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John Mortimer - Rumpole: Episode 11: The Course of True Love

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Rumpole of the Bailey

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Episode 11: The Course of True Love

The Course of True Love

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The Old Bailey hack muses on the case of a teacher accused of seduction.

The Old Bailey hack muses on the case of a teacher accused of seduction. By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham.

Rumpole muses on the case of a teacher accused of seduction.

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

With Denys Hawthorne as Judge George Frobisher and Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone.

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: Peter King

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.

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