Is It Legal?

From the award-winning team behind Men Behaving Badly, Is It Legal? is set in the ramshackle, chaotic offices of solicitors Lotus, Spackman and Phelps. Amid the chaos of tea breaks and buns is Stella (Imelda Staunton), the snappy senior partner who is permanently poised to jump down someone’s throat, Bob (Patrick Barlow) the shambolic clerk, accident-prone Colin (Richard Lumsden), bored secretary Alison (Kate Isitt) (who has the best hair) and Darren (Matthew Ashforde), the office dogsbody, who can’t help looking at a woman as a collection of sexually alluring body parts.

Cast

Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Clyde, Patrick Barlow, Richard Lumsden, Kate Isitt, Matthew Ashforde

Produced by

Beryl Vertue

Written by

Simon Nye

Directed by

Martin Dennis

Channel

Series 1&2 ITV, series 3 C4

First transmitted

12 September 12 1995

Series

Three series, each with seven episodes

Duration

30 mins per episode

Press comments

Sparkling scripts, this series simply bristles with cynical good humour.” The Sun

“Unadulterated escapist fun.” The Daily Mail

“Charming and strikingly well acted.” The Guardian

“A very good script delivered by very good actors.” The Times

“Outstanding.” The News of the World

Awards

British Comedy Awards 1996
Best ITV Sitcom

Distributor

Carlton Television in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Singapore, Slovenia, Eire, Norway, South Africa, India, Portugal, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Canada, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Finland, USA, Japan, Malta, Namibia