Timothy West stars as Rumpole in these four fantastic radio dramas.

Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf

Rumpole heads to the Home Counties to defend Ben, a teenager accused of sending emails deemed to be sexually harassing, and of an actual physical attack on a girl.

Rumpole and the Right to Privacy

Rumpole leaves the Old Bailey to defend a civil case: an editor of a local newspaper who is accused of breaching a successful businessman's right to privacy.

Truth Makes All Things Plain

If one man can be counted on to fight injustice and insist on a fair trial for everyone, whatever their circumstances, it is Horace Rumpole. So when the beautiful Tiffany Khan learns that her husband has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism, she calls for his help right away.

The Past Catches Up with Us All

As he struggles to win justice for his client, Rumpole finds that his marriage to She Who Must Be Obeyed is, rather like his waistcoat, straining at the seams.

Timothy West stars as Rumpole and Prunella Scales as Hilda, with Matt Smith as Ben, Nigel Anthony as Claude Erskine-Brown and Michael Cochrane as ‘Soapy Sam’ Ballard.

Cast and credits

Written by John Mortimer

Directed by Marilyn Imrie

Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 19 July 2006

Horace Rumpole - Timothy West

Hilda Rumpole - Prunella Scales

Hermione Swithin - Felicity Montagu

Mr Beazley - Nicholas Le Provost

Chris Swithin - Philip Jackson

Ben Swithin - Matt Smith

Judge Denis Wintergreen - Karl Johnson

Adrian Hodinott - Sean Baker

Felicity Halliday - Ellie Beaven

Rumpole and the Right to Privacy

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 July 2006

Horace Rumpole - Timothy West

Hilda Rumpole. - Prunella Scales

Mr Rankin - David Shaw-Parker

Claude Erskine-Brown - Nigel Anthony

Liz Probert - Elaine Claxton

Hugo Winterton - Anton Rogers

Gervase Johnson - Stephen Critchlow

Sir Mike Smedley - Kim Durham

Mrs Justice Erskine-Brown - Joanna David

Truth Makes All Things Plain

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 August 2007

Horace Rumpole - Timothy West

Hilda Rumpole - Prunella Scales

Judge Bullingham - Christopher Benjamin

Tiffany Khan - Lily Bevan

‘Soapy Sam’ Ballard - Michael Cochrane

Bonny Bernard - Bruce Alexander

Dr Mahmood Khan - Shiv Grewal

Barrington Whiteside - Geoffrey Whitehead

Will Timson - Ben Crowe

Peter Plaistow - Christopher Scott

Mrs Justice Templett - Joanna David

Fred Sugden - Kim Durham

Ian Antrim - Nigel Anthony

The Past Catches up with us All

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 August 2007

Horace Rumpole – Timothy West

Hilda Rumpole – Prunella Scales

Claude Erskine-Brown – Nigel Anthony

Fred Sugden – Kim Durham

Dr Mahmood Khan – Shiv Grewal

Will Timson – Ben Crowe

Judge Bullingham – Christopher Benjamin

Bonny Bernard – Bruce Alexander

Barrington Whiteside – Geoffrey Whitehead

Peter Plaistow – Christopher Scott