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The Old Bailey hack recalls a case of murder. How did Barney Bateman die? By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham.
Rumpole recalls the case of murder. How did Barney Bateman die?
"The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Horace Rumpoleand Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole.
With Norman Shelley as the Judge 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: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
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