The Escape Artist (TV series)
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The Escape Artist is a British legal thriller television series starring David Tennant as a brilliant defense barrister whose life unravels after a controversial case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Escape Artist (TV series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8845618 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Escape Artist (TV series) Context triple: [Toby Kebbell, notableWork, The Escape Artist (TV series)]
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A.
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist is a 1982 coming-of-age mystery film about a young aspiring magician who becomes entangled in crime and corruption while trying to prove himself.
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B.
Escape Artists
Escape Artists is an American film and television production company known for producing a range of mainstream Hollywood movies and series.
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C.
Escapology
Escapology is a 2002 pop album by British singer Robbie Williams that features a mix of anthemic rock-influenced tracks and introspective ballads.
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D.
The Artful Escape
The Artful Escape is a visually striking narrative-driven platformer that follows a teenage guitar prodigy on a psychedelic, music-fueled journey of self-discovery across cosmic landscapes.
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E.
Escapade
"Escapade" is an upbeat, chart-topping pop and R&B single by Janet Jackson from her 1989 album "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Escape Artist (TV series) Target entity description: The Escape Artist is a British legal thriller television series starring David Tennant as a brilliant defense barrister whose life unravels after a controversial case.
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A.
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist is a 1982 coming-of-age mystery film about a young aspiring magician who becomes entangled in crime and corruption while trying to prove himself.
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B.
Escape Artists
Escape Artists is an American film and television production company known for producing a range of mainstream Hollywood movies and series.
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C.
Escapology
Escapology is a 2002 pop album by British singer Robbie Williams that features a mix of anthemic rock-influenced tracks and introspective ballads.
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D.
The Artful Escape
The Artful Escape is a visually striking narrative-driven platformer that follows a teenage guitar prodigy on a psychedelic, music-fueled journey of self-discovery across cosmic landscapes.
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E.
Escapade
"Escapade" is an upbeat, chart-topping pop and R&B single by Janet Jackson from her 1989 album "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal thriller television series
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television series ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Kate Burton
NERFINISHED
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Liam Foyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | David Wolstencroft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Brian Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | television miniseries ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
David Wolstencroft
NERFINISHED
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Matthew Read NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2013-10-29 ⓘ |
| genre |
legal drama
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of legal defence work
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criminal justice system ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2013-11-12 ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | defence barrister ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | three-part series ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| protagonist | Will Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | David Tennant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 60 minutes ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| starring |
Anton Lesser
NERFINISHED
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Ashley Jensen NERFINISHED ⓘ Brid Brennan NERFINISHED ⓘ David Tennant NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennie Jacques NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Dickie NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Marsden NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophie Okonedo NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Wight NERFINISHED ⓘ Toby Kebbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | David Wolstencroft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Escape Artist (TV series) Description of subject: The Escape Artist is a British legal thriller television series starring David Tennant as a brilliant defense barrister whose life unravels after a controversial case.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.