A brilliant lawyer, but bored with the mundanity of his life and the stupidity of the criminals he defends, Jack Lennox (Robbie Coltrane) spends his spare time planning the perfect crime. When he lets on to one of the defendants he has won a case for, and then discovers the crime was carried out, he finds himself drawn into the criminal underworld; planning more crimes. However, his secret is discovered by Assistant Chief Constable Brian Richards (Neil Dudgeon) who offers him a deal; hand over the top criminal gangs in the UK by planning another crime. Can Richards trust Lennox and can he also conceal his secret liaisons with Lennox's wife (Celia Imrie)?
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