CARSON'S LAW

'''Carson's Law''' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network between 1983 and 1984.
The series was a period piece set in the 1920s and starred Lorraine Bayly as progressive solicitor Jennifer Carson. The episodes revolved around the cases taken on by Jennifer, and the various personal intrigues of her family.
''Carson's Law'' was noted for its quality scripts and period production values, however although the programme was very popular in Melbourne where the series was based and filmed, it did not succeed in Sydney. Attempts to revamp the series to make it appeal more to Sydney audiences eventually alienated the programme's core audience, and it was cancelled in 1984 after 184 episodes.
''Carson's Law'' was bought by two members of the UK ITV network. Yorkshire Television showed a considerable amount of episodes on Thursdays at 1.30pm during 1984 while Television South West screened a slightly lower amount in their 6.35pm slot on Tuesdays during 1984.
''Carson's Law'' was also shown in Portuguese television, and is being currently re-played at RTP memoria (trans. "RTP Memory").

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ITV Regional Scheduling

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ITV Regional Scheduling

'ITV Region'	'Programme Schedule Pattern'
	Start Date	Days Screened	End Date
Central Television	Never bought	Never screened	Never screened
Yorkshire Television (YTV)	Friday 13 September 1985 13.30 - 14.55	Thursdays 13.30 from 19 September 1985 until end June 1986. Returns in same slot weekly from 8 January 1987 Takes a break with no episodes from 30 April 1987 until series resumes on ??? Replaced by A Country Practice after episode on 3 March 1988.	Thursday 25 February 1988 13.30
Granada Television	Never bought	Never screened	Never screened
Television South (TVS)	Thursday 21 May 1987 15.30 -16.00	TVS started the series with half hour episodes wvery Thursdays and Friday at 15.30.	???
Television South West (TSW)	as Yorkshire	Thursdays 13.30 with Yorkshire until 27 March 1986, then switches to Tuesdays 18.30 from 15th April and shows episodes 12 days after Yorkshire and misses several Tuesdays due to World Cup. Takes a break and then resurfaces soon after on Thursdays in the 18.35 slot. Replaced by Knight Rider	Axed incomplete Thursday ?? November/December 1986 18.20
Channel Television	As TSW	As TSW, then TVS	As TVS
Thames Television	Never bought	Never screened	Never screened
Anglia Television	Never bought	Never screened	Never screened
Tyne Tees Television	Never bought	Never screened	Never screened
Scottish Television (STV)	Never bought	Never screened	Never screened
Grampian Television	Never bought	Never screened	Never screened
HTV	Never bought	Never screened	Never screened
Border Television	Never bought	Never screened	Never screened
Ulster Television	???	Mondays 23.00	still screening in late 1992

External links

★ Aussie Soap Archive: Carson's Law

★ Crawford Productions

★ Carsons Law at the National Film and Sound Archive