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Rumpole: The Age of Miracles & Other Stories

Three BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations

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Rumpole: The Age of Miracles & Other Stories

By: John Mortimer
Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, full cast, Jasmine Hyde, Nigel Anthony
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Benedict Cumberbatch plays Horace Rumpole in this fourth collection of dramatic court cases

Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
Erskine-Brown is working on a sordid ABH and affray case which allegedly occurred in a Soho night club. When he and Rumpole visit the disreputable scene of the crime, they meet Maurice Machin, the editor of the Daily Beacon, whose paper is being sued for libel.

Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
Hilda's distant relation, The Reverend Timothy Donkin, looks set to be defrocked as Canon of Lawnchester Cathedral unless Rumpole can convince an Ecclesiastical Court that adultery did not take place in the nearby Saint Edithna Hotel.

Rumpole and the Tap End
Tony Timson finds himself in hot water when charged with the attempted drowning of his wife April, while sharing a bath with her. Rumpole not only defends Tony, but also finds he must protect Judge Guthrie Featherstone QC, who upsets women everywhere with sexist pronouncements about their proper place in the tub.

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Brilliant and incredible funny, Rumpole never disappoints! Beautifully narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and the other wonderful cast members, John Mortimer’s tales of his ingenious alter ego take you on a riotous and utterly memorable journey chapter by chapter! Love it, thank you Audible!

Brilliant!

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I have to say Benedict I’d great as Rumpole but do not like the actress as Hilda, she screeches her way through the stories. Sorry but won’t get any more of these books they are terrible

Love Rumpole

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The casting is very poor - both Rumpole and Hilda are older and more colourful than they are portrayed here. Very disappointed

Sherlock is not Rumpole

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The acting was excellent as is the story that it is based on.

However a major change to the plot of the overarching story was not in character for Rumpole at all and spoiled it for me.

Messing with the storyline

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