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The Lady Chatterley Trial

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Regina v Penguin Books Ltd
Presenter Helena Kennedy. The Old Bailey, 20 October 1960: the start of one of the most important and controversial trials of the English legal system. Was D H Lawrence 's Lady Chatterley's Lover just a dirty book or was it literature?
With comments from the current DPP, Allan Green , and Lord Hutchinson.
Compiled by Jack Emery from the original transcript.
Director John Theocharis. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Helena Kennedy.
Unknown:
H Lawrence
Unknown:
Allan Green
Unknown:
Jack Emery
Director:
John Theocharis.
Mr Justice Byrne:
Richard Vernon
Mervyn Griffith-Jones, QC:
John Shrapnel
Gerald Gardiner, QC:
Frederick Treves
Jeremy Hutchinson:
John Rowe
Clerk of the Court:
Jack Emery
Graham Hough/Roy Jenkins:
Denis Lill
Helen Gardner:
Margaret Courtenay
Bishop of Woolwich:
Michael Kilgarriff
Richard Hoggart:
Terry Molloy
EM Forster:
Danny Schiller
Dr C J Hemming:
David Neal
Norman St John-Stevas:
Nicholas Gilbrook
Dilys Powell:
Susan Sheridan
John Connell:
John Church
Source: Radio Times

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