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form y separately published work icon The Attorney General single work   radio play   historical fiction  
Adaptation of The Attorney-General Phillip Grenville Mann , 1961 single work film/TV
Note: Adapted for broadcast by Michael Hardwick with Noel Johnson.
Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 The Attorney General
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'Australia, 1830. A brutal and cold-blooded murder of a coloured man by a young English officer forges a chain of violence and intrigue, and leads to a dramatic fight for justice.'

Source: Radio Times, 8 March 1962, p.22.

Production Details

  • First broadcast on BBC Radio (Home Service) on 10 March 1962, at 8:30pm.

    Repeated (on Home Service Basic) on 12 March 1962, at 3pm.

    Produced by Norman Wright.

    Cast members included Lewis Stringer (Sergeant Lane), John Hollis (Sergeant Constantine), Rolf Lefebvre (Lieutenant Ned Louden), Eva Stuart (Bessie Constantine), Peter Clauchton (Captain Matthew Alcot), Brian Haines (Nathaniel Carlton), Hamilton Dyce (Robert McDonald), Michael Spice (Sanders), Noel Johnson (Thomas Morland), Frank Partington (Joshua Beer), Denys Hawthorne (Second Lieutenant Taylor), Barry Wallman (Second Lieutenant Newton), Keith Buckley (Jack Salisbury), Patricia Bendall (Martha Salisbury), and Eagle Grey (Counsel for the Defense).

    (Production details via Radio Times, 8 March 1962, p.22.)

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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ,       1962 .
      Series: form y separately published work icon Saturday Night Theatre United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1943-1998 6430225 1943 series - publisher radio play

      A BBC radio anthology series broadcasting (usually) ninety-minute radio plays on Saturday nights: the plays were usually genre focused (crime, mysteries, or comedies) and included original works and adaptations of stage plays and novels.
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