Is It Legal? (1995)

Name: Is It Legal?
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Kate Isitt, Jeremy Clyde, Richard Lumsden, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Barlow

Comedy

Is It Legal? is a British television sitcom set in a solicitors office in Hounslow, west London, which ran from 1995 to 1998. It was produced by Hartswood Films and was shown on ITV for Series 1-2 and Channel 4 for Series 3. It was written by Simon Nye, who also wrote other ITV sitcoms such as Men Behaving Badly and Hardware.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (133 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 -0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1995)

6.95 avg 4 episodes 7.1 → 7.2

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Death in Hounslow	7.1	9
2	Whodunnit?	6.7	8
3	Dick's House of Horror	6.8	7
4	Colin Heals the World	7.2	7