Episode 7 - Naming the Names
By September, everyone is gathering in Nuremberg for ‘The Trial of The Century’ except the courtroom isn’t built, the Judges are still in Berlin and none of the Nazis have counsel.
September 1945. Everyone is gathering in Nuremberg for the ‘Trial Of The Century’ except the courtroom isn’t ready, the judges are still in Berlin and none of the Nazis have lawyers – and exactly who will be formally accused?
It’s the last few weeks before the trial: who will actually be indicted? The names keep changing – and there are still some surprises...and blunders. And will the courtroom be rebuilt on time? It doesn’t help when the floor collapses. And who will actually serve the indictments on the defendants? Major Neave, fluent German-speaker and first man to escape from Colditz, is tasked with serving the indictments. Starring Freddie Fox as Major Airey Neave, Court Liaison Officer, and featuring Clive Wood as Francis Biddle, Principal American judge.
Major Airey Neave - FREDDIE FOX
Peggy - ROSIE SHEEHY
Robert H Jackson - JOSEPH MYDELL
Sir Geoffrey Lawrence - NICHOLAS WOODESON
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe - FORBES MASSON
Judge Biddle - CLIVE WOOD
Colonel Burton Andrus - JOSEPH ALESSI
Hermann Goering - NIGEL LINDSAY
Iona Nikitchenko - HENRY GOODMAN
Harold Willey and other roles - ILAN GOODMAN
Sir Norman Birkett and other roles - ANDREW WOODALL
Colonel Gill and other roles - NATHAN WILEY
Joachim von Ribbentrop and other roles - JASPER BRITTON
Henri Donnedieu de Vabres and other roles - JONATHAN CULLEN
Titles - LEWIS MACLEOD
Sound Designer - ADAM WOODHAMS
Studio Manager - MARK SMITH
Casting Director - GINNY SCHILLER
Original Score - METAPHOR MUSIC
Writer and Director - JONATHAN MYERSON
Producer - NICHOLAS NEWTON
A Promenade Production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 and 91Èȱ¬ Sounds
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Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals
The story of the trial of Nazi war criminals following Germany's surrender in 1945.