What happens
Anthony Keene, a noted barrister, takes on the defence of Madeline Paradine, who stands accused of poisoning her blind husband, Colonel Richard Paradine, a decorated war hero. Keene's friend Sir Simon Flaquer advises on the case, while Keene's own feelings grow complicated as he meets the accused woman. The episode is the Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation of The Paradine Case, featuring Joseph Cotten, Valli and Louis Jourdan. It was broadcast on May 9, 1949. The story follows the trial preparations and the courtroom proceedings as the prosecution presses its case and Keene searches for a defence.
London, England, in the period after Colonel Richard Paradine's death, including Holloway Prison, the Keene household, Hindley Hall in Cumberland, and the Central Criminal Court
Characters: Anthony Keene, Mrs. Paradine, Sir Simon Flaquer, Judy, Andre Latour, Gay Keene, Inspector Ambrose, Mr. Larkin
Listen for: The exchanges in the courtroom as the prosecution questions the butler, Mr. Larkin, about Colonel Paradine's habits and the burgundy wine
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.