Dr Johnson's Dictionary of Crime: A for Assassin

Comic thriller by David Ashton.

Samuel Johnson and James Boswell tackle the teeming London underworld of 1781. How can a man who has shot another at point blank range be saved from the gallows, and how can the power and vested interest of a man highly placed in His Majesty's Government be defeated?

Dr Johnson ...... Timothy West
James Boswell ...... Stuart McQuarrie
Hester Thrale ...... Joanna David
Lord Spencer ...... David Shaw-Parker
Capt John Porteous ...... Oliver Milburn
Tobias Boothroyd ...... Harry Myers
Caroline Spencer ...... Abigail Hollick
Lady Crewe ...... Teresa Gallagher
Serena Boothroyd ...... Cathy Sara
Silas Pike ...... Ron Cook

Directed by Marilyn Imrie.

A Bona Broadcasting production for BBC Radio 4.