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The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by DAVID EDGAR , with Peter McEnery as Albie Sachs
On the morning of Tuesday, 1 October 1963 Albert Louis Sachs , a Cape Town lawyer, was arrested under the General Law Amendment Act proposed by the then Minister of Justice, Mr B. J. Vorster. Section 17 of the Act provided for the solitary detention for a 90 day period of any person considered to be capable of supplying information on subversive activities, the 90 day period being renewable ad infinitum.
Lighting ALAN HORNE
Designer ALLAN ANSOM
Producer ALAN SHALLCROSS Director KEVIN BILLINGHAM

Contributors

Unknown:
David Edgar
Unknown:
Peter McEnery
Unknown:
Albie Sachs
Unknown:
Albert Louis Sachs
Unknown:
Mr B. J. Vorster.
Unknown:
Alan Horne
Designer:
Allan Ansom
Producer:
Alan Shallcross
Lt Wagenaar:
Warren Clarke
Phil Freeman:
Julian Glover
Warrant Officer Snyman:
Stratford Johns
Capt Rossouw:
David Calder
Warrant Officer Vlok:
Bernard Gallagher
Col McIntyre:
John Rolfe
Capt Swanepoel:
John Malcolm
Dr Kraal:
Antony Brown
Danny Young:
Hugh Quarshie
Sergeants:
Edward Peel
Sergeants:
Paul Antrim
Sergeants:
Lawrence Bates
Constables:
Sean Caffrey
Constables:
Geoffrey Greenhill
Constables:
Harry Fielder
Constables:
Jacob Noel
Source: Radio Times

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