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Reasonable Doubt

Episode 8 of 13

Rookie barrister Roger Thursby tackles his first case using a jury! Stars Richard Briers, Ann Davies and Peter Jones. From 1970.

Can rookie barrister Roger Thursby cope with his first case in court using a jury?

Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was first published in 1955.

Adapted for radio from Frank Muir & Denis Norden's BBC TV scripts by Richard Waring.

Roger Thursby …. Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove …. Richard Waring
Sally Mannering …. Ann Davies
Grimes …. John Glyn-Jones

Other parts played by:

Sam Kydd
Malcolm Hayes
Peter Jones

Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1970.

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