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By: charonqc

charonqc — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:42:26 +0000

Hi – I found the programme rather turgid. It had the dead hand of official PR spin all over it – not terribly adventurous filming – too many shots of a man in a black gown doing criminal damage to an Elizabethan floor with a staff and getting away with it.

A bit heavy going – perhaps I am being too critical – but it made the Bar look like a rather dull place to be?

I do not, as you know, practise – but I do enjoy observing what the learned friends and legal academic are up to having spent 25 years in legal education!

I do hope the next episodes are a bit more lively – there are, ironically, a fair number of very amusing, lively and progressive people at the Bar – so why all the loving shots of stained glass, wigs and robes….

Good to hear a view from a practising barrister. Can well understand your irritation with dinners. I did my dinners long ago – not for me.