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4. A Death at Christmas

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.

30 minutes

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