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Afternoon Theatre: A Criminal Practice

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Selected for Friday
A comedy for radio by Terrance Dicks

Newly qualified and full of youthful idealism, Matthew Larrabie joins his uncle's firm of solicitors. But George Larrabie has a criminal practice, and Matthew finds himself defending hardened villains like Ginger Smith. Fred Selby, the little man in trouble, is much more Matthew's sort of client. But a lawyer's life can be full of surprises - as Matthew finds out...

Contributors

Writer:
Terrance Dicks
Producer:
John Gibson
Matthew Larrabie:
Anthony Jackson
George Larrabie:
Preston Lockwood
Penelope Hibbart:
Elizabeth Proud
The Judge:
Walter Fitzgerald
Clerk of the Court:
Douglas Hankin
Ginger Smith:
Charles Leno
Fred Selby:
Bartlett Mullins
Gilbert Phelps:
Alexander John
Jenkins:
Geoffrey Wincott
Miss Reed:
Beth Boyd
Mr Lewis:
Alan Dudley
Det-Con Stanton, CID:
Nigel Clayton
Det-Sgt Baker, CID:
Victor Lucas
Det-Insp Braithwaite, CID:
Humphrey Morton
Guido Palermo:
Antony Viccars
Source: Radio Times

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