Rumpole: The Age of Miracles & Other Stories

Three BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations

De: John Mortimer

Narrado por: Benedict Cumberbatch, full cast, Jasmine Hyde, Nigel Anthony

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Horace Rumpole in this fourth collection of dramatic court cases

Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
Erskine-Brown is working on a sordid ABH and affray case which allegedly occurred in a Soho night club. When he and Rumpole visit the disreputable scene of the crime, they meet Maurice Machin, the editor of the Daily Beacon, whose paper is being sued for libel.

Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
Hilda's distant relation, The Reverend Timothy Donkin, looks set to be defrocked as Canon of Lawnchester Cathedral unless Rumpole can convince an Ecclesiastical Court that adultery did not take place in the nearby Saint Edithna Hotel.

Rumpole and the Tap End
Tony Timson finds himself in hot water when charged with the attempted drowning of his wife April, while sharing a bath with her. Rumpole not only defends Tony, but also finds he must protect Judge Guthrie Featherstone QC, who upsets women everywhere with sexist pronouncements about their proper place in the tub.

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Delightful

Listeners return to the travails of the hapless Rumpole, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, and his colleagues in chambers. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jasmine Hyde are delightful as ever as Rumpole and She-Who-Must. Highly recommended.

Perfection!

The performances of such spectacular writing will make you listen many times over! Benedict Cumberbatch is the quintessential Rumpole!

Recommended Read

I came across this audible by accident and decided to give it a listen. It is very enjoyable and I really like the players in this book.. I have always liked British drama and this one don't disappoint. It would not think this drama would have humor but it does and it blends in with the story well. I would highly recommend this audible to anyone who likes drama or even a fan of Cumberbatch to reads this character really well.

Excellent performance of increasingly sarcastic stories

I have purchased all the Rumpole series Cumberbatch. The vocal actors are wonderful and the stories have been charming but Rumpole’s personality has devolved from witty, tongue-in-cheek opinion to cruel ridicule without the earlier touches of humanity. The relationships have become more adversarial and sarcastic. He has become difficult to appreciate.

I can't get enough of Benedict Cumberbatch

I thoroughly enjoyed it. I felt like I was a part of the entire thing. Beautifully narrated.

Rumpole in some parallel universe

Cannot knock the performance, but these are not the original stories. Lawd, the discrepancies, and the absurd innuendo and insinuations! Not at all what Mortimer wrote for Horace not for Phyllida. Yikes