Terence Rattigan - The Winslow Boy

It is easy to do justice - very hard to do right'.

Let Right Be Done - is the the theme of this drama by Terence Rattigan - set just before the First World War.

A father battles to prove the innocence of his son, accused of stealing a postal order at his Edwardian naval college.

His stubborn quest sparks reverberations at the House of Commons.

Arthur Winslow - Michael Aldridge

Grace Winslow - Pauline Letts

Catherine Winslow - Sarah Badel

Dickie Winslow - Michael Maloney

Ronnie Winslow - John McAndrew

Violet - Peggy Page

Attorney-General - Nicholas Courtney

John Watherstone - David Timson

Miss Barnes - Margaret Robertson

Mrs Beggs - Gladys Spencer

Desmond Curry - Michael Spice

Herbert Ridgeley-Pearce - John Rye

1st Lord of the Admiralty - Patrick Barr

Sir Robert Morton - Aubrey Woods

Adapted from Terence Rattigan's stage and TV scripts and directed by Ian Cotterell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1981.

A theft at an Edwardian naval school sparks reverberations at the House of Commons

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