For the Prosecution: Gerald Lewis QC A devastatingly effective counsel for the prosecution, Lewis's life outside the courtroom is a mystery. He takes on the persona of a surgeon -- his approach is very clinical and he meticulously goes through each detail, even the goriest ones, showing no remorse or emotion for the defendant, Duvinder. He is there to do a job and will go to any lengths to win the case. A very efficient character, lethal and a defendant's worst nightmare. In preparation for his role in The Jury, Antony Sher sat in on a high profile trial in Great Britain -- the Jane Andrews murder trial -- in courtroom No.1 at the Old Bailey. 'I can honestly say they were ... the most dramatic hours I've ever spent. It was absolutely spellbinding. I felt like I was sitting at the Roman games alongside a group of strangers, watching this woman fall apart as every detail of her sex life was dissected. I also spent a great deal of time with the legal advisor for The Jury, Colin Aylott. Colin not only arranged for me to sit in on Jane Andrews's case but to have a tour of the Old Bailey. I went round the counsel dressing rooms and met the prosecution QC in the Jill Dando case. He was a very impressive and interesting character.' Sher had to read the scripts for The Jury only once to know he wanted to be part of 'a very special drama. Peter Morgan is a superb writer and that is evident from the opening lines. The Jury is not a politically correct or simple courtroom drama; it goes further than that. It shows you how complicated life can become for those involved, especially the jurors. The moment I started reading the first script, I knew it had the potential to be one of those really magical television events.' Sher was raised in South Africa and studied at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982. He was knighted for service to the theatre in 2000. Sher continues to act frequently on stage as well as in films and on television. He played Dr. Moth in 1999's Shakespeare in Love and a charming Benjamin Disraeli in Masterpiece Theatre's Her Majesty, Mrs Brown.