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New barrister Roger Thursby reckons he's got an easy case, but has he? Stars Richard Briers and Patrick Cargill. From July 1970.

New barrister Roger Thursby reckons he's got an easy case, but has he?

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

Adapted for radio from Frank Muir & Denis Norden's BBC TV scripts by Richard Waring.

Roger Thursby …. Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove …. Richard Waring
Sally Mannering …. Ann Davies
Chapfield …. Patrick Cargill
Grimes …. John Glyn-Jones
Coles …. James Beck
Judge Harcourt …. Basil Dignam

Other parts played by:

Alan Barry
Malcolm Hayes
Frederick Treves.

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

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1970.

30 minutes

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