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The Bench is a Welsh television legal drama series, co-created by Matthew Robinson and lead writer Catherine Treganna, that first broadcast on BBC One Wales from 17 October 2001. The English-language series follows the daily lives of a group of the prosecutors and defenders of a busy magistrates court, including long suffering Des Davies and young whippersnapper Ranjit Singh.
Original Release
10/17/2001
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mark Lewis Jones | Des Davies |
| Brian Hibbard | Ralph Jenkins |
| Eiry Thomas | Cheryl Cates |
| Eluned Jones | Val Sullivan |
| Philip McGough | Peter Mansell |
| Roger Evans | Hugh Evans |
| Phaldut Sharma | Ranjit Singh |
| Lesley Vickerage | Katharine Tyrell |
| Michael Povey | Mr. Meadows |
| Anita Reynolds | Nita Jones / Nita Jones5 |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode #2.1 | |
| 2 | Episode #2.2 | |
| 3 | Episode #2.3 | |
| 4 | Episode #2.4 | |
| 5 | Episode #2.5 | |
| 6 | Episode #2.6 | |
| 7 | Episode #2.7 | |
| 8 | Episode #2.8 | |
| 9 | Episode #2.9 | |
| 10 | Episode #2.10 |
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Directors
Matthew Evans, Keith Washington, Emlyn Williams
Writers
Catherine Tregenna, Jon Tregenna, Jason Sutton, Matthew Robinson, Roger Williams
Creators
Catherine Tregenna, Matthew Robinson
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mark Lewis Jones | Des Davies |
| Brian Hibbard | Ralph Jenkins |
| Eiry Thomas | Cheryl Cates |
| Eluned Jones | Val Sullivan |
| Philip McGough | Peter Mansell |
| Roger Evans | Hugh Evans |
| Phaldut Sharma | Ranjit Singh |
| Lesley Vickerage | Katharine Tyrell |
| Michael Povey | Mr. Meadows |
| Anita Reynolds | Nita Jones / Nita Jones5 |
| Duncan Bett | Eric Hughes |
| Dafydd Hywel | Wynford Thomas |
| Kerry Joy Stewart | Sandra Dewick |
| Judi Jones | Margaret Mathias |
| Jason May | Gaz Powell |
| Dorien Thomas | Warren Lucas |
| Martin Cole | Wayne Hayward |
| Lisa Palfrey | Jules Bowen |
| Ranjit Krishnamma | Vic Lloyd |
| Robert Harper | Tim Jarvis / Tim |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Matthew Robinson | Executive Producer |
| Karen Lewis | Producer |
| Dawn Walters | Producer |
