The recent article by Gazette columnist James Morton on fantasy plans for a legal affairs television programme has elicited much correspondence (see [2005] Gazette, 6 January, 9). The bad news for those fame-seeking readers who enthusiastically were looking for contact details for the programme makers - as they had some top contributions to make - is that the idea was a bit of new year fun. The word 'fantasy' was meant to be the giveaway. But points go to Ruth Barber of Ward Gethin Solicitors in Norfolk for spotting it was a joke in the first place and for coming up with some entertaining suggestions of her own. Sadly, space does not permit us to reprint in full Ms Barber's proposed schedule of programmes, but some interesting highlights include:


  • 'Mine's Older than Yours' - a programme in which barristers give the history of their wigs and gowns. Included would be traumatic footage of a trip to the cleaners.



  • 'X-rated Confessions' - a well-after-the-watershed broadcast of anonymous solicitors and barristers discussing their affairs with pupils and assistants. Included would be a section on 'sex in the courtroom - how and where to get away with it'.