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John Mortimer - Rumpole: Episode 6: The Defence of Guthrie Featherstone

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Rumpole of the Bailey

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Episode 6: The Defence of Guthrie Featherstone

The Defence of Guthrie Featherstone

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The Old Bailey hack recalls the tale of a philandering member of chambers.

The Old Bailey hack recalls the tale of a philandering member of chambers. By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham.

Rumpole recalls the tale of a philandering member of chambers.

"The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole

With Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Angela Thorne as Marigold Featherstone and Michael Elphick as Bertie Timson.

Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980.  Case-by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.  

Director: Ian Cotterell 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.

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