Rumpole: On Trial & Going for Silk : Two BBC Radio 4 dramatisations (Unabridged edition)

Timothy West takes on the role of Rumpole in these two thrilling dramas featuring the wily magician of the Old Bailey at his implacable bestRumpole on TrialRumpole takes up the cause of young Bertie Timson, whose sole 'crime' seems to be playing football in the street.

As he endeavours to defend our ancient freedoms, he becomes uneasy about exactly what his wife Hilda is up to in her continuing friendship with a high court judge. Going for SilkHaving narrowly avoided an ASBO himself, Rumpole hopes to become a QC at last.

But first he must turn his attention back to the Timson case, while also preparing to defend a young man charged with the murder of a prostitute. Timothy West stars as Rumpole and Prunella Scales as Hilda, with Nigel Anthony as Claude Erskine-Brown and Michael Cochrane as 'Soapy Sam' Ballard.