Brothers In Law on BBC radio

Was a book by Henry Cecil published in 1955 about the adventures of a newly qualified young barrister. The book was made into a film in 1957 with Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael & Terry Thomas.

In 1962 the BBC produced a 13 part TV series with Richard Waring as Henry Blagrove, Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Kendall Grimes, & June Barry as Sally Mannering.

Nearly 8 years later, BBC Radio undertook adaptations of all the TV episodes, Waring, Briers & Glyn-Jones reviving their roles. Following on from this, creator Henry Cecil in partnership with Basil Dawson created two series of further adventures for young barrister Roger Thursby.

Series/No	Date	Title	TV script by:
1/1	9/6/70	The First Brief	Frank Muir & Dennis Nordern
1/2	16/6/70	The Expert Witness	Frank Muir & Dennis Nordern
1/3	23/6/70	Breach of Contract	Richard Waring
1/4	30/6/70	Judgment Summons	Richard Waring
1/5	7/7/70	Counsel's Opinion	Richard Waring
1/6	14/7/70	Special Damages	Frank Muir & Dennis Nordern
1/7	21/7/70	Separation Order	Frank Muir & Dennis Nordern
1/8	28/7/70	Reasonable Doubt	Richard Waring
1/9	4/8/70	With Use of Bath	Myles Rudge
1/10	11/8/70	Without Due Care	Richard Waring
1/11	18/8/70	Solicitor's Instructions	David Climie
1/12	25/8/70	Special Examiner	Frank Muir & Dennis Nordern
1/13	1/9/70	Counsel For the Prosecution	Frank Muir & Dennis Nordern

2/1	13/7/71	Look It Up
2/2	20/7/71	Tell 'em the Tale
2/3	27/7/71	Statistics
2/4	3/8/71	In and Out
2/5	10/8/71	Polite Notice
2/6	17/8/71	Circling the Square
2/7	24/8/71	In Reverse
2/8	31/8/71	But...
2/9	7/9/71	Disqualified
2/10	14/9/71	One Thousand Four Hundred And Seven By One
2/11	21/9/71	A Jewel of a Husband
2/12	28/9/71	Keeping It Warm
2/13	5/10/71	Brief Offer

3/1	24/4/72	Deaf Aid
3/2	1/5/72	One Double Or Two Singles
3/3	8/5/72	Menaces
3/4	15/5/72	Obstruction
3/5	22/5/72	Assault
3/6	29/5/72	Manipulation
3/7	5/6/72	And So On
3/8	12/6/72	Good Husband and Father
3/9	19/6/72	Faults On Both Sides
3/10	26/6/72	What Do You Do?
3/11	3/7/72	Crabtree Disease
3/12	10/7/72	A Piece Of Cake
3/13	17/7/72	Alibi

Production Details.
Series One
adapted by Richard Waring from the television scripts, based on the book by Henry Cecil.
produced by David Hatch

Regular Cast
Richard Briers (Roger Thursby), Richard Waring (Henry Blagrove), John Glyn-Jones (Grimes), Ann Davies (Sally)

Guest actors
Kenneth Connor, John Le Mesurier; Richard Caldicott, Aimi McDonald, Richard Wattis, Thorley Walters, Jean Anderson, Patrick Cargill, James Beck, Basil Dignum, Liz Frazer, Frank Thornton, Peter Jones, Sam Kidd, Deryck Guyler, Nicholas Phipps, Jon Pertwee, James Hayter, Geoffrey Sumner, Fenella Fielding, Terence Alexander, Roy Kinnear, Andrew Cruikshank

Series Two
written by Henry Cecil & Basil Dawson
produced by David Hatch (1-10, 13)
Simon Brett (11,12)

Regular Cast
Richard Briers (Roger Thursby), John Glyn-Jones (Grimes), Julia Lockwood (Sally), Bridget Armstrong (Joy),

Guest actors
Terence Alexander (Henry Blagrove - Episodes 1 & 3), Jean Anderson (Mrs Thursby - Episodes 11, 12, 13), John Le Mesurier, Richard Wattis, Basil Dignum, James Beck, Gerald Cross, David Jason, Robert Dorning, Bill Wallis, Blake Butler, Andrew Cruikshank, Brian Oulton, John Barron, Peter Jones, James Hayter, Barbara Windsor, Frank Thornton, John Bluthal, Norman Bird, Francis de Woolf, Dennis Ramsden

Series Three
written by Henry Cecil & Basil Dawson (1-6, 8, 11-13)
Henry Cecil (7, 9, 10)
produced by Trafford Whitelock

Regular Cast
Richard Briers (Roger Thursby), John Glyn-Jones (Grimes), Julia Lockwood (Sally), Bridget Armstrong (Joy), Jean Anderson (Mrs Thursby)

Guest actors
Dennis Ramsden, Blake Butler, Felix Felton, Sam Kidd, Alec Bregonzi, Nigel Anthony, Joan Sims, Paul Witsun Jones, Noel Howlett, James Hayter, Michael Hordern, Geoffrey Sumner, Alfie Bass, Henry McGee, John Le Mesurier, Francis de Woolf, Gerald Cross, Arthur Mullard