Carson's Law
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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.
[edit] ITV Regional Scheduling
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| 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 and then replaced by A Country Practice | spring 1988 |
| Granada Television | Never bought | Never screened | Never screened |
| Television South (TVS) | ??? | Episodes broken into two halves | ??? |
| 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. | ??? |
| 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 |
