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Rumpole and the Primrose Path

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Genre
  
Radio Play

Country
  
United Kingdom

Home station
  
BBC Radio 4

Running time
  
4 x 45 minutes

Language(s)
  
English

Starring
  
Timothy West Prunella Scales Sophie Thompson Joanna David

Rumpole and the Primrose Path is a light hearted legal comedy, one of six short stories in an anthology by writer John Mortimer. It is the 12th in a series based in part on his own past experiences as a barrister but also notable for their use of themes topical at the time each was published. It begins with the eponymous hero marooned in a nursing home where he feels some shady business is going on. It was later the first episode in a short series of 45 minute radio plays starring real life husband and wife duo Timothy West and Prunella Scales. The additional stories were:

  • Rumpole and the New Year's Resolutions
  • Rumpole and the Scales of Justice (part of radio series)
  • Rumpole and the Right to Privacy
  • Rumpole and the Vanishing Juror (part of radio series)
  • Rumpole Redeemed (part of radio series)

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