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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 1970.

New barrister Roger Thursby is convinced 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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4 in July 1970.

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