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Chambers. Image shows from L to R: Hilary Tripping (James Fleet), John Fuller-Carp (John Bird), Ruth Quirke (Sarah Lancashire). Copyright: BBC
Chambers

Chambers

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1996 - 1999
  • 14 episodes (3 series)

Legal comedy. Machiavellian Head of Chambers John Fuller-Carp's misadventures as he schemes to become a QC. Stars John Bird, James Fleet, Jonathan Kydd, Lesley Sharp and Sarah Lancashire

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Chambers. Image shows from L to R: Ruth Quirke (Lesley Sharp), Hilary Tripping (James Fleet), Clive Coleman, John Fuller-Carp (John Bird). Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1996 - 1999
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
14 (3 series)
Stars
John Bird, James Fleet, Jonathan Kydd, Lesley Sharp and Sarah Lancashire
Writer
Clive Coleman
Producer
Paul Schlesinger
Company

Chambers is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom from the late 1990s about an ambitious lawyer, John Fuller-Carp, as he repeatedly compromised both moral and legal principles in his quest to become a QC.

Starring John Bird in the main role, James Fleet played Hilary Tripping, with Lesley Sharp (Series 1) and Sarah Lancashire (Series 2 & 3) as Ruth Quirke. Jonathan Kydd played chambers clerk Vince Griffiths.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 17th April 1996 at 12:25pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats

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