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Barristers

Season 1 2014

  • 2014-03-17T22:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 30m
  • 2h 30m (5 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
A ground-breaking documentary series following some of the country's leading legal minds. For the first time ever in Northern Ireland, cameras have access to the workings of our courts

5 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-03-17T22:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2014-03-17T22:00:00Z30m

A mother fights to sort out contact with her children, there's a challenge to rehiring former RUC officers and a case is heading for court seeking compensation for people living under electricity pylons.

2014-03-24T22:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2014-03-24T22:00:00Z30m

Second in a ground-breaking documentary series following some of the country's leading legal minds. For the first time ever in Northern Ireland cameras have access to the working of our courts. Over 15 months we have unprecedented access to the barristers, their cases and the court system. A business takes Derry City Council to court for an unpaid bill, a man injured at work is seeking damages, and we witness how one top barrister prepares to fight a major criminal case.

2014-03-31T21:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2014-03-31T21:00:00Z30m

Third in a ground-breaking documentary series following some of the country's leading legal minds. For the first time ever in Northern Ireland cameras have access behind the scenes of our courts. Over 15 months we have unprecedented access to the barristers, their cases and the court system. A man claims compensation after being badly gored by a bull, a woman sues her international lawyer after a property deal goes wrong and a man hurt at work seeks damages for injuries and lost wages.

2014-04-07T21:00:00Z

1x04 Episode 4

1x04 Episode 4

  • 2014-04-07T21:00:00Z30m

Fourth in a ground-breaking documentary series following some of the country's leading legal minds. For the first time ever in Northern Ireland cameras have access behind the scenes of our courts. Over 15 months we have unprecedented access to the barristers, their cases and the court system. Families take part in a harrowing public inquiry to find out why their children died in hospital, a woman finally gets back some of the money she lost when a property investment went wrong, and we follow a young barrister as he tries to build his practice.

2014-04-14T21:00:00Z

1x05 Episode 5

1x05 Episode 5

  • 2014-04-14T21:00:00Z30m

Final episode in a groundbreaking documentary series following some of the country's leading legal minds. For the first time ever in Northern Ireland, cameras have access behind the scenes of our courts. Over 15 months we have unprecedented access to the barristers, their cases and the court system.

A local barrister takes the Department of Justice to the Supreme Court in London, there's a court battle to save an historic Belfast building, a religious discrimination case heads to a tribunal and we meet the next generation of top barristers.

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