Name: Dear Murderer
Released: 2017-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Mark Mitchinson, Beth Allen, Rowan Bettjeman

TV Show · Drama

The decades-long story of Michael Bungay, QC, one of New Zealand legal history's most infamous figures, chronicles the rights and wrongs enacted by the larger-than-life barrister.

2017 · 43m

Starring Mark Mitchinson, Beth Allen, Rowan Bettjeman

Director John Laing, Riccardo Pellizzeri

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

After overcoming a tortured past, Mike Bungay gets out of the army and decides to go to law school based on the results of a coin toss.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

In the midst of his marriage breaking down, Mike takes on a very high-profile case defending the first man in New Zealand to be accused of spying.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Mike draws ire from a feminist group after employing morally dubious techniques to defend a gynaecologist accused of rape during an exam.
EPISODE 4

Family Matters

Mike, while working with a group of other lawyers, takes on a complicated gang-violence case, but his strategy relies on all of the defendants telling the same story.
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Against the background of yet another murder trial, Mike devotes his efforts to winning over Ronda. He quickly finds that love is not enough to make his flaws disappear.