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THE TRIAL OF THOMAS BECKET

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

by Nesta Pain with Robert Hardy
Michael Hordern , Lee Montague A reconstruction of events at the Castle of Northampton when Thomas Becket , Archbishop of Canterbury, was called to answer a charge that he had failed to perform a feudal duty to the King. The programme is based on the accounts of eye-witnesses and the letters of Becket and Gilbert Foliot.
The Earl of Leicester.MICHAEL SPICE
Produced by NESTA PAIN
Michael Hordern Is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Nesta Pain
Unknown:
Robert Hardy
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Lee Montague
Unknown:
Thomas Becket
Unknown:
Gilbert Foliot.
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Produced By:
Michael Hordern
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Lee Montague
Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London:
Michael Hordern
Herbert of Bosham, Becket's confessor:
Michael Deacon
King Henry:
Robert Hardy
Bishops:Henry of Winchester:
Rolf Lefebvre
Roger of York:
James Thomason
Hilary of Chichester:
Brian Badcoe
Bartholomew of Exeter:
Ralph Truman
Robert of Hereford:
John Bentley
William FitzStephen, Becket's chaplain:
Peter Baldwin
Source: Radio Times

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