21:25

Murder Not Proven?: 1: Open Season

Thu 17^th May 1984, 21:25 on BBC One London

by Peter May
Based on the book by Jack House

In addition to the normal verdicts in English law of guilty or not guilty there is a third, unique to Scottish law: not proven.

A dramatised reconstruction of three famous Scottish murder cases asks - did the jury make the right decision - was 'murder not proven.'

August 1893. Alfred John Monson has leased Ardlamont House in Argyllshire for the summer and 20-year-old Cecil Hambrough is looking forward to the shooting season. However Cecil's life is insured by Monson for a huge sum.

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Writer:: Peter May
Based on the book by:: Jack House
Script Editor:: Maggie Allen
Designer:: Alex Gourlay
Producer:: Bob McIntosh
Director:: Roderick Graham
Cecil Hambrough:: Adam Richardson
Alfred John Monson:: John Vine
Narrator:: Andrew Keir
Solicitor-General:: Michael Sheard
J Comrie Thomson:: Norman Rodway
Mrs Monson:: Sally Faulkner
John McLean:: Finlay Welsh
Edward Scott:: Brian Peck
George Lamont:: James Copeland
John Steven:: Bill Denniston
Archibald Whyte:: Phil McCall
Dr MacMillan:: Derek Anders
Beresford Loftus Tottenham:: Allan O'Keefe
Major Hambrough:: Conrad Phillips
Dr Broadfoot:: Michael Elder
Judge:: David Steuart
Clerk of Court:: John Shedden
Macer:: Lea Ashton
Donald McKellar:: James Kennedy
Stewart McNicol:: John Buick
James McNaughton:: Dave Anderson
Dr Henry Littlejohn:: Brown Derby
James Hanks Loching:: Derek Martin
William Henry Keen:: Leslie Schofield
Professor Hay:: Alastair Cording
Jury Foreman:: Jimmy Martin

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