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John Mortimer - Rumpole: Episode 8: The Fascist Beast

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Rumpole of the Bailey

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Episode 8: The Fascist Beast

The Fascist Beast

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The Old Bailey hack takes on a new pupil and defends a racist politician.

The Old Bailey hack takes on a new pupil and defends a racist politician. By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham.

Rumpole takes on a new pupil and defends a racist politician.

"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 John Bott as Judge Jameson, Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Lockwood West as Mr Keith and Saeed Jaffrey as Lutuf Khan. 

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.

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John Mortimer's classic courtroom stories, starring Maurice Denham

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