The Age of Leo Trotsky Part 1 (Original title)
Date: 07 November 1973 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Colin Cant
Synopsis: Leo Trotsky can neither read nor write. His education has been provided by scrap-metal dealer Jack Smith and their home is in the back of a lorry. Now they have been accused of stealing copper, but Leo has no birth certificate, and unless he is at least 10 years old, he cannot be held criminally responsible.
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 07 November 1973Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 13:30-14:00Runtime: 30 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 07 November 1973not specified
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Video materials(1)
Description: 2-inch QuadruplexTX date: 1973-11-07BFI identifier: C-999716
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Date: 07 November 1973 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Colin Cant
Synopsis: Leo Trotsky can neither read nor write. His education has been provided by scrap-metal dealer Jack Smith and their home is in the back of a lorry. Now they have been accused of stealing copper, but Leo has no birth certificate, and unless he is at least 10 years old, he cannot be held criminally responsible.
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 07 November 1973Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 13:30-14:00Runtime: 30 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 07 November 1973not specified
Credits
(6)
Production Company: Granada Television, Producer: Quentin Lawrence, Researcher: Martin Weitz, Script: David Blunt, Designer: Knowles Bentley
Cast
(16)
William Mervyn (Mr Justice Campbell), Richard Wilson (Jeremy Parsons QC), Jonathan Elsom (Marcus Golding), John Alkin (Barry Deeley), Reg Lye (Jack Smith), Eric Holliday (Leo Trotsky), Jack Woolgar (Ernest Richards), Elizabeth Begley (Irene Richards), Hugh Ross (PC Walker), Bill Treacher (Sergeant Barnet), Walter Sparrow (Jimmy Dobie), Rosalie Williams (Mrs Brandon), Richard Colson (clerk of court), David Boliver (jury foreman), Joseph Berry (court usher), Peter Wheeler (court reporter)Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: 2-inch QuadruplexTX date: 1973-11-07BFI identifier: C-999716
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape