It's not uncommon for hit TV BBC series to have started out as a radio series first, Rumpole of the Bailey seems to have gone the other direction, from the TV series, the prose versions of the stories published by John Mortimer and collected in the Rumpole Omnibi and then on to a number of different radio drama iterations. I don't now if the considerable liberties taken in this version of this story were done by John Mortimer or there was a different hand in it but it's kind of interesting for someone who is familiar with the original to hear it. It's not great art so maybe that isn't as annoying as it would have been if it were. It's a bit of fun during a week when I really haven't been thinking of radio drama.
Hilda Jasmine Hyde
Erskine-Brown Nigel Anthony
Sir Cuthbert Ewan Bailey
Mr Lee Ewan Bailey
Phillida Trant Cathy Sara
Judge Bullingham Stephen Critchlow
Stephen Lucas Stephen Critchlow
Director Marilyn Imrie
Update: Here is an example of an earlier radio series.
Rumpole And The Age of Retirement
My experience is that these on Youtube disappear fairly fast so you might want to try it soon.
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