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Detective: The Prisoner's Plea

BBC One
on BBC One London

A crime series
This week: Lee Montague as Hillary Waugh's Police Chief Fellows investigates the Prisoner's Plea
Dramatised by William Emms

The date for Ernest Jackson's execution has been set. In 17 days he will go to the chair for the murder of his wife - brutally killed three years earlier. In despair he appeals to Police Chief Fellows; the evidence which led to his conviction is purely circumstantial; no motive has been proved. Disturbed at the possibility of a miscarriage of justice, Fellows spends his vacation pursuing the now cold trail. Was some vital clue overlooked? Did some other person have a motive for the killing? The days pass, and gradually Fellows begins to uncover the truth.
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Contributors

Author:
Hillary Waugh
Dramatised by:
William Emms
Script editor:
Anthea Browne-Wilkinson
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
Jordan Lawrence
Director:
Jonathan Alwyn
Fellows:
Lee Montague
McCarthy:
Patrick Westwood
Jackson:
Philip Madoc
Mills:
Warren Stanhope
Mrs Baxter:
Patricia English
Jones:
Joe Melia
Walker:
Maurice Kaufmann
Girl:
Valerie St John
Spencer:
Alan Tilvern
Acton:
Barry Keegan
Wiggin:
George Margo
Dick Spencer:
Iain Smith
Source: Radio Times

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