Episodes
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| 19950325 | 20240420 (BBC7) 20240421 (BBC7) |
In 1917, MP Noel Pemberton Billing published a review of a performance of Oscar Wilde's ‘Salome', accusing the leading actress of treason, and precipitated a libel action whose scandalous revelations rocked Lloyd George's administration to its very foundations - and keep the nation extremely amused.
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 1995.
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.
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 19950325 | 20240420 (BBC7) 20240421 (BBC7) |