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Chambers Genre Sitcom; Legal drama Running time 30 Minutes Country United Kingdom Languages English Home station BBC Radio 4 Syndicates BBC Radio 7 TV adaptations Chambers Starring John Bird
Sarah Lancashire
Lesley Sharp
James Fleet
Jonathan KyddWriters Clive Coleman Producers Paul Schlesinger Air dates 17 April 1996 to 30 March 1999No. of series 3 No. of episodes 14 Chambers Format Sitcom Written by Clive Coleman Directed by John Stroud Starring John Bird
Sarah Lancashire
Nina Wadia
James Fleet
Jonathan Kydd
Jeremy Clyde
John Hodgkinson
John RoweCountry of origin United Kingdom Language(s) English No. of series 2 No. of episodes 12 Production Running time 30 minutes Broadcast Original channel BBC One Original run 15 June 2000 – 2 September 2001Chambers was a BBC radio and television sitcom. It was written by barrister Clive Coleman and starred John Bird and Sarah Lancashire in both versions. The radio version was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in three series between 1996 and 1999, and the television version was broadcast on BBC One. The theme music was Dance with Mandolins from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.
John Bird plays the lead role of John Fuller-Carp, a monstrously egotistical and avaricious barrister heading Forecourt Chambers. His colleagues are Hilary Tripping, a rather ineffectual young man, and Ruth Quirke, initially a rather militantly left wing feminist. After Lesley Sharp left the role after the first series and Sarah Lancashire took over, Ruth became more of comic neurotic, but many of the 'original' Ruth's harder characteristics were later given to the character who replaced her in the second run of the television series, Alex Kahn.
Radio cast
- John Bird as John Fuller-Carp
- James Fleet as Hilary Tripping
- Lesley Sharp as Ruth Quirke (Series 1)
- Sarah Lancashire as Ruth Quirke (Series 2 & 3)
- Jonathan Kydd as Vince Griffiths, the barristers' clerk
Television cast
- John Bird as John Fuller-Carp
- Sarah Lancashire as Ruth Quirke (Series 1) (2000)
- Nina Wadia as Alex Kahn (Series 2) (2001)
- James Fleet as Hilary Tripping
- Jonathan Kydd as Vince Griffiths
- Jeremy Clyde as Vernon Ames
- John Hodgkinson as Guy
- John Rowe as Judge Riseby
External links
- Chambers at BBC Online Comedy Guide
- British Comedy and Drama website episode guide
- Chambers (television) at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- 1996 radio programme debuts
- 2000 in British television
- 2000 television series debuts
- BBC television sitcoms
- BBC radio comedy programmes
- Legal television series
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