Rumpole: On Trial & other stories
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  • Published: 3 January 2019
  • ISBN: 9781787534452
  • Imprint: BBC CD
  • Format: Audio CD
  • Length: 2 hr 55 min
  • Narrators: Julian Rhind-Tutt, Jasmine Hyde, Nigel Anthony
  • RRP: $49.99

Rumpole: On Trial & other stories

Four BBC Radio 4 dramatisations

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3 Jan 2019
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3 Jan 2019
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Julian Rhind-Tutt takes on the role of Rumpole in this fifth collection of cracking court cases

Julian Rhind-Tutt takes on the role of Rumpole in this fifth collection of cracking court cases.

Rumpole on Trial
Suffering from toothache, Rumpole is in no mood for his client’s boring testimony or Justice Gwent-Evans’ impatience. But when he argues with the judge, he is warned in no uncertain terms about his future conduct. Soon, Rumpole finds himself on trial and facing the end of his career…

Rumpole and Hilda
Rumpole’s long-suffering wife Hilda (‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’) narrates a fascinating tale of murder and romance that Horace would prefer to remain untold, and gives Rumpole – and us – a glimpse of her true, passionate nature.

Rumpole and Memories of Christmas Past
Rumpole spends an unexpectedly rewarding Christmas in Norfolk; discusses the spirit of Christmas with the Mad Monk; and learns that the season of goodwill is shared by barristers and criminals alike.

Rumpole and the New Year’s Resolutions
Rumpole has an interesting encounter with Santa Claus at a Chambers Christmas party, finds himself on babysitting duty after a blackmail trial, and attends a traditional British panto – where he recognises a familiar face.

Starring Julian Rhind-Tutt as Rumpole, Jasmine Hyde as Hilda and Nigel Anthony as Claude Erskine-Brown.

A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.
  • Published: 3 January 2019
  • ISBN: 9781787534452
  • Imprint: BBC CD
  • Format: Audio CD
  • Length: 2 hr 55 min
  • Narrators: Julian Rhind-Tutt, Jasmine Hyde, Nigel Anthony
  • RRP: $49.99
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About the author

John Mortimer

John Mortimer is a playwright, novelist and former practising barrister. During the war he worked with the Crown Film Unit and published a number of novels, before turning to theatre. He has written many film scripts, and plays both for radio and television, including A Voyage Round My Father, the Rumpole plays, which won him the British Academy Writer of the Year Award, and the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.He has written four volumes of autobiography, including Clinging to the Wreckage and Where There's a Will (2003). His novels include the Leslie Titmuss trilogy, about the rise of an ambitious Tory MP: Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets, and the acclaimed comic novel, Quite Honestly (2005). He has also published numerous books featuring his best-loved creation Horace Rumpole, including Rumpole and the Primrose Path (2002) and Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (2004). All these books are available in Penguin.He lives in what was once his father's house in the Chilterns. He has received a knighthood for his services to the arts. His authorized biography, written by Valerie Grove, will be published by Viking in Spring 2007.

Also by John Mortimer

Rumpole's Return
The Trials of Rumpole
Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces
Rumpole: On Trial & Going for Silk
Rumpole: The Teenage Werewolf & other stories
Rumpole: The Primrose Path & other stories
Rumpole: The Golden Thread & other stories
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