
Terence Rattigan - The Winslow Boy
A theft at an Edwardian naval school sparks reverberations at the House of Commons. Stars Michael Aldridge and Sarah Badel.
"It is easy to do justice - very hard to do right".
Let Right Be Done - is the the theme of this drama by Terence Rattigan - set just before the First World War.
A father battles to prove the innocence of his son, accused of stealing a postal order at his Edwardian naval college.
His stubborn quest sparks reverberations at the House of Commons.
Arthur Winslow ...... Michael Aldridge
Grace Winslow ...... Pauline Letts
Catherine Winslow ...... Sarah Badel
Dickie Winslow ...... Michael Maloney
Ronnie Winslow ...... John McAndrew
Violet ...... Peggy Page
Attorney-General ...... Nicholas Courtney
John Watherstone ...... David Timson
Miss Barnes ...... Margaret Robertson
Mrs Beggs ...... Gladys Spencer
Desmond Curry ...... Michael Spice
Herbert Ridgeley-Pearce ...... John Rye
1st Lord of the Admiralty ...... Patrick Barr
Sir Robert Morton ...... Aubrey Woods
Adapted from Terence Rattigan's stage and TV scripts and directed by Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1981.
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