8.1/1090 votes#1 - Memento Mori
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/1998
Kavanagh defends a doctor accused of murdering his wife. Although the prosecution has several witnesses who provide evidence, the accused maintains his innocence. After the verdict, however, Kavanagh learns of an ironic twist.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1087 votes
#2 - Care in the Community
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/1998
Kavanagh heads to his hometown of Bolton to defend a man who, together with his partner, is accused of murdering their 14-month-old daughter. Kavanagh's tactics have to change however when it becomes clear that the young couple are telling quite different stories.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1072 votes
#3 - Briefs Trooping Gaily
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/31/1998
Kavanagh defends a woman accused of killing her husband. Although she admits to killing him for repeatedly beating her, Kavanagh urges her not to admit it in court. Meanwhile,a colleague of Kavanagh's asks him to represent him before the Conduct Committee when he's accused of looking at the wrong brief.
Director: Peter Smith
Writer: Charles Wood
- 8.1/1079 votes
#4 - Bearing Witness
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/1998
Kavanagh represents a Jehovah's Witness mother when a hospital wants her 13-year-old son to have a blood transfusion that will save his life. When the mother refuses, Luke is made a ward of court and the hospital seeks judicial permission to go ahead with the transfusion. The hospital wins its action, and Luke is given a transfusion.
Director: Peter Smith
Writer: Edward Canfor-Dumas
- 7.6/1068 votes
#5 - The Innocency of Life
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 4/14/1998
Kavanagh is asked to defend a Reverend accused of sexual harassment by a recently widowed parishioner. When Kavanagh begins to make inquiries regarding the death of the victim's husband, she mysteriously withdraws her complaint against the Reverend and the case collapses. Later Kavanagh discovers that she has become engaged to the vicar and finds himself defending her against charges that she murdered her husband.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1075 votes
#6 - Dead Reckoning
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/21/1998
When a trawler sinks off the coast of North Yorkshire, taking the lives of five people, an enquiry establishes that the boat was in disrepair. Kavanagh is on the team prosecuting the boat owner and father of one of the victims, charged with five counts of manslaughter. He must counter the owner's defence that a Royal Navy submarine surfaced near the trawler and capsized her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Kavanagh Q.C. Season 4
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James Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling challenging cases and defendants which put his skills...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:ITV1
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Memento Mori" is the best rated episode of "Kavanagh Q.C." season 4. It scored 8.1/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/17/1998. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Care in the Community".