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The Right to Silence

Chambers Series 1
Episode 2 of 5

Incompetent pompous barrister John Fuller-Carp ends up on the wrong side of the law. Stars John Bird and James Fleet. From 1996.

Hostilities between pompous Fuller-Carp and Ruth have intensified.

A walking holiday in the Lake District with an influential judge would seem to provide the perfect break.

However, a BBC TV Crimewatch-obsessed hotelier, an ambiguous fax and an impending murder trial conspire to turn the weekend into a nightmare!

Even the trail of the hotel's Nick Ross Carvery cannot redeem events...

Starring John Bird, James Fleet and Lesley Sharp.

Clive Coleman’s sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.

John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Lesley Sharp
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Austin Weave ...... Jonathan Kydd
Other parts ...... Peter Serafinowcz

Producer Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.

17 days left to listen

30 minutes

Last on

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