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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

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2000 - 2001
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

Sitcom set in a barristers' office run by a pompous owner. Stars John Bird, James Fleet, Sarah Lancashire, Nina Wadia and Jonathan Kydd

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Press clippings

And that's pretty much where its level is; as a clone of The Peter Principal it's an undistinguished office comedy with few laughs and little depth. There is nothing essentially original to Chambers, nothing high concept. It's a comedy that could have been made at anytime in the last 30 years.

Iain Griffiths, Off The Telly, 6th July 2000

Chambers (BBC 1) is a very old-fashioned situation comedy by a barrister about barristers and, judging by the roaring audience, for barristers.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 16th June 2000

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