Rueben's Ramblings

On August 25, the Masterpiece Mystery 3-part mini-series Silk will debut on PBS at 9 PM.

Silk revolves around a group of barristers in the highly-competitive, high-stakes games of their careers.

For rival barristers Martha Costello (Maxine Peake from Shameless)and Clive Reader (Rupert Penry-Jones from MI-5), that means winning cases in their pursuit of both justice and “taking silk” — being the sole barrister from their chamber to be appointed a Queen’s Counsel (QC) and thereby earning the right to wear the coveted silk robes that QCs wear in Court.

For competing barrister-in training pupils Nick Slade (Tom Hughes from Page Eight)and Niamh Cranitch (Natalie Dormer from The Tudors),it means proving they have what it takes to be both a full-fledged barrister and the lone pupil selected as a member of chambers.

The cast includes Alex Jennings (The State Within) and Neil Stuke (Reggie Perrin).

Here is a teaser trailer for Silk.

NOTE: This mini-series will run straight through until September 8.