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The complete BBC Radio 4 legal drama starring Claire Rushbrook and Clare Corbett
Behind Closed Doors is a courtroom drama with a difference it centres around civil law not criminal In these nine plays London barrister Rebecca Nyman takes on cases ranging from workplace harassment to the sensitive secret trial of a terrorist and a morally complex right to die hearing
In Series 1 Nyman represents a senior policewoman in a case of sexist bullying at work in One of the Lads while Tilting the Odds sees her helping an equine vet accused of serious professional misconduct In Safe House a suspected terrorist has his movement and activities severely restricted by the security services can Nyman clear his name so he can get his life back
Series 2 features A Bad Night Out in which a man claiming wrongful arrest seeks police compensation Excluded which sees a teenager facing permanent exclusion from school and Catastrophic Injury in which a mother claims her babys cerebral palsy is due to medical negligence and is fighting the hospital for compensation
In Series 3s Contact a sperm donor is trying to get a court order to allow him to see his daughter but Nymans client the mother wants him to keep his distance In Section the barrister hopes to convince a tribunal that a patient who has spent seven years in a secure mental hospital is fit to be released And in Protection Rebecca represents a man whose wife has been in a minimally conscious state for over three years should she be allowed to die
Series 4 includes Life Chances in which Emily has a history of anorexia but is refusing treatment Should she be force fed In Best Interests a divorced Charedi Jewish mother has come to the Family Courts to stop her exhusband changing their childrens schools More than Kissing sees The Court of Protection decide if an 18yearold with learning difficulties should be allowed to have sex and in Mediation Maud and Martins father has died and left his whole estate to a 22yearold dog walker Can they challenge the will Finally in The Balance of Probabilities a couple fight to get their baby daughter back following the death of their baby son
Written by awardwinning dramatist Clara Glynn these compelling dramas provide an intriguing glimpse into the littleknown world of civil litigation with all its challenges complexities and controversies
Producer/director David Ian Neville
2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
p2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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