Radio Producer Cleared Of Bribes Charge -- Speer's lucky charm - the thumbs up mascot given to him by his eleven-year-old daughter Caroline, which he carried throughout the trial.British Broadcasting producer Roy Speer was at London's Central Criminal Court today found not guilty of corruptly obtaining a total of £80 From script and song writer Ross Parker. Other script writers spontaneously organised a fund of about £500 to pay for Speer's defence.Speer £1,000-a-year producer of "Educating Archie" and "Starlight Hour" said the £80 was in repayment of loans he made Parker while they were both Army Officer in India. January 11, 1951.