John Mortimer

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Rumpole a la Carte

Rumpole a la Carte

Rumpole unenthusiastically accompanies Hilda and her cousin to a very fashionable restaurant. Rumpole hates the ostentatious ambiance, pretentious food with its scant portions. He requests steak and kidney pudding. Jean Pierre O'Higgins, the owner, is...

Rumpole and the Age for Retirement

Rumpole and the Age for Retirement

Leo McKern is Horace Rumpole! Here he reads about the life and trials of the eccentric barrister, famous for his inestimable knowledge of blood stains, blood groups and forgery by typewriter. Witty and cynical as ever, Horace Rumpole will once again...

Rumpole and the Alternative Society

Rumpole and the Alternative Society

Our Horace Rumpole, the most traditional of traditionalists, defends a hippie-like school teacher on a drugs charge. Quite unexpectedly, he finds himself attracted to her and to her unusual lifestyle. Author - John Mortimer. Narrator - Leo McKern....

Rumpole and the Blind Tasting

Rumpole and the Blind Tasting

Rumpole again defends a member of the Timson clan on a charge of possession of stolen goods, namely, he is caught with a garage full of expensive wine. Rumpole is concerned that Timson's explanation that he purchased the wine from some unknown...

Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow

Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow

Rumpole defends Charles Hearthstoke against charges of keeping bawdy houses, in the form of his chain of massage parlors. The case has become quite a scandal since many customers were prominent members of the community and to Rumpole's astonishment,...

Rumpole and the Man of God

Rumpole and the Man of God

Known as “The Bailey Hack” for his chain smoking, the irrepressible Rumpole is engaged to defend a church vicar who is accused of theft and whose only defense for now is “divine intervention.” Meeting up with old friend George Frobisher for after-work...

Rumpole and the Married Lady

Rumpole and the Married Lady

Rumpole takes on a divorce case. He represents a Mrs. Thripp who accuses her husband of unbearable conduct since he has not spoken to her for at least three years and communicates with her in their home only via written notes. But at home, Rumpole...

Rumpole and the Quacks

Rumpole and the Quacks

Rumpole defends a Pakistani doctor accused of molesting a female patient, meanwhile his colleague Phyllida suspects her husband Erskine-Brown of philandering. To complicate these matters even more, Rumpole is sidetracked by the romantic advances of a...

Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent

Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent

While Rumpole defends a union activist accused of manslaughter, Hilda creates her own union and goes on strike as Rumpole's cook because of his unpredictable and frequent late hours. Rumpole is under pressure to win his case and negotiate a proper...

Rumpole and the Younger Generation

Rumpole and the Younger Generation

Rumpole must now defend a young member of the Timson family, an extended clan of petty thieves but who are otherwise decent South London rogues. Adding to Rumpole’s anxiety, his own son now appears to be acquiring some of the less respectable Timson...

Rumpole for the Prosecution

Rumpole for the Prosecution

Horace Rumpole is back, but this one time he relates his witty tale as he now takes a turn as an Old Bailey prosecutor -- one with a penchant for gin and justice. Listen to Rumpole's biting cynicism and dry humor...then become a lifelong fan! Author -...

Rumpole's Last Case

Rumpole's Last Case

London's Sunday Times said Rumpole was “worthy to join the great gallery of English oddballs ranging from Pickwick to Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves and Bertie Wooster.” Here Horace Rumpole achieves one of his immortal moments when, after pinning his hopes...

Rumpole's Return

Rumpole's Return

“It's just no good. He can't fight it. He tells the police he's guilty. The bloody knife's in the dustbin. He's identified by at least three witnesses at the tube station and he writes some spooky letter in his victim's blood. The case is as dead as...

Rumpole's The Old, Old Story

Rumpole's The Old, Old Story

After a fight with his wife Hilda, Rumpole is forced to stay with the Erskine-Browns but as always, Rumpole wears out his welcome. At the same time Rumpole must defend Hugo Lutterworth who is charged with the attempted murder of his business partner....