'White Man Lies', originally transmitted on BBC1, 19 October 1988
Written by Peter Flannery, directed by Rob Walker.

Frank and James are engaged to represent the family of Nola Marshall at the coroner's inquest into her death in police custody. Her parents acknowledge that she was an alcoholic, but feel certain that her death was not due to a drunken fall but rather to the fact that she was black and had frequently testified against the police. Frank questions the reasons for the huge and potentially intimidating police presence at the inquest, but the coroner is unsympathetic. Frank asks Katherine to join him and James at their new chambers, Fetter Court, but she is unsure of James, who comes from a very wealthy family. James defends Robert, a rent boy accused of stealing a cigarette case from one of his rich and powerful clients.

Katherine initially refuses to defend a 'consent rape' case for ideological reasons, but relents when the colleague who was supposed to handle it tries to commit suicide. To succeed, she has to undermine the character of the woman claiming she was raped. Katherine wins, but is disgusted with the tactics she had to use. She leaves her chambers and joins Frank and James.

Katherine accepts a brief to defend Gavin Blinkho, who knifed a black man who was victimising passengers on a train. When she realises that Blinkho is a member of the racist organisation 'Nation Forward' she tries to give the brief back, but Blinkho refuses to accept it. This creates problems in chambers when James says that he would defend even a racist as everyone is entitled to a defence. As a result, James is removed as Frank's junior in the Marshall case. A tabloid newspaper publishes a scurrilous attack on Katherine and the other members of Fetter Court for their liberal sympathies and Communist affiliations.

The rent boy case collapses because Robert's ex-client wants to avoid exposure of his sexual preferences in open court. Frank cross-examines the police doctor and it becomes clear the guidelines as to a prisoner's health and wellbeing weren't followed. The man who was in the cell next to Nola on the night she died testifies that he heard the police physically assault her. The jury returns a verdict of 'unlawful killing', to the delight of the audience in court. Frank persuades the head of Katherine's old chambers to accept the Blinkho brief as a favour. Katherine receives a threatening letter from 'Nation Forward'.