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John Mortimer - Rumpole: Episode 13: The Age of Retirement

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Rumpole of the Bailey

Episode 13

Episode 13: The Age of Retirement

The Age of Retirement

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The Old Bailey hack reconsiders his future, as does a hardened thief.

The Old Bailey hack reconsiders his future, as does a hardened thief. By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham.

Rumpole reconsiders his future - as does a hardened thief.

"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 Robert Harris as Mr Justice Vosper and Brian Carroll as Erskine-Brown.

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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