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Rumpole

Episode 1

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

1964. Rumpole returns to his alma mater to defend a gardener accused of blackmailing the master of an Oxford College. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Timothy West. Show more

Contributors

Older Rumpole:
Timothy West
Younger Rumpole:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Hilda Rumpole:
Jasmine Hyde
Nicholas Rumpole:
Louis Tafler-Hyde
Humphrey Grice:
Stephen Critchlow
Judge Everglades:
Stephen Critchlow
Sue Galton:
Faye Castelow
Peter Vernon:
Adam Gillen
Sir Michael Tuffnell:
Adrian Scarborough
Claude Erskine-Brown:
Nigel Anthony
Director:
Marilyn Imrie

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