Witness For The Prosecution

Much adapted for the stage and made particularly famous by Billy Wilder's 1957 film of the same name, this tale of murder amongst the upper classes has now been adapted for BBC Television by the same team that assembled last year's ratings-topper And Then There Were None, a drama which managed to satisfy critics and audience alike.

Murder stalks society London as the glamorous and wealthy Emily French is found dead. Suspicion immediately falls on Leonard Vole, the beneficiary of her vast fortune and by the account of French's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mackenzie the man almost certain of taking her life. Vole however claims his innocence, his alibi the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine: is what he says true, and can he prove all he says? With solicitor John Mayhew and Kings Counsel, Sir Charles Carter KC on his side, the game is set