One hesitates to do down the Great Defender that is Horace Rumpole. His many fans, of whom I have long been one, have happily tracked the career of this most senior of juniors through countless highly ...
Mortimer's many fans on both sides of the Atlantic will delight in Horace Rumpole's return after a six-year hiatus in this amusing collection of the gruff but lovable barrister's latest exploits. The ...
The seemingly indefatigable Horace Rumpole is back for his 15th literary outing as, with characteristic topicality, he gets his teeth into the 'war on terror'. It is ...
Fans of the indomitable Horace Rumpole and his redoubtable creator, John Mortimer, may rejoice. At nearly 84, Mortimer has produced in “Rumpole Misbehaves” one of the best of the 16 story collections ...
Benedict Cumberbatch has revived his role as fictional barrister Rumpole Of The Bailey to return in further BBC Radio 4 dramas. The Sherlock star slotted the recordings of the stories, by late author ...
Mr. Mortimer was a barrister, author, playwright and the creator of Horace Rumpole, the cunning defender of the British criminal classes. By Helen T. Verongos John Mortimer, who died on Friday at 85, ...
Two weeks ago we looked at John le Carre's early portrait of his master spy, George Smiley. Today, we have le Carre's slightly older, more lighthearted contemporary, John Mortimer, presenting his much ...
Julian Rhind-Tutt dons the wig and white bands as the new Rumpole as the drama returns to BBC Radio 4. He follows in the footsteps of several other distinguished former Rumpoles - Benedict Cumberbatch ...
Oscar-nominated actor Benedict Cumberbatch returns to Radio 4 in the first of a new four-part series of Rumpole stories. Written by John Mortimer, adapted by Richard Stoneman and directed by Marilyn ...