo. This could ruin their careers; who could be targeting them?

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Original Music by Carl Harms.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

The final episode of the current series about Manchester's finest paralegal team. Frank thinks he's going to have a quiet day, but then a childhood pal turns up and he is forced to revisit the past.

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Original music by Carl Harms.

By Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly. Series set in a Manchester legal practice.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Frank and Sarah unravel a complex case of suspected arson at a primary school.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Sarah must defend a music teacher who has had an unlawful relationship with a student.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

A judge is accused of rape. He is very plausible in his explanations. Is he innocent?

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly
Episode 1
Frank is roped in to help what he thinks is a community of retired people. But what exactly have they retired from?

FRANK.... David Schofield
SARAH.... Kathryn Hunt
LANA…….….. Susan Twist
SHIRLEY-ANN.….Sue Jenkins
JARVIS………….…Kate Coogan
JACK……………....John Henshaw
STAN……….……..Lloyd Peters

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Return of the popular legal series.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Frank has a knotty case.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly
Episode 2
Sarah and Frank have been called in to represent clients involved in a cold case investigation that has been reignited by some newly discovered DNA.
FRANK.... David Schofield
SARAH....Kathryn Hunt
LUCY…………….Gillian Kearney
DOMINIC….….Reece Dinsdale
BEN...……….…Samuel Holland
D S ANDERSON....Russell Richardson
FRANNY....Beatrix Baxter

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Sarah and Frank are called in to represent clients involved in a cold case investigation.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Sarah and Frank are called in to represent clients involved in a cold case investigation

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.
Episode 3.
Frank gets to meet his childhood hero. But this footballing God has feet of clay.
FRANK.... David Schofield
SARAH....Kathryn Hunt
JOHNNIE ………Steve Evets
JASON …………..Rob Ward
KENDRICK…… Reuben Johnson
D C MARK TURNER ….William Fox

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Frank gets to meet his childhood hero, but this footballing god has feet of clay.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Frank gets to meet his childhood hero, but this footballing god has feet of clay.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Philip Meeks
Episode 4
At Sarah's prompting Frank is reluctantly looking at becoming a landlord to bolster his meagre pension. They view a property and unwittingly become involved in a neighbourhood dispute.
FRANK.... David Schofield
SARAH.... Kathryn Hunt
FINCH..…....Rupert Hill
BELBAY…….…….Eddie Capli
HARVEY….….…..Kenneth Alan Taylor
SGT DISHFORTH…Sue Kelly

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Sarah and Frank unwittingly become involved in a neighbourhood dispute.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Sarah and Frank unwittingly become involved in a neighbourhood dispute.

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly
Episode 5
Sarah has started volunteering at the local Law Centre. But the lawyer who runs it has some unorthodox methods.
FRANK.... David Schofield
SARAH.... Kathryn Hunt
DEBBIE………….Eve Steele
D C COLEMAN…….Natalie Grady
STUART …………..Graeme Hawley
SERENA…………..…Maria Major

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Final episode of the current series

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Sarah volunteers at the law centre, but the lawyer who runs it has some unorthodox methods

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry & Sharon Kelly ep 1
Return of Frank Twist and Sarah Gold as the Manchester paralegals. Frank and Sarah are estranged and Sarah enlists her friend Juliet to help run the agency. But when a local gangster's son is arrested can Juliet cope?

Frank..............David Schofield
Sarah.............Kathryn Hunt
Juliet............Maria Major
Dean...........Hamish Rush
Keith...........Stephen Marzella
Lois.............Verity Henry
Helen........Krissi Bohn
Director/Producer Gary Brown

Return of the popular legal series starring David Schofield

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry & Sharon Kelly. Episode 2.
Frank and Sarah come across a teenager who has been beaten up. Is this just a street crime. Or something much more sinister.

FRANK...... David Schofield
SARAH........ Kathryn Hunt
NEIL .............Paul Barnhill
ROY.......... Chris Jack
PC EGAN..... Helen O’Hara
CHRIS.......... Ike Bennett
DC BRYANT...... Lloyd Peters
DOCTOR...........Hamilton Berstock
Director/Producer Gary Brown

David Schofield returns as Frank Twist

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Michael Livesey
Frank and Sarah are holidaying in the Yorkshire Dales when they encounter a tragedy.

FRANK....... David Schofield
SARAH...... Kathryn Hunt
ANN/ KATH/ MAGGIE..... Emma Gr
DS NICHOLLS....... Jason Done
JANICE...... Kate Coogan
KARL.......... Martin Wenner
Producer/Director Gary Brown

Manchester paralegal tales

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

More stories from Manchester's mean streets

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly
Frank is called as a witness for the prosecution and is not best pleased.

FRANK.... David Schofield
SARAH.... Kathryn Hunt
MAYA.... Rosie Fleeshman
WORTHINGTON..... Adonis Anthony
SHELLEY...... Jonathan Keeble
DS RICKARDS....... Natalie Grady
Director/Producer Gary Brown

Last episode in the series about the Manchester paralegals

Dramas set in a Manchester legal practice. Written by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly
Frank is called as a witness for the prosecution and is not best pleased.

FRANK.... David Schofield
SARAH.... Kathryn Hunt
MAYA.... Rosie Fleeshman
WORTHINGTON.... Adonis Anthony
SHELLEY.... Jonathan Keeble
DS RICKARDS.... Natalie Grady
Director/Producer Gary Brown

Last episode in the series about the Manchester paralegals

Popular legal series.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Return of the popular series about Frank Twist, Sarah Gold and their team of paralegal advisors. A community interpreter's girlfriend is arrested for assaulting a police officer. Sarah investigates, but all is not what it seems.

Producer/Director Gary Brown

Original Music by Carl Harms.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

A new 6 part series for Frank Twist and his team of Manchester paralegal advisors. A local councillor is caught selling drugs. Open and shut case? It would seem so on the surface. And a new rep is brought on board. A streetwise kid called Ronnie.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly. Ep 1 of 6

Frank Twist and his team of Manchester's finest paralegals returns for another series. Frank is recovering from his recent stroke and desperate to get back to work. Meanwhile Sarah's beauty parlour seems to be harbouring a secret.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Sarah discovers possible child abuse in a tug-of-love case involving a foreign father.

Brief Lives by Eve Steele. Series Created by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

More cases from Frank Twist's paralegal team. A screaming child at an airport being fought over by estranged parents. At first it seems like fall out from a tug of love case involving a foreign father. Then Sarah discovers possible child abuse. Who is telling the truth?

Producer/Director Gary Brown

Original music by Carl Harms.

Brief Lives by Lizi Patch.

Frank is called in to represent Jon, who is accused of historic sexual abuse. This has ramifications as Jon is a teacher and his wife has just had a baby. Meanwhile Sarah goes on a first date with a younger man. But Frank doesn't know.

Series Created by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Brief Lives by Nuala O'Sullivan. Ep 2 of 6

More tales from the team of Manchester paralegals. Sarah is called in to defend a man accused of arson. And Cheryl helps Frank with his rehabilitation.

Director/Producer....Gary Brown.

Declan investigates why a father wants his estranged daughter arrested for fraud.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Another story from the Manchester paralegal team. Declan investigates why a father wants his estranged daughter arrested for defrauding him out of hundreds of pounds worth of gifts and a sad Frank visits his ailing father figure.

Producer/Director Gary Brown

Original music by Carl Harms.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Ronnie discovers her long lost younger sister set up in a quayside apartment in the posh end of Salford. How can she afford to live there? And Frank finds out about Sarah's new beau, and he ain't pleased.

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly. Ep 3 of 6

A high powered lawyer and her daughter are arrested for possession of drugs after a house party. But when our team of paralegals investigate they find a cat's cradle of other motives.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Brief Lives by Elizabeth Heery. Series created by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Another case from the files of Frank Twist and his paralegal team in sunny Manchester. A marijuana operation is discovered at Bella Houghton's farm and she swears she knows nothing about it. But she has two grown up sons. Could they be guilty?

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Original Music by Carl Harms.

A marijuana operation is found at Bella Houghton's farm. Could her two sons be guilty?

Brief Lives by Nuala O'Sullivan

A woman is brought in for drink driving. She is the wife of an old school friend of Frank's. She also has a black eye coming up. How did she get that?

Series created by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Producer/Director Gary Brown.

Brief Lives by Lizi Patch. Ep 4 of 6

Another case for the team of Manchester paralegals. A teenager is pulled in for texting an indecent photo of his girlfriend which has gone viral. Is it just a case of an official warning by the police? But then matters take an even more serious turn.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

Another case for Frank Twist and his team of paralegals. A female athletics coaching team are being hounded by vicious online slurs and sexual innuendo. This could ruin their careers; who could be targeting them?

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Original Music by Carl Harms.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Sarah prepares for her big trip abroad with her new boyfriend Paul. And Frank gets a big shock when he is called in to represent a computer hacker.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly. Ep 5 of 6

Sarah has always had a difficult relationship with her father, Saul. So matters become complicated when she and her sister Rebecca cross swords over the care of him. And Frank and Cheryl make a momentous decision about their future.

Director/Producer Gary Brown.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly.

The final episode of the current series about Manchester's finest paralegal team. Frank thinks he's going to have a quiet day, but then a childhood pal turns up and he is forced to revisit the past.

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Original music by Carl Harms.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly

Frank and Sarah have been called into Manchester Central for questioning. The start of a Kafkaesque journey for Frank and Sarah. The last episode of the current series.

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Original music by Carl Harms.

Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly. Ep 6.

Last in the current series about the Manchester paralegals. Frank and Cheryl prepare to leave. But can they both leave their pasts behind?

Director/Producer Gary Brown.