Bill Roache wins libel case

Title

Bill Roache wins libel case

Genre

Interview

TX Date

4 Nov 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:18

Description

The Sun newspaper’s legal manager Tom Crone outside the High Court on the libel case won by actor Bill Roache, who The Sun labelled smug, self-satisfied and boring. Crone claims the actor rejected an out of court settlement prior to the case of the same amount he has now been awarded. Interviewer/reporter not heard.

Contributors

Tom Crone

Keywords

Actors; Legal procedure; Newspapers; The Sun; Compensation; Libel; Television serials; High courts; Coronation Street; Ken Barlow (fictional character); Bill Roache

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