The First Brief

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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.