Rumpole: The Splendours and Miseries of an Old Bailey Hack

Rumpole: The Splendours and Miseries of an Old Bailey Hack is a BBC Radio 4 series adapted from the first two seasons of the ITV television series Rumpole of the Bailey, starring Maurice Denham as Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole. Thirteen episodes were broadcast from July 21 to October 13, 1980.

Maurice Denham would later feature in the television series as Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans in 1987 - 1988.

Both actors who had played the part of Horace Rumpole died in July 2002, Leo McKern on July 23 and Maurice Denham on July 24.

Episodes

1. "Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt" (July 21, 1980)
2. "Rumpole and the Dear Departed"
3. "Rumpole and the Gentle Art of Blackmail"
4. "Rumpole and the Rotten Apple"
5. "Rumpole and the Man of God"
6. "Rumpole and the Defence of Guthrie Featherstone"
7. "Rumpole and the Show Folk"
8. "Rumpole and the Fascist Beast"
9. "Rumpole and the Case of Identity"
10. "Rumpole and the Expert Witness "
11. "Rumpole and the Course of True Love"
12. "Rumpole and the Perils of the Sea"
13. "Rumpole and the Age of Retirement" (October 13, 1980)