From her first reading of the scripts back in December 2003 she knew that Outlaws was going to be good - 'I read the first two scripts that Steve (Coombes, the creator/lead writer) had written which he had been working on for quite a while. They were a brilliant read and were in really good shape. They were fast paced and very funny. It's rare you pick up a script, read it and think it's perfect but in this case the scripts were.'

Kirstie explained how the key the scripts success was in Steve's extensive legal research - 'Steve's outlook on the world is so peculiar. He's fascinating and knows everything about the law because he's sat in courtrooms, trailed solicitors and read lots of newspapers. He's a research junkie and you can really see that in the scripts.

Kirstie laughed as she remembered how on one occasion Steve took his 'method research' to the extreme - 'The transvestite wearing a basque, stockings and suspenders in episode twelve (The Decline of British Murder to be broadcast on 17/12/04 on BBC at 10.30pm) whose dogging name is Satin is played by Steve! We didn't have to supply the wardrobe for him. He was more than happy to do that for himself and he really got into the part. He was fabulous!'

Episode twelve was also Kirstie's favourite of the series. She explained, 'By that point we know the characters so well and we've gone on this journey with them and it feels like a satisfying episode. You're really with the characters and it's just a fantastic ending to the series.'

After working on Outlaws for so long Kirstie believes that there are two main reasons for watching the show, 'Phil Daniels is really good and it's not like any lawyer show that's ever been on television. Phil and the quality of the scripts are reason enough to watch it.'

Whilst Outlaws is played for black laughs Kirstie found that during the course of the legal research she undertook there were a number of problems within the British legal system as it is today. She's particularly concerned about the treatment of juveniles within the legal system - 'If I could make one change to the law it would be the way we treat juveniles. If juveniles were put into prison for a week it would stop them re-offending whereas if you put them away for more than that they get into the whole status of being put inside and they're not frightened of it.'

So after all this legal research I wondered if Kirstie would ever consider a career change, to test her mettle down in the mags courts. Laughing and shaking her head, 'No way! It's far too stressful but I do love Grace from L.A. Law because she went out with Harry Hamlin, had really nice clothes, was hard as nails but feminine too. She's the best lawyer ever! Can I be like her?'