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A Madman of Convenience

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The true story of a young surgeon committed in 1823 to Bedlam accused of the attempted assassination of George IV. He never had a trial and not only might he have been innocent, he might not have been mad. Written by Terry James.
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Contributors

Writer:
Terry James
Director:
Janet Whitaker
David Griffiths:
Jack Klaff
Richenda Clifford:
Samantha Bond
Sir David Scott:
John Shrapnel
Johnjenkins, MP:
Colin Jeavons
Barnaby Fairbanks:
Timothy Bateson
Lady Walton:
Maxine Audley
Mrs Musgrave:
Elizabeth Kelly
Co/batch:
Norman Jones
Committee Chairman:
Timothy Carlton
Priest:
James Greene
Keeper Samson:
Ronald Herdman
Trangmar:
Ian Lindsay
Newnham:
James Simmons
Dainbridge:
Andrew Wincott

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