let me bring in clive coleman, former bbc news legal affairs correspondent, ourformer colleague, trained barrister, now writing yourself plays and films. what is your take both as a writer and a trained lawyer? as a writer, it is interesting. i have a brought with me a contract that i had to sign. the writers are asked to give warranties. and let me read this one from the duke, which was a film where the two principal characters actually were both dead... fantastic film. about the theft of the amazing artwork. correct, duke of wellington's portrait. thank you, that is kind of you. some of the other characters were still alive, so we had to sign this contract. and one of the clauses reads, "to the best of the writers' knowledge and belief, "after due enquiry, the work will not contain defamatory "or obscene or racially inflammatory or blasphemous "matter of any kind. " as a writer, you take this incredibly seriously, and you really do do your due diligence. i take it maybe more seriously than other writers because i have also sat in a few defamation cases and i would never be want to be p