Short Stories by John Mortimer

Paradise Island

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 5^th Apr 2009, 10:15 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Mon 4^th May 2015, 03:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Will a dentist's Pacific encounter with the lovely La La make him put down his drill forever? Read by Garard Green.

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 12^th Apr 2009, 10:15 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Mon 27^th May 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Freddy becomes convinced that his father played a grisly part in his grandfather's disappearance. Read by Bernard Cribbins. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 19^th Dec 2008, 13:45 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Mon 2^nd Jan 2017, 03:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

1960, Hilda has had a baby. Rumpole defends a safe-blower, and exposes a dubious senior police officer. Read by Timothy West.