Rumpole: The Sleeping Partners & Other Stories
Three BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations
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Rumpole: The Sleeping Partners & Other Stories
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Narrated by:
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Benedict Cumberbatch
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Jasmine Hyde
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Timothy West
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full cast
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By:
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John Mortimer
About this listen
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole.
Rumpole and the Old Boy Net: With the help of his new pupil, Miss Phillida Trant, Rumpole must defend Mr Napier Lee, who is charged with blackmail. But the alleged victim of the blackmail went to public school with Mr Lee, and so Mr Lee won't sneak on his old school chum....
Rumpole and the Sleeping Partners: After a legal ball in the Savoy Hotel, Rumpole and Hilda argue about Rumpole's drunken behaviour, and Rumpole decides to sleep the night on his sofa in chambers - strictly against the rules. But there he finds his colleague Erskine-Brown with Phillida Trant, 'working late'....
Rumpole and the Portia of Our Chambers: Rumpole comes close to giving up the law when forced to consider the path his life has taken by a combination of his attraction to his pupil Phillida, an unsettling case involving an Irish terrorist, and a visit from an old flame of Hilda's.
©2018 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2018 BBC Studios Distribution LtdWhat listeners say about Rumpole: The Sleeping Partners & Other Stories
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- T. Kelly
- 28-10-2024
A shame the story was changed from the original books
I really didn't enjoy these stories because they have turned Rumpole into a man who sleeps with his pupil and gets her pregnant. Not only is this nonsense but the story timeline has been changed from the original books. Phyllida is now Rumpole's pupil while he is still a young man. She has also become a pathetic lovelorn character and not the clever and brilliant barrister as in the books and other audiobooks. While the acting is great as usual, the ridiculous storyline ruined this for me.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- RUBY LANGTON-BATTY
- 09-09-2018
Romantic life of a mediocre lawyer
Cumberbatch’s performance is fantastic as expected- as are Hyde’s and West’s. However, all the characters apart from Rumpole (especially the wife) are one-dimensional and the story is bland. What promises to be a sexy legal thriller ends up being a look into the sorry romantic life of mediocre lawyer. Would not recommend
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