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Cult drama series about a group of aspiring young lawyers sharing a shabby house in London, charting their careers and personal lives.
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC Two
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Season 1

  • Coming Together
    7.7/1055 votes
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    Coming Together

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/18/1996

    Anna attends an interview at a well-to-do firm of solicitors to find herself confronted by old flame Miles. While Miles considers her application, his colleague Milly and her partner Egg wonder how to fill the house they have rented, and the fifth member of the group, Warren, is also interviewed for a job.

    Director: Sam Miller

    Writer: Amy Jenkins

  • Happy Families
    7.6/1039 votes
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    Happy Families

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/25/1996

    Anna hopes to rekindle her romance with Miles - but he is less than keen. Milly makes good career progress, but Egg struggles adjust to his job - and with living with Warren.

    Director: Sam Miller

    Writer: Amy Jenkins

  • Living Dangerously
    7.6/1033 votes
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    Living Dangerously

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/1/1996

    Egg takes on a medical negligence case and becomes emotionally involved with a client who has cancer. Meanwhile, Warren discovers the truth about Delilah, and Miles chooses a bad person in whom to confide about his love life.

    Director: Sam Miller

    Writer: Amy Jenkins

  • Sex, Lies and Muesli Yoghurt
    7.6/1030 votes
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    Sex, Lies and Muesli Yoghurt

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/1996

    Delilah outstays her welcome. Anna resorts to devious means to get her way. Warren loses his cool over a muesli yoghurt.

    Director: Audrey Cooke

    Writer: Richard Zajdlic

  • Fantasy Football
    7.4/1029 votes
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    Fantasy Football

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/1996

    Egg takes his work worries to a therapist, but finds that football is the only way forward. Meanwhile, Miles thinks that his days are numbered when Delilah agrees to take an HIV test, and Anna gets an interesting offer when she uses her feminine charms to get work.

    Director: Audrey Cooke

    Writer: Richard Zajdlic

  • Family Outing
    7.6/1027 votes
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    Family Outing

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/1996

    Warren fears that Kira might 'out' him to the rest of the family. Anna tries her hand at marriage guidance. And Miles beats his father at his own game.

    Director: Audrey Cooke

    Writer: Patrick Wilde

  • Brief Encounter
    7.7/1026 votes
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    Brief Encounter

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/1996

    Anna has a passionate one-night stand, but discovers that there's no such thing as casual sex. Miles resents his father's interference at work, and Warren finds it easier to confide in a stranger than in his own brother.

    Director: Audrey Cooke

    Writer: Patrick Wilde

  • Cheap Thrills
    7.7/1026 votes
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    Cheap Thrills

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/6/1996

    Milly is losing patience with Egg's novel-writing career. Meanwhile, Anna stirs up trouble at chambers when she tries to liven up the boss's party.

    Director: Nigel Douglas

    Writer: Matthew Graham

  • Just Sex
    7.8/1029 votes
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    Just Sex

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/1996

    Warren falls in love, but when his romance turns sour he makes the decision not to live a lie. Meanwhile, Milly and O'Donnell are becoming increasingly close at work, and Jerry finds an unexpected ally in Anna.

    Director: Nigel Douglas

    Writer: Matthew Graham

  • Father Figure
    7.7/1033 votes
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    Father Figure

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/20/1996

    O'Donnell could prove to be Milly's knight in shining armour, but will she risk her relationship with Egg for a romantic fantasy? Meanwhile, Anna decides that an older man is just what she needs, and Miles deals with a flasher who claims to be a nudist.

    Director: Nigel Douglas

    Writer: Amy Jenkins

  • Let's Get It On
    7.8/1035 votes
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    Let's Get It On

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/3/1996

    Milly is feeling let down and confused, Egg is sure that he has been two-timed, Anna has to decide between youth and experience, and Warren discovers that alcohol doesn't help one's powers of persuasion.

    Director: Nigel Douglas

    Writer: Amy Jenkins