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Solicitor's Instructions

Episode 11 of 13

Barrister Roger Thursby takes on an elaborate drink-driving case. Stars Richard Briers and James Hayter. From August 1970.

Barrister Roger Thursby takes on an elaborate drink-driving case.

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

Adapted for radio by Richard Waring from the BBC TV scripts written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

Henry Blagrove …. Richard Briers
Grimes …. John Glyn-Jones
Sally Mannering …. Ann Davies
Tewkesbury …. James Hayter
The Magistrate …. Geoffrey Sumner

Other parts played by:

Alan Barry
Ronald Forfar
John Gabriel
Leslie Heritage

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

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1970.

30 minutes

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