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4. A Death at Christmas
Episode 4 of 5
Britain's celebrated criminal barrister faces a complex case over a troubled ex-soldier charged with murder. Stars Tom Baker.
Sir Edward Marshall Hall faces a complex case over a troubled ex-soldier charged with murder.
True stories of crime and trial in a bygone age featuring the formidable barrister.
Introduced by Rumpole of the Bailey's creator, John Mortimer.
Dramatised by Michael Butt.
Tom Baker stars as Sir Edward Marshall Hall.
With:
Becky Hindley
Timothy Block
Jonathan Tafler
Robert Blythe
John Hartley
David Howarth
Director: Michael Fox
A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio, 2, first broadcast in December 1996.
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