194 - Defending The Guilty

This week we review Defending The Guilty (Series 1 Episode 4)<br /><br />Will Packham is a pupil barrister: smart, dedicated and good-hearted. Or at least he is for now.<br /><br />Far from the glamorous world portrayed in TV, his job means dirt wages, being on call 24/7 and endless travel to far-flung municipal buildings. <br /><br />His clients are at least as guilty as sin, his cynical pupil master Caroline thinks he's only good for fetching pastries and he is vying for a job with three other pupil barristers, all of whom would stab each other in the front to get it.<br /><br />Will fights the urge to let his work life bleed into his personal life and he quickly discovers that winning isn't the same as being vindicated, and that everyone's guilty of something.<br /><br />Written by Kieron Quirke<br />Produced by Georgie Fallon<br />Directed By Tom George<br />A Bigtalk Production for BBC.<br />Defending The Guilty is available here: <a href="https://bbc.in/3K0Refm" rel="noopener">https://bbc.in/3K0Refm</a><br /> <br />The Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.<br /> <br />Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday.<br /> <br />Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.