Janet Godfrey (Elizabeth Spriggs) and Paul Flood (David Battley) are both charged with the manslaughter of 17 people, who died as the result of a fire at a Fulchester nightclub of which Mrs Godfrey was the owner and Mr Flood its general manager. The deaths are claimed by the prosecution to be the direct consequence of gross negligence.<br /><br />Caroline Blakiston returns as the scary prosecution counsel, Kathleen Fenton QC and is perhaps best known for her appearance with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple in "At Bertrams Hotel". Both Caroline and Leslie Schofield (Bill Reynolds) appeared in the Star Wars films. <br /><br />Elizabeth Spriggs will be familiar to fans of "Shine on Harvey Moon" and "Jeeves & Wooster" in which she played the formidable Aunt Agatha. <br /><br />Pamela Salem (Juliet Parkinson) is known to Doctor Who fans as Toos in the Tom Baker adventure "Robots of Death", amongst other TV series.
