Going for Silk
Having avoided an ASBO, Rumpole is hoping to become a QC at last, as he prepares to defend a young man on a charge of murder.
Rumpole has successfully rebutted his colleagues attempts to quash his ebullient lifestyle with an ASBO, and now turns his attention back to the continuing case against young Bertie Timson whose sole 'crime' seems to be playing football in the street. Why are the residents pursuing their case against the boy quite so strongly? Could they have more sinister reasons for wanting him off their street? And could it be connected in any way to the lonely death of a prostitute across town, in which the prime suspect is a hapless young bachelor protesting his innocence; a call to arms Rumpole can scarcely ignore?
John Mortimer's two part Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Rumpole story brings us the magician of the Old Bailey at his implacable best as he defends our ancient freedoms, while remaining uneasy about exactly what Hilda is up to in her continuing friendship with a high court judge.
Cast:
Horace Rumpole ..... Timothy West
Hilda Rumpole ..... Prunella Scales
Bonny Bernard ..... Nicholas le Prevost
Police Doctor ..... Roger May
Anna McKinnon ..... Jillie Mears
Graham Wetherby ..... David Holt
Prosecutor Noakes ..... Matthew Morgan
Detective Inspector Belfrage ..... David Shaw-Parker
Judge Barnes ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Director: Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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- Thu 29 May 2008 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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