Bar to open its doors to TV cameras in fly-on-the-wall BBC documentary
The struggle to become a barrister and the everyday issues facing the profession are set to be revealed in a groundbreaking BBC fly-on-the-wall documentary, The Barristers.The four-part series, which will first air on BBC2 tomorrow (14 November), was co-produced by The Open University and gives an insight into all of the aspects of court life - from young people aspiring to join the profession to typical life in chambers for the most senior QCs and judges.Members of the profession taking part in the programme include Bar Council chairman Timothy Dutton QC, Louise McCabe and Alistair MacDonald of Birmingham-based St Philips Chambers, Annie Evans - one of the first Crown Prosecution Service barristers, and a number of students.
November 13, 2008 at 12:28 AM
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Students, barristers, QCs and judges participate in groundbreaking four-part TV series beginning this week
The struggle to become a barrister and the everyday issues facing the profession are set to be revealed in a groundbreaking BBC fly-on-the-wall documentary, The Barristers.
The four-part series, which will first air on BBC2 tomorrow (14 November), was co-produced by The Open University and gives an insight into all of the aspects of court life – from young people aspiring to join the profession to typical life in chambers for the most senior QCs and judges.
Members of the profession taking part in the programme include Bar Council chairman Timothy Dutton QC, Louise McCabe and Alistair MacDonald of Birmingham-based St Philips Chambers, Annie Evans – one of the first Crown Prosecution Service barristers, and a number of students.
MacDonald said: "Our 800-year-old profession has historically been shrouded in mystery, with well-established traditions that are often poorly understood and open to misunderstanding."
He added: "As a profession I believe the Bar should not be shy about showing the benefits it brings. We are part of an important institution that helps society to remain fair and this programme was a great opportunity to show the public exactly what we do."
The series will focus on four students struggling with intense training and mounting debt and follows their path to pupillage and tenancy. Interweaving story lines will shadow the work of barristers such as Citadel Chambers' Richard Bond, who is prosecuting in the Birmingham race riots trial.
In the last episode of the series, Dutton tries to dispel the 'fat cat' label given to barristers and change perceptions of the Bar as an elitist, exclusive institution. He also meets the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw, to discuss legal aid funding.
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