The Brief is a British crime drama series first broadcast on ITV on 25 April 2004.

[1] The series follows the work of defence barrister Henry Farmer (Alan Davies), whose complicated personal life manages to overlap into his work.

[2] Other stars in the series include Linda Bassett, Christopher Fulford and Cherie Lunghi.

With an overbearing workload, debt and alimony payments to meet, as well as being in love with the wife of a prominent politician who won't leave her husband for him, Henry is forced to set his own demons to one side to tackle cases that only he can win.

The show was described by the Radio Times as an "engaging blend of courtroom drama, suspense, intrigue and humour".