The Escape Artist

Series Similar to The Escape Artist

If you enjoyed The Escape Artist, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. The Victim

   2019 · Drama, Thriller, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Legal profile, hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   The Victim is a gripping, contemporary legal thriller told through the eyes of the plaintiff and the accused. Set in Edinburgh, within Scotland's unique legal system, the show offers a constantly surprising and twisting perspective on who is really ‘the victim'.

2. Fearless

   2017 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   Emma Banville is a solicitor known for defending lost causes. She's investigating the killing of a schoolgirl in East Anglia and trying to free the man she thinks was wrongly convicted of the girl's murder. As she digs ever deeper into the case, she begins to sense powerful forces, in the police and the intelligence services at home and abroad, who want to stop her uncovering the truth.

3. Silk

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   Series about life at the Bar, the dilemmas and problems that modern day barristers have to face, and what it means to become a silk.

4. Defending Jacob

   2020 · Drama, Thriller, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Legal profile.

   Defending Jacob unfolds around a shocking crime that rocks a small Massachusetts town and one family in particular, forcing an assistant district attorney to choose between his sworn duty to uphold justice and his unconditional love for his son.

5. Judge John Deed

   2001 · Drama, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC that aired from 9 January 2001 – 18 January 2007. Sir John Deed (played by Martin Shaw) is a recently appointed High Court judge who actively seeks justice in the cases before him, while at the same time trying to rekindle an old romance with former pupil Jo Mills QC, who regularly appears in his court.

6. How to Get Away with Murder

   2014 · Drama, Thriller, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Legal profile.

   The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating gets entangled with four law students from her class, How to Get Away with Murder. Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller.

7. Crownies

   2011 · Drama, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Legal profile.

   CROWNIES follows five young solicitors as they face the pressures and endearing madness of modern single life - in a fast paced workplace that highlights the moral dilemmas and big issues facing an apparently civilized society.In a world that exists solely to see ‘wrong-doers' brought to justice, and where the average age of the solicitors is 27, there is a big divide between these young solicitors and the barristers at the top. Yet they are the initial point of contact with the police, and it is they who do most of the liaising with the victims and the witnesses - and recommend what goes to court.They are committed, idealistic and hard-working, but their lives away from the office are filled with aspirations, explorations, fragile relationships and partying.

8. The Night Of

   2016 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8.4).

   The Night Of is an eight-part limited series that delves into the intricate story of a fictitious murder case in New York City. The series follows the police investigation and legal proceedings, all the while examining the criminal justice system and the purgatory of Rikers Island, where the accused awaits his trial.Filmed in and around Manhattan, the HBO series is based on the BBC's Criminal Justice, created by Peter Moffat.

9. Suits

   2011 · Drama, Legal · ended

   Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Suits delves into the fast-paced, high-stakes world of a top Manhattan corporate law firm where hotshot associate Harvey Specter makes a risky move by hiring Mike Ross a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout, as his associate. As he becomes enmeshed in this unfamiliar world, Mike relies heavily on the firm's best paralegal Rachel Zane and Harvey's no-nonsense assistant Donna Paulsen to help him serve justice. With a photographic memory and the street smarts of a hustler, Mike proves to be a legal prodigy despite the absence of bonafide legal credentials.

10. Harry's Law

    2011 · Drama, Legal · ended

    Recommended for similar Legal profile, hidden gem.

    In Season 2, Harry is back with an attitude as she hones her courtroom arguments and winning style. On the heels of Harry's rising reputation, Harry's Law and Fine Shoes starts landing larger cases, and alongside her newfound success, Harry is looking to bring in some new hotshot attorneys to help out the team.