Chambers (series)

Chambers 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.

Chambers
GenreSitcom; Legal drama
Running time30 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 4
SyndicatesBBC Radio 7
TV adaptationsChambers
StarringJohn Bird
Sarah Lancashire
Lesley Sharp
James Fleet
Jonathan Kydd
Written byClive Coleman
Produced byPaul Schlesinger
Original release17 April 1996 (1996-04-17) – 30 March 1999 (1999-03-30)
No. of series3
No. of episodes14
Chambers
Written byClive Coleman
Directed byJohn Stroud
StarringJohn Bird
Sarah Lancashire
Nina Wadia
James Fleet
Jonathan Kydd
Jeremy Clyde
John Hodgkinson
John Rowe
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release15 June 2000 (2000-06-15) –
2 September 2001 (2001-09-02)

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

Television cast
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