Clive Coleman

Clive Coleman (born October 1961) is an English barrister playwright, film and sitcom writer and journalist. From 2010 to 2020, he was the BBC News Legal Correspondent.

Coleman qualified as a barrister in 1986 and practised until 1990 when he became a lecturer on the bar vocational course and began writing. He wrote for the sitcom Hair In The Gate and the TV comedy series Spitting Image, and Dead Ringers. He also contributed to The Bill and Crossroads; and wrote the comedy drama High Table starring Dawn French. Coleman wrote the sitcom Chambers, which ran on the radio for three series before moving to TV. He collaborated with Richard Bean on the plays Great Britain (2014) and the play Young Marx (2017). The pair also wrote the film The Duke, released in 2022.

From 2004 to 2010, Coleman presented the BBC Radio 4 legal analysis programme Law in Action. In 2010 Coleman became the BBC's Legal Correspondent. He also has presented other BBC programmes including Panorama BBC 1, 2009 The Death of Kiss and Tell, and Pick of the Week, Profile, and The Cases That Changed Our World on Radio 4. Coleman has also been a columnist for The Times, and has also written for The Guardian and The Independent.