Clive Coleman is a barrister turned BBC News Legal Correspondent and award-winning comedy writer. His television comedy credits include Spitting Image, Dead Ringers, and Chambers, his Radio 4 and BBC1 sitcom about barristers starring John Bird and Sarah Lancashire. Coleman and Bean also collaborated on Great Britain for the National Theatre, directed by Nicholas Hytner. He has also been a Times columnist, written for the Guardian and Independent and presented BBC programmes including Panorama (BBC 1), Law in Action and Profile (Radio 4).