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Rumpole and the Rotten Apple

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The fourth in a series of 13 plays by John Mortimer
with Maurice Denham as Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda
in which Horace Rumpole, barrister at law, is engaged in sorting out the one rotten apple which may corrupt the sweet-smelling purity of any barrel, and comes unexpectedly to the defence of the police.

Contributors

Writer:
John Mortimer
Director:
Peter King
Rumpole:
Maurice Denham
Hilda:
Margot Boyd
Henry:
Haydn Wood
Guthrie Featherstone:
Michael Spice
Dianne:
Rowena Roberts
Claude Erskine-Brown:
Brian Carroll
Inspector Dobbs:
Don Henderson
Mr Morse:
Leonard Fenton
Superintendent Glazier:
Bernard Gallagher
Charlie Pointer:
Arthur Lovegrove
Moreton Colefax:
Jonathan Elson
Mr Justice Vosper:
Robert Harris
Source: Radio Times

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