Shadow of the Noose is a BBC television legal drama serial about the life and career of barrister Sir Edward Marshall Hall.

[1] All eight episodes were written by Richard Cooper, produced by Colin Tucker, and first transmitted between 1 March and 19 April 1989 on BBC Two.

[3] The narrative of the novel mainly comprises a vast expansion of the story of Marshall Hall's first marriage to Ethel and her subsequent death, as featured in Gone for a Soldier.

Although the complete series was never released on commercial home video, An Alien Shore and Gun in Hand appeared on Vol.

3 and 8 of BBC Video World, a fortnightly subscription-only service, primarily for expatriates, issued in May and July 1989 respectively.