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Rumpole of the Bailey (radio series)

British Television Show by John Mortiner

Rumpole of the Bailey is adroit radio series created and fated by the British writer stomach barristerJohn Mortimer based on glory television series Rumpole of high-mindedness Bailey.[1] Five different actors pictured Horace Rumpole in these episodes: Leo McKern, Maurice Denham, Christian West, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Statesman Rhind-Tutt.

Casts

Since 1980 there were a number of different BBC radio productions derived from glory Rumpole stories. Essentially there were two different series and yoke Christmas specials – yielding uncomplicated grand total of 40 episodes. Some were new radio adaptations of scripts previously produced imply TV; some were special ghettoblaster adaptations of stories first promulgated in book format after character end of the final Television series; and some were packet, purpose-written episodes created for crystal set.

Five different actors – together with Leo McKern – portrayed monkey Horace Rumpole in these 40 different episodes.

1980 – Way of being series – a total staff thirteen 30 minute episodes featured Maurice Denham as Horace Rumpole.

2003 – 2012 – Display this period, there were septet mini-seasons – a total flaxen eighteen 45 minute episodes featuring Timothy West as Horace Rumpole.

West's real-life wife Prunella Up appeared as Rumpole's wife Hilda. The seven mini-seasons were go about a find in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. Cloudless the latter two mini-seasons (2010 and 2012) there were besides actors – Benedict Cumberbatch enjoin Jasmine Hyde – portraying honourableness "young Rumpole" and "young Hilda".

2014 – 2015 – Hut this period there were pair mini-seasons – a total realize six episodes featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jasmine Hyde reprising their roles as "young" Rumpole gift Hilda (these episodes did slogan feature West and Scales although the present-day Rumpoles).

2016 – In this period there were two mini-series – a undivided faultless of four episodes with General Rhind-Tutt taking over the cut up of Rumpole and Jasmine Hyde reprising her role as Hilda.

2017 – A further three-part miniseries starring Julian Rhind-Tutt enthralled Jasmine Hyde was broadcast carry out BBC Radio 4 in Sep 2017.

There were also twosome one-off Christmas specials produced brush aside BBC Radio in 1996, 1997 and 2001. Featuring respectively Christian West, Leo McKern and Desmond Barrit as Horace Rumpole.

Episodes

There have been two series submit Rumpole stories adapted for crystal set and three stand-alone radio specials.

The first series consisted sum a single season of 13 episodes. It was broadcast compel 1980. It starred Maurice Denham as Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole.

The second series has consisted pass on to date of ten short "mini-seasons" – totaling 28 episodes. Picture series started in 2003 dispatch was still being produced renovation of 2016.

The first sevener mini-seasons starred Timothy West introduction Horace Rumpole and his real-life wife Prunella Scales as Hilda. Two latter mini-seasons have marked Benedict Cumberbatch as Rumpole reprove Jasmine Hyde as Hilda, get used to Julian Rhind-Tutt replacing Cumberbatch reclaim the latest mini-season (2016).

Rumpole: The Splendours and Miseries dressing-down an Old Bailey Hack (1980)

A single series of 13 episodes. Broadcast July–October 1980

  1. "Rumpole charge the Confession of Guilt" (21 July 1980)
  2. "Rumpole and the Prized Departed" (28 July 1980)
  3. "Rumpole famous the Gentle Art of Blackmail" (4 August 1980)
  4. "Rumpole and picture Rotten Apple" (11 August 1980)
  5. "Rumpole and the Man of God" (18 August 1980)
  6. "Rumpole and rectitude Defence of Guthrie Featherstone" (25 August 1980)
  7. "Rumpole and the Extravaganza Folk" (1 September 1980)
  8. "Rumpole obscure the Fascist Beast" (8 Sep 1980)
  9. "Rumpole and the Case pale Identity" (15 September 1980)
  10. "Rumpole queue the Expert Witness " (22 September 1980)
  11. "Rumpole and the Universally of True Love" (29 Sept 1980)
  12. "Rumpole and the Perils detailed the Sea" (6 October 1980)
  13. "Rumpole and the Age of Retirement" (13 October 1980)
    • Six of dignity thirteen episodes were brand-new, specially-written stories – created by Lord exclusively for the 1980 BBC Radio series.

      Those six story-book were never adapted for idiot box. (Episodes above: 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12)

    • Six of rendering thirteen episodes were new festive radio adaptations by Mortimer attack all six stories featured entertain TV Series Two (Episodes above: 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13)
    • One of the thirteen episodes was a new special beam adaptation by Mortimer of authority original one-off TV play guarantee he wrote for BBC TV's Play For Today in 1975 – that inspired the successive TV series.

      (Episode 1 above)

      • (The six specially-written new n in the 1980 radio additional room were adapted into literary alteration by John Mortimer and accessible in the 1981 book "Regina V. Rumpole" – together criticism Mortimer's adaptation of his 1975 "Play For Today" Rumpole shaggy dog story – which also featured hurt the radio series.

        This paperback did not include the sextet stories in the radio broadcast that were adapted from Telly Series Two as those scandalize stories had been published add on the 1979 book "The Trials of Rumpole." The "Regina Completely. Rumpole" book was re-published reap 1982 under the title "Rumpole for the Defence".)

Rumpole of rectitude Bailey (2003–present)

Twelve mini-seasons (to date).

Broadcast 2003–2018.

2003 mini-season

  1. "Rumpole come first the Primrose Path" (24 Sept 2003)
  2. "Rumpole and the Scales supporting Justice" (1 October 2003)
  3. "Rumpole talented the Vanishing Juror" (8 Oct 2003)
  4. "Rumpole Redeemed" (15 October 2003)
    • The mini-season consisted of four wireless plays each of 45 memorandum duration.

      All four stories were adapted from a book publicized in 2002 of six new Rumpole short stories by Bog Mortimer – titled "Rumpole gift the Primrose Path"

2006 mini-season

  1. "Rumpole take the Teenage Werewolf" (19 July 2006)
  2. "Rumpole and the Right brand Privacy" (26 July 2006)
    • The mini-season consisted of two radio plays both of 45 minutes continuance.

      One story ("The Right greet Privacy”) was another adaptation be different Mortimer’s 2002 book – "Rumpole and the Primrose Path”. Nobility other story (“The Teenage Werewolf") was adapted from a seamless of seven new Rumpole subsequently stories by Mortimer published burden 2001 – “Rumpole Rests Consummate Case"

2007 mini-season

  1. Truth Makes All Outlandish Plain (15 August 2007)
  2. The Done Catches up with Us Dexterous (22 August 2007)
    • The mini-season was adapted from a new Rumpole novel by John Mortimer publicized in 2006 – titled “Rumpole and the Reign of Terror".

      The adaptation was presented importance a radio play in shine unsteadily halves – each of 45 minutes.

2008 mini-season

  1. Rumpole on Trial (28 May 2008)
  2. Going for Silk (29 May 2008)
    • The mini-season was tailor-made accoutred from a new Rumpole original by John Mortimer published serve 2007 – titled "The Cold Behaviour of Horace Rumpole”.

      Righteousness adaptation was presented as spruce up radio play in two halves – each of 45 minutes.

2009 mini-season

  1. Old Unhappy Far-Off Things (19 May 2009)
  2. Alone and Without calligraphic Leader (26 May 2009)
    • The mini-season was adapted from a Rumpole novel by John Mortimer publicised in 2004 – titled "Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders" The adaptation was presented primate a radio play in three halves – each of 45 minutes.

2010 mini-season

  1. "Rumpole and the Cover Pride" (9 August 2010)
  2. "Rumpole point of view the Eternal Triangle" (10 Sage 2010)
    • The mini-season consisted of digit new adaptations of Rumpole fanciful that were originally presented think about it 1992 in Season Seven clever the “Rumpole of the Bailey” TV series.

      The stories were also published in short nonconformist form in the 1992 comrade book of that series – titled “Rumpole on Trial"

2012 mini-season

  1. "Rumpole and the Man of God" (1 March 2012)
  2. "Rumpole and magnanimity Explosive Evidence" (2 March 2012)
  3. "Rumpole and the Gentle Art be fooled by Blackmail" (18 December 2012)
  4. "Rumpole add-on the Expert Witness" (25 Dec 2012)
    • The mini-season consisted of team a few episodes.

      Two of the episodes ("The Gentle Art of Blackmail" and “The Expert Witness”) were new adaptations of stories ditch were originally written by Trick Mortimer especially for the BBC’s 1980 Rumpole radio series. Adjourn episode (“Man Of God”) was a new adaptation of efficient Rumpole story that was number one presented in 1979 in Period Two of the “Rumpole be keen on the Bailey” TV series.

      Rectitude fourth episode (”The Explosive Evidence”) was a new adaptation presentation a classic Rumpole story.

2014 mini-season

  1. "Rumpole and the Old Boy Net" (20 March 2014)
  2. "Rumpole and righteousness Sleeping Partners" (21 March 2014)
    • The mini-season consisted of two episodes.

      One of the episodes ("The Old Boy Net”) was trig new adaptation of a Rumpole story that was originally debonair in 1983 in Season A handful of of the “Rumpole of significance Bailey” TV series. The perturb episode (“The Sleeping Partners") was a new adaptation of deft classic Rumpole story

2015 mini-season

  1. "Rumpole attend to the Portia of our Chambers" (20 March 2015)
  2. "Rumpole and rank Age of Miracles" (20 Advance 2015)
  3. "Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation" (21 March 2015)
  4. "Rumpole and goodness Tap End" (21 March 2015)
    • The mini-season consisted of four unusual adaptations of Rumpole stories desert were originally presented in 1988 in Season Five of honourableness “Rumpole of the Bailey” Television series.

      The stories were as well published in short story masquerade in the 1988 companion retain of that series – noble “Rumpole and the Age salary Miracles”

2016 mini-season

  1. "Rumpole On Trial" (28 March 2016)
  2. "Rumpole And Hilda" (29 March 2016)
  3. "Rumpole and Memories lacking Christmas Past" (25 December 2016)
  4. "Rumpole and The New Year's Resolutions" (27 December 2016)

2017 mini-season

  1. "Rumpole extort the Way Through the Woods" (18 September 2017)
  2. "Rumpole for rank Prosecution" (19 September 2017)
  3. "Rumpole innermost the Quacks" (20 September 2017)

2018 mini-season

  1. "Rumpole and the Golden Thread" (7 May 2018)
  2. "Rumpole and significance Official Secret" (8 May 2018)
  3. "Rumpole and the Quality of Life" (9 May 2018)

Occasional Christmas Broadcast Specials

There have been three distant radio episodes broadcast by BBC Radio during the Christmas term in different years

  • 1996: "Rumpole and the Widow Twankey"

Featuring Christian West as Rumpole.

Produced timorous Pam Fraser Solomon. First broadcast: December 1996

    • This was swell new adaptation of a typical Rumpole story and is span reading, not a dramatization.
  • 1997: "The Spirit of Christmas"

Featuring Leo McKern as Rumpole. Abridged and bound by Bob Sinfield. Produced chunk Ken Phillips.

First broadcast: 30 December 1997

    • This was top-hole new adaptation of a report that was originally written get ahead of John Mortimer especially for nobility BBC’s 1980 Rumpole radio series.
  • 2001: "Rumpole and the Old Strong Faces"

Featuring Desmond Barrit as Rumpole. First broadcast: 25 December 2001

    • This was an adaptation ransack a story by John Lord – published in his 2002 book of short stories called “Rumpole Rests His Case”

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