TV Archives - Legal Cheek

New courtroom comedy where judge pokes fun at litigants to hit TV screens this week

It’s basically Judge Rinder with fewer legal qualifications

Aug 6 2018 11:59am
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New drama set in London divorce firm hits TV screens tomorrow

Could The Split be the new Silk?

Apr 23 2018 11:51am
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Air justice! Judge Rinder takes chopper to court in adrenaline-fuelled advert

Mission Impossible-esque promo also features a leather clad clerk and a high-powered motorbike

Aug 17 2017 10:02am
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#TheAccused: Sympathy runs dry for defendant at centre of new crime documentary

‘Sob stories worse than the X Factor’

Aug 1 2017 10:47am
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The sobering reality of being charged with a crime

Legal Cheek’s Katie King reviews new hard-hitting documentary The Accused: An Inside Job?

Jul 26 2017 9:08am
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This solicitor has one of the best LinkedIn profiles we’ve ever seen

Sham Uddin even hosts his own comedy show

May 16 2017 1:32pm
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New court drama hoping to show viewers the ‘inner workings of the justice system’ will star real QCs and an ex-Old Bailey judge

The Trial: A Murder in the Family will air on Channel 4 later this month

May 9 2017 2:15pm
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#TheAccused: Social media goes mad for ‘unprecedented’ Channel 5 criminal law documentary

We spoke to the lawyer involved in the case about his client’s trial by Twitter

Feb 7 2017 12:17pm
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Women on film ‘should not’ have powerful jobs apart from in law, says feminist icon Caitlin Moran

And only if they are “sexy lawyers” at that

Nov 28 2016 11:35am
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How a high street solicitor from Lancaster became the resident legal expert on BBC’s ‘Rip off Britain’

Could Gary Rycroft be the next Judge Rinder?

Oct 4 2016 8:59am
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Did ‘secret legal dispute’ prompt Bake Off’s exit from the BBC?

Producers reportedly engaged Lewis Silkin lawyer and threatened to sue TV broadcaster

Sep 14 2016 10:50am
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New BBC drama mapping the lives of London divorce lawyers gets the green light

New six-part series called “The Split”

Aug 26 2016 8:59am
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Britain’s most influential law student and University Challenge winner Ted Loveday suffers quiz show defeat

He just couldn’t match the brainpower of the eggheads

Jul 22 2016 12:04pm
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Eurovision advice bureau: How the globe’s greatest song contest can help you cope with law revision stress

Complete with photos of air hostesses and Latvian pirates

May 13 2016 2:24pm
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‘Drunk’ solicitor inadvertently becomes TV star after using work email to abuse comedian

“You’re sh*t”

Mar 30 2016 11:08am
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The world is going crazy for the lawyers from Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’

Dean Strang and Jerry Buting are the legal profession’s new poster boys (contains spoilers)

Jan 4 2016 3:21pm
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18% of lawyers would quit their job to go on The Apprentice

Figure is down from 25% in 2011

Oct 15 2015 1:23pm
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What, no lawyers on this year’s The Apprentice!?

Lawyer-loathing Lord Sugar snubs legal sector as new contestants are revealed

Oct 6 2015 1:55pm
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Toddler who is obsessed by personal injury lawyer has most bizarre birthday party ever

Lawyer overcomes cartoon characters in battle for kid’s affection

Jul 30 2015 10:52am
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Telly quiz show barrister allegedly ‘smelled of cannabis’ as he advised client

Exclusive: The Chase’s general knowledge genius denies improper behaviour following pasting in Court of Appeal hearing

Jul 15 2015 10:58am
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Breaking Bad lawyer Saul Goodman has a website

In anticipation of the launch of Breaking Bad spin-off ‘Better call Saul’ later this year,…

Jan 14 2014 9:15am
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Stars of legal drama Silk can’t stop posting photos of the filming of Series 3 on Twitter

Recent sightings in the Inns of Court of the filming of the third series of…

Sep 9 2013 9:10am
Spotted in the Temple: the filming of Silk series 3 — and Rupert Penry-Jones isn’t happy

The good news for actor Rupert Penry-Jones, who plays barrister Clive Reader in hit BBC…

Jul 8 2013 8:59am
Barrister gets question about the Bar wrong on ITV quiz show The Chase

Shaun Wallace of Great James Street Chambers has surprised viewers of ITV quiz show The…

Jun 24 2013 11:00am