Chambers

Premise

John Fuller-Carp (John Bird) is the monstrously egotistical and avaricious barrister heading Forecourt Chambers. His colleagues are Hilary Tripping (James Fleet), a rather ineffectual young man, Ruth Quirke (Lesley Sharp, later Sarah Lancashire), initially a rather militantly left wing feminist, and Vince Griffiths (Jonathan Kydd), the worldly-wise barristers' clerk. After Lesley Sharp left the role after the first radio series and Sarah Lancashire took over, Ruth became more of a comic neurotic, but many of the 'original' Ruth's harder characteristics were later given to the character who replaced her in the second television series, Alex Kahn (Nina Wadia).

Radio

Main 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

Guest cast

Guest actors included Rebecca Front, Ben Crowe, Joanna Monro, Geoffrey Whitehead, Peter Gunn, Tilly Gaunt, Natalie Walter, Simon Greenall, John Rowe and Emma Clarke and Jeremy Clyde

Episodes

All episodes were written by Clive Coleman.

Television

Main 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

Guest cast

Guest actors included Elizabeth Berrington, John Leslie, Sara Stewart, Geoffrey Whitehead, Martin Trenaman, Robert Duncan, Roger Allam, Jeremy Clyde, John Hodgkinson, John Rowe, Robert Duncan and Donald Gee.

Episodes

All episodes were written by Clive Coleman, and directed by John Stroud (series 1) and Gareth Carrivick (series 2).