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2010 · 5 seasons · Drama
7.5 Modest

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Drama Comedy

Cleaver Greene is not about politics or morality or even justice. Cleaver Greene is about the law. And it is his passion for the law that drives him to use his formidable intelligence to defend people whom society and the justice system might otherwise convict without a fair trial. He uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of human nature and the Byzantine intricacies of our legal codes to guarantee that his clients get what is theirs by the law; the right to a diligent defence.

Country of origin
🇦🇺 Australia
Year
2010
Created by
Richard Roxburgh, Peter Duncan, Charles Waterstreet
Channel
ABC TV
Studio
Essential Media and Entertainment · Easy Tiger

Trivia & behind the scenes

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Origins

The series was created by Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh, and Charles Waterstreet, and written by Peter Duncan and Andrew Knight.

Casting

The central character Cleaver Greene, played by Richard Roxburgh, was loosely based on colourful Sydney barristers Mervyn Ward and Charles Waterstreet, and was named after Cleaver Bunton.

References

The character David Potter is nicknamed 'Harry-Sorry, David' as a joke referencing both his surname and the fact that he wears Harry Potter-style glasses.

Trivia

The Fox Network in the US commissioned an American remake starring Greg Kinnear as the lead character, renamed Keegan Deane, which aired between January and April 2014.

Casting

Richard Roxburgh, who starred in the original Australian series, also worked as a producer on the American remake alongside lead actor Greg Kinnear.

Music

Original music for the show was composed and performed by David McCormack (of Custard), Antony Partos and Michael Lira at Sonar Music in Sydney, with a soundtrack album released through ABC Music in July 2016.

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