The First Brief

Rookie barrister Roger Thursby unwittingly aids a habitual fraudster.

Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was first published in 1955.

Legendary duo Frank Muir and Denis Norden adapted it for BBC TV in 1962. This gave Richard Briers his first regular starring role as idealistic young lawyer, Roger Thursby.

Roger Thursby …. Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove …. Richard Waring
Sally Mannering …. Ann Davies
Grimes …. John Glyn-Jones
Green …. Kenneth Connor
The Judge …. John Le Mesurier

Other parts played by:

Malcolm Hayes
Fredrick Treves

Adapted from the BBC TV scripts by Richard Waring

Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1970.

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