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Rumpole

BBC Radio 4
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and the Dear Departed
The second in a series of 13 plays by JOHN MORTIMER in which Horace Rumpole , barrister at-law, forsakes his normal stamping ground to appear in a disputed will case.
He learns how to address an empty jury box and cope with a client who has passed over.
Directed by IAN COTTERELL

Contributors

Unknown:
John Mortimer
Unknown:
Horace Rumpole
Directed By:
Ian Cotterell
Rumpole:
Maurice Denham
Hilda:
Margot Boyd
Miss Beasley:
Jill Balcon
Mr Pontefract:
Preston Lockwood
Guthrie Featherstone:
Michael Spice
Mr Justice Venables:
Peter Pratt
Percival OllardOllard:
Martin Friend
Source: Radio Times

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