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When Nottingham Virgin Records displays the Sex Pistols album Never Mind The Bollocks in the window, the local police take offence. The local shop manager looks like he might take the rap when Virgin boss Richard Branson manufactures a row and the case goes to court.

The stage is set for a showdown between Sir John Mortimer QC and the local guardians of morality. And it's more than just strong language that's on trial.

Michael Eaton's drama evokes England of the late 1970s - a time of strikes, poverty and power cuts. Against this background, the country's attitude to the Sex Pistols, punk and the angry youth they represented is tested.

Regina v Searle was heard at Court Three at Nottingham鈥檚 Guildhall on the chill morning of November 27, 1977. Witnesses included artist Caroline Coon, and the stern Scottish Professor James Kinsley of Nottingham University, an expert in Medieval Linguistics.

Cast:
Nicholas Boulton as David Ritchie QC, and Inspector Phil Newton
Jon Culshaw as John Lydon, Richard Branson and Malcolm McLaren
Philip Jackson as The Narrator
Alistair McGowan as John Mortimer QC
Alana Ramsey as WPC Julie Storey
Wilf Scolding as Christopher Searle and Sergeant Stone
John Wark as Professor Kinsley
Gemma Whelan as The Commentator

Writer: Michael Eaton
Director: David Morley
Sound Presentation: Wilfredo Acosta
Sound Design: Tom Maggs

A Perfectly Normal production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 4