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How MP Noel Pemberton Billing's libel battle rocked Lloyd George's government in 1917.

How MP Noel Pemberton Billing's treason accusations sparked a libel battle rocking PM David Lloyd George. Stars Leslie Phillips.

In 1917, Member of Parliament Noel Pemberton Billing publishes a review of a performance of Oscar Wilde's ‘Salome’.

This accuses the leading actress of treason, and precipitates a libel action.

The scandalous revelations rock Prime Minister David Lloyd George's administration to its very foundations.

It also keeps the nation extremely amused...

Starring Ronald Pickup, Leslie Phillips and Celia Imrie. 

Comedy drama written by Colin Haydn Evans.

Noel Pemberton Billing …. Ronald Pickup
Lord Justice Darling …. Leslie Phillips
Maud Allen …. Celia Imrie
Jack Grime …. Robert Whelan
Casson …. Simon Carter
Spencer …. Robert Daws
Repington …. Graham Padden
The General …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Lloyd George …. Norman Rodway
Ransome …. John Howe
Eileen Villiers-Stuart …. Susan Jeffrey
Dr Savage …. Andrew Readman
Other parts played by members of the cast.

Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Chris Wallis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.

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