John's political campaign starts in Bradford with rousing speeches to the crowds.

Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.

Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.

John Shawcross ...... Ian McKellen
Haslett ...... Alan Meadows
Tom Hannaway ...... Geoffrey Wheeler
Marsden ...... Herbert Smith
Lord Lostwithiel of Hereward Castle ...... Jeffrey Wickham
Lady Lettice Melland ...... Helen Ryan
Anne Artingstall ...... June Barry
Lizzie Lightowler ...... Rosalie Crutchley
Arnold Ryerson ...... Andrew Jackson
Pen Muff ...... Vida Paterson
Bellows ...... Peter Bell

Director: Trevor Hill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1979. Show less