Season 3 • Episode 7
LatestIs It Legal? is a British television sitcom set in a solicitors office in Hounslow, west London, which ran from 1995 to 1998. It was produced by Hartswood Films and was shown on ITV for Series 1-2 and Channel 4 for Series 3. It was written by Simon Nye, who also wrote other ITV sitcoms such as Men Behaving Badly and Hardware.
Acting
Imelda Staunton weaponizing nervous energy before Harry Potter fame.
Writing
Simon Nye's dialogue sharper than his more famous sitcoms.
Creator
Simon Nye
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Matthew Ashford was bizarrely cast fresh from Days of Our Lives, creating the most jarring American-in-British-sitcom energy until Coupling tried the reverse.
This quietly predicted the collapse of legal aid culture in Britain—what plays as farce now reads almost documentary-like in retrospect.
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