With the Sixties swinging, Julian Rhind-Tutt gives us a Rumpole in his prime, recounting ten tales which find the tireless defender swapping sides to appear for the prosecution coming to the aid of a doctor accused of unprofessional conduct and suffering the indignity of wrongful arrest. Forced to consider the path his life has taken, he comes close to giving up the law. It is 1964, and Horace takes on a new pupil - Phyllida Trant, the 'Portia of our Chambers' - only to find himself becoming smitten with her. Returning as young Rumpole, Cumberbatch takes us through six more curious cases. We flash back to the 1950s, as he meets and marries Hilda, embarks on his first big murder case 'alone and without a leader', and defends clients including an aristocrat, a shoplifting clergyman and a gardener accused of blackmail. Joining Timothy West for another seven legal adventures, Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Rumpole.
He also has hopes of becoming a QC at last - but his marriage to She Who Must Be Obeyed is under pressure. Timothy West stars as the older Rumpole in eight cases in which he proves, despite scurrilous rumours to the contrary, that he is alive, well and as adept as ever at getting to the heart of crimes ranging from sexual assault to terrorism. In these 32 dramas, arranged in order of broadcast, four distinguished actors don the wig and white band to portray our hero as he recalls his long, eventful career. Horace Rumpole is the most erudite, astute, and seldom defeated of barristers in the annals of the Old Bailey. An irresistible collection of sparkling stories featuring John Mortimer's beloved comic creation
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