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Bad Company

on BBC Two England

Second of this powerful two-part drama, written by Don Shaw, which looks at the case of the four men convicted in 1979 of the murder of Carl Bridgewater.
Following the murder at the farm next door, the mother of the youngest of the imprisoned men begins to campaign for the release of her son and the other three, one of whom dies in prison. She is supported in her fight by her son's stepfather, and a campaigning journalist on a national newspaper comes to her aid. An extraordinary rite of passage for both mother and son, the story moves through the 1980s to the present day. For full cast see Monday.

Contributors

Writer:
Don Shaw
Ann Whelan:
Susan Wooldridge
Michael Hickey:
Jonny Lee Miller
Paul Foot:
Angus Deayton
Mr Justice Glidewell:
James Greene
Lord Chief Justice Lane:
Nicholas Selby
Lord Justice Russell:
John Southworth
Dr Derek Davies:
Bill Wallis
Prison Governor:
John Rowe

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