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A Screentime Production

Executive Producers (Screentime): Des Monaghan, Greg Haddrick
Executive Producers (ABC): Carole Sklan, David Ogilvy
Co-Producers: Jane Allen, Lisa Scott
Series Producer: Karl Zwicky

Aired: Thu, July 14 - December 01, 2011 (ABC1)

Crownies follows five young solicitors fresh out of law school, as they face the pressures and endearing madness of modern single life — in a fast-paced workplace that highlights the moral dilemmas and big issues facing an apparently civilized society. In a world that exists solely to see 'wrong-doers' brought to justice, and where the average age of the solicitors is 27, there is a big divide between these young solicitors and the barristers at the top. Yet they are the initial point of contact with the police, and it is they who do most of the liaising with the victims and the witnesses — and recommend what goes to court. They are hungry, committed, idealistic and hard-working, but their lives away from the office are riddled with aspirations, explorations, fragile relationships and partying.