Defending The Guilty
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2018 - 2019
- 7 episodes (1 series)
Comedy about a pupil barrister and the chambers he works at. Stars Will Sharpe, Katherine Parkinson, Gwyneth Keyworth, Hugh Coles, Hanako Footman and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Further details
Will grapples with whether to tell his girlfriend the truth about his recent indiscretion.
No such problem at Chambers: where Liam has told everyone about it. But Will's image crisis turns to his advantage when Miles, the swaggering, chauvinist Head of Chambers offers him the case every pupil wants.
Meanwhile, Caroline too has image problems. A consultant has bad news for her about her QC prospects, and she's stuck with an unpleasant, violent defendant the jury will never like.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 24th September 2019
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Will Sharpe | Will Packham |
| Katherine Parkinson | Caroline Bratt |
| Gwyneth Keyworth | Danielle |
| Hugh Coles | Liam |
| Hanako Footman | Pia |
| Prasanna Puwanarajah | Ashley |
| Mark Bonnar | Miles |
| Claudia Jessie | Nessa |
| Josef Altin | Lee |
| Ingrid Oliver | Fiona |
| Harriet Webb | Holly |
| Sasha Frost | Deanna |
| Kieron Quirke | Prosecution Counsel |
| Clare Willie (as Clare Wille) | Angela |
| Kieron Quirke | Writer |
| Tom George | Director |
| Georgie Fallon | Producer |
| Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
| Saurabh Kakkar | Executive Producer |
| Jim Field Smith | Executive Producer |
| Kieron Quirke | Executive Producer |
| Matthew Justice | Executive Producer |
| Alex McBride | Associate Producer |
| Lucy Jack | Line Producer |
| Robin Peters | Editor |
| Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
| Rachel Freck | Casting Director |
| Wiz Francis | Costume Designer |
| Nick Martin | Director of Photography |
| Emily Bilverstone | Make-up Designer |
| Katie Rodgers | Graphics |
| Lara Singer | Development Editor |
| Paul Judges | 1st Assistant Director |
| Kate Daughton | Commissioning Editor |
Press
It is law and order with a heavy helping of dry sarcasm in this new comedy series from Cuckoo writer Kieron Quirke, which follows an idealistic trainee barrister as he has his career motives put to the test by his cynical pupil master Caroline (Katherine Parkinson). This week, infidelity is in the air - should Will come clean?
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 24th September 2019