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The arrival of a star US lawyer prompts stuffy John Fuller-Carp to copy his sharp tactics.

The arrival of a star US lawyer prompts stuffy John Fuller-Carp to copy his sharp tactics. Stars John Bird. From May 1996.

When star American lawyer Thurman Berkley arrives in chambers for a week, a culture clash seems inevitable. 

But the stuffy John Fuller-Carp will do anything to win a case - even if it means adopting the rapping rhythms Thurman used so successfully in the OK Stimpson trial. 

A run-of-the-mill GBH gets the full transatlantic treatment. 

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
Thurman Berkley ...... David Harewood

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.

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