John Mortimer Presents: The Trials of Marshall Hall

4. A Death at Christmas

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 30^th Jul 2015, 06:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Fri 21^st Apr 2023, 01:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Sir Edward Marshall Hall faces a complex case over a troubled ex-soldier charged with murder.

True stories of crime and trial in a bygone age featuring the formidable barrister.

Introduced by Rumpole of the Bailey's creator, John Mortimer.

Dramatised by Michael Butt.

Tom Baker stars as Sir Edward Marshall Hall.

With:

Becky Hindley
Timothy Block
Jonathan Tafler
Robert Blythe
John Hartley
David Howarth

Director: Michael Fox

A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio, 2, first broadcast in December 1996. Show less