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Episode 5 of 13

Can rookie barrister Roger Thursby stop a leak of confidential information? Stars Richard Briers and Ann Davies. From 1970.

Can rookie barrister Roger Thursby stop a leak of confidential information?

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
Grimes .... John-Glyn Jones
Sally Mannering ...... Ann Davies
Mrs Pieman ...... Frances Bennett
Mrs Mannering ...... Betty Cooper

Other parts played by:

Patricia Gallimore
Malcom Hayes

Audio 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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