Perish By the Sword
Labour briefly tastes of power, and fortunes are made and lost as Hamer Shawcross concludes his memoirs. Stars Sir Ian McKellen.
Labour briefly tastes of power, and fortunes are made and lost as Hamer Shawcross concludes his memoirs.
Ian McKellen stars in the story of John Hamer Shawcross - set against the wider current of events in England in the early 19th century.
Howard Spring's novel freely adapted by Ken Whitmore.
John Hamer Shawcross 鈥�. Sir Ian McKellen
Jimmy Newboult 鈥�. John Baldwin
Lady Lettice Melland 鈥�. Helen Ryan
Lady Hannaway 鈥�. Romy Baskerville
Arnold Tyerson 鈥�. Andrew Jackson
Pen Ryerson 鈥�. Vida Paterson
Lizzie Lightowler 鈥�. Rosalie Crutchley
Tom Hannaway 鈥�. Geoffrey Wheeler
Alice Ryerson 鈥�. Valerie Georgeson
Charles Shawcross 鈥�. Richard Durden
Pendleton 鈥�. Rory Scase
Director: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in February 1979.
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