Rumpole

Rumpole firmly believes that the past is best avoided, but finds it starting to intrude upon the present. Will this all become too much and should he hang up his wig for good?  Book 16 of series.

Rumpole is convalescing in the Primrose Path Nursing Home, and his colleagues don't expect him back. But a dickey ticker won't stop Rumpole, and after sorting out a few dark deeds at Primrose Path, he is soon back in Chambers.  Book 17 of series.

Horace Rumpole often speaks of the great murder trial which revealed his talents as an advocate and made his reputation down at the Bailey when he was still a young man. Here for the first time, the sensational story of the Penge bungalow murders case is told in full.  Book 18 of series.

Rumpole has two intriguing cases to occupy him. Is there something fishy about a 12-year-old Peter been given an ASBO for playing football in the street? A young bachelor, prime suspect in the murder of a prostitute, protests his innocence, and Rumpole cannot ignore him. On top of this his colleagues are protesting about the cigars and wine he occassionally enjoys in Chambers!  Book 20 of series.

In these seven Christmas stories, the call of justice (and a bit of excitement) leads Rumpole as far afield as a health farm in Norfolk and, nearer to home, a pantomime at the Tufnell Park Empire.  Book 21 of series.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, devastatingly acute Horace 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.

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.

Rumpole has no special objection to Christmas - except that with the Old Bailey closed, he has no opportunity to exercise his skills in court. But over the course of one unusual holiday, he nonetheless manages to triumph in two very different cases... 

Dragooned into spending Christmas in Norfolk, Rumpole is feeling less than festive. Chilly Coldsands Rectory does not offer much in the way of enjoyment - but a trip to the local church and a surprise encounter with an old acquaintance leads to a God-given opportunity to indulge in a little seasonal, charitable blackmail.

A New Year outing to see Aladdin also provides more excitement than expected. A post-panto drink, some overheard remarks and a glance at the programme put him on the path to solving an audacious crime...