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In "Rumpole and the Hanging Judge," the echoes of an unresolved past reverberate as Horace Rumpole meets Lord Justice Truscott, a formidable hanging judge. Their paths cross once more, reigniting old tensions and stirring memories of a case that haunts Rumpole deeply. Truscott, now at the twilight of his career, seeks Rumpole's company for lunch, exuding an unsettling confidence that reveals layers of complexity beneath his authoritative exterior. With a veneer of geniality, he shares personal reflections, yet his past decisions loom large in the conversation, creating a charged atmosphere rife with unspoken truths. As Rumpole navigates this peculiar reunion, the themes of justice, guilt, and the burden of choice take centre stage. It is one of the otherwise unpublished stories but David McKinley has collected these and produced a pdf which you can get here https://www.davidmckinlay.com/rumpole/uncollected.html ⭐ Join my Patreon ⭐ https://patreon.com/barcud Go here for a library of ad-free stories, a monthly members only story and early access to the regular stories I put out.  You can choose to have ghost stories only, or detective stories or classic literature, or all of them for either $5 or $10 a month.  Many hundreds of hours of stories. Who needs Audible? Or, if you'd just like to make a one-off gesture of thanks for my work https://buymeacoffee.com/10mn8sk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arvinder Mangat joins Adrian in the TTML studio this week for a fascinating conversation on working as a General Counsel in a variety of different start-ups and technology firms. Arvi gives detailed insights into his winding career as a lawyer, trying several different paths before settling on the one he is in now.  This conversation also leads to the discussion of:·        Arvi's initial attraction to law stemming from watching TV shows like LA Law and Rumpole of the Bailey;·        The importance of connecting with people in other areas of law to widen your expertise and approach to your own field; ·        The increasing need for there to be a wider understanding of the extent of the hard work that comes with being a junior lawyer, despite getting paid good money at such a young age;·        Characterizing the work of General Counsel - do you still get your hands dirty and have a say in building a team?;·        What Arvi would say to someone having just attained their law degree, in terms of their options and whether it is too soon to go into the business side of things or do you need some experience ‘in the trenches' so to speak? And stay tuned till the end to hear what Arvi has been thinking about our question to all the TTML guests - whether the world needs more lawyers. A slightly different take than the answers we have had before!

Verity Lambert (1935-2007) was a British television and film producer who helped establish the iconic BBC show Doctor Who. Throughout her long and successful career, Lambert worked on dozens of popular shows and films, cementing her legacy in the annals of British broadcasting history. For Further Reading: Mrs. Who - Verity Lambert produced Doctor Who, Rumpole of the Bailey and Minder – and revolutionized TV Beyond the Doctor: The Remarkable Verity Lambert Obituary: Verity Lambert This month, we're talking about Women of Science Fiction. These women inspire us to imagine impossible worlds, alien creatures, and fantastical inventions, revealing our deepest fears... and hopes for the future. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more.  Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.  Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, and Abbey Delk. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Don't you see? If I'd had a barrister who'd asked questions and made clever speeches then I'd be dead as mutton! Your artfulness paid off! The artful way you handled it, the dumb tactics, it saved me!" Released in America as Trial & Error, The Dock Brief starred Peter Sellers as Wilfred Morganhall, a long-in-the-tooth barrister whose career has been blighted at every turn by a lack of opportunities. One day, however, his hopes are answered when he is appointed Defence Counsel to Herbert Fowle, a meek, humourless uxoricide (Richard Attenborough). The two strike up an unusual friendship and find the only way to transcend their mutual hopelessness is through the power of imagination and whimsy, until real life puts an end to their daydreaming and they land back to earth with a resounding thump. The Dock Brief was written by John Mortimer of Rumpole fame, based on his play, and features a solid score by Ron Grainer, plus David Lodge, fourth billed, as a cackling ex-copper called Frank Bateson whose relationship with Mrs Fowle (Beryl Reid) leaves budgie-fancier Herbert hopeful of an end to his problems. When events don't go as expected Herbert cracks and finds himself in a gaol cell. Returning guest Roger Stevenson joins Tyler to talk about this rarely-examined Sellers film, made more or less before his international fame skyrocketed. Warning: contains spoilers! Well, it WAS made over sixty years ago!

This morning Ben and the team discussed things they would never sink as low as..... AND Matt Dyson was back with his talking animals in the social ammo!

This week – are all door to door salesman ex-prisoners? The Lirpa-Loof, Cheesecake pop, Quorn blood, ATV's Thriller, Rumpole, Patrick McGoohan, BSB, midnight Redbubble buying frenzies, Fraud Squad, the Blue Moon, Mooncat, stretching 4:3 and the HEAT!

In a special crossover episode, we rope Dan McCoy of The Flop House, his brother John McCoy of Sophomore Lit and their brother Rob McCoy for questions about the sort of things you would read in high school. We start off by finding out what the kids are getting at the Scholastic Book Fair, then blink in amazement at sequels to classic books that probably shouldn't have them. It all leads to the lightning round, where our players go outside their comfort zones and finally establish trivia dominance over their brothers! NOTES ⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.

Patricia Hodge has been gracing the stage and screen for over five decades. Well known for her iconic performances in 80s TV series Rumpole of the Bailey and The Life and Loves of the She-Devil. She is currently starring in a revival of the 1941 Lillian Hellmann play Watch on the Rhine at the Donmar Warehouse and plays Fanny. Patricia joins Krupa to discuss the role and how opportunities for women in the film, TV and theatre industry have evolved throughout her career. The much discussed Online Safety Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow. The path for the Bill which seeks to make Britain “the safest place in the world to be online” still looks far from certain. The BBC's Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring joins us to discuss what the points of contention are. Krupa is also joined by the former Culture Secretary Baroness Nicky Morgan and Lord Richard Allan who was Director of Policy in Europe for Facebook for 10 years. A new drama starting tonight focuses on the experience of three women returning to front line NHS jobs following maternity leave. Krupa will be chatting to the female paediatrician and surgeon who helped inform and inspire the characters on screen about their own experiences of returning to such high pressure roles whilst juggling motherhood. Afghan police have confirmed that a former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead at her home in the capital Kabul. Mursal Nabizada, was one of 9 out of 69 female MPs who chose to stay in the country after the Talian returned to power in August 2021. Krupa speaks to Fawzia Koofi, Afghanistan's First Woman Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Emma Pearce Photo credit: Manuel Harlan

Season 4 episode 1: ALL RISE - STEVE CAVANAGH (Eddie Flynn series) & IMRAN MAHMOOD (All I Said Was True) discuss courtroom thrillers with Victoria Selman: Why we all love Atticus Finch, the courtroom as a cathedral and having a pint with Rumpole.VICTORIA SELMANSundayTimes bestselling author of Truly Darkly DeeplyAmazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeSWebsite for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.comTwitter: @VictoriaSelmanWe love to hear from our listeners! Find me on Twitter @VictoriaSelman and join in the chat using #OnTheSofaWithVictoria.Mentions:To Kill A Mockingbird Harper LeeAaron Sorkin To Kill a Mockingbird (adaptation for stage)Perry Mason (fictional lawyer written by Erle Stanley Gardner)John Grisham (bestselling legal thriller writer)Petrocelli (fictional TV lawyer)Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimeProduced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023&CWA Daggers 2023

This week criminal barristers in England and Wales voted to go on an ongoing, uninterrupted strike arguing they're not paid enough for legal aid cases. The strike will delay thousands of trials including rapes, murders and serious assaults. So how did we get here? And what happens when justice is put on hold?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guests: Jonathan Ames, legal editor, The Times and Emma Fielding, barrister at Foundry Chambers. Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: Sky; ITV; GB News; Rumpole of the Bailey: BBC / Thames Television / Sir John Mortimer. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Criminal law is a mainstay of books and TV shows, think John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey through to L A Law and Boston Legal. But novelist Les Allen's drawing on his time with legal firms, where private clients and businesses needed legal representation. If That's What It Takes is set in the early 1980s.

So this week we conclude The Biig Business Lark and we learn about Worlds Beyond from Heather Cooper as it's Easter weekend I've decided to begin The Chronicles Of Narnia and we're going with the Brian Sibbly edition with Morris Denham yes Rumpole himself as the storyteller.  We actually start with episode 1 of The Magician's Nephew.  Enjoy and a blessed Easter and Passover to you my awesome listeners.

This week a pau perrie of stuff as we present true paper.  For to get to a gift, you have to unwrap it.  After our Navy Lark episode in which Leslie is held over a weather ship in a bosun's chair, we'll learn about the planet George, continue our adventure with The Electric Time Trousers in which we meet Sir francis Drake nd then we get in to our Christmas paper.  We start with a short Rumpole story called Rumpole and the Spirt of Christmas.  Then we hear about Christmas Decorations and finish up with After Super Ghost Stories.  Bout of those have been heard before but I felt were highly apropriate.  Email the show at brunchwiththebrits@gmail.com and nexgt week we look at the box.

It’s time to plaster the walls with pages from The Bible and check each other for numerical birthmarks as we watch 1976’s Antichrist caper “The Omen”. A film in which someone drops a church spire on the Second Doctor; the most sinister nanny in the world brings strange dogs into the house; and Rumpole of the Bailey gives us a step-by-step guide to religious infanticide. Along the way we discuss “American Psycho”, “Tales From The Hood”, “Piranha”, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker”, “The Blood Beast Terror” and Cannon Films’ “Hansel & Gretel” Watch (or re-watch) to avoid spoilers, and join us. APOLOGIES FOR ANY SOUND QUALITY ISSUES -CURRENT QUARANTINE MEASURES MEANT WE HAD TO RECORD THIS EPISODE REMOTELY. PLUS THE EQUIPMENT KEPT BREAKING DOWN, ALMOST LIKE SOME KIND OF CURSE....

This week iit runs just undder two hhours.  After our amazing tribute to Hammer films last week, we start with tthe Navy Lark and wonder what happens when Captain Povy takes over.  Then we learn about Copernicus then it's back to Navy Lark and independence for Kowowa and we end with Rumpole considering retirement.  Enjoy.

Where do vampires go when they're no longer welcome in Transylvania?  You'll find out if you have the courage to get through our normal offerings.  You see to get through the eppisode to reach our terrors, you must first deal with two episodes of Navy Lark.  We'll first see what Toddhunter Brown is up to helping with the independence of the friendly Kawawan nation, then hear what happens when CPO Pertwy is finally discharged.  Frightening right?  In the midst of that we learn about Mathmatics of the sky and the poetry of Omar Kyam.  Then come with us to India and see where the old count has found himself.  This is a nice companion to our Hammer chat I did with Fred Castaneda of podcast reporter fame.  Enjoy.  It's a long one this week.  

This week we go back if you will and relisten to some Navy Larks where the sound the first time was not the easiest to digest.  We follow that with a look at Ptolomey and conclude with Rumpole and The Discourse of Love.  Enjoy.

This week we have the usual suspects.  No coach tour stories.  We begin with the concluding episode of the sixth series of I'm jSorry I'll Read That Again and look at the history of the cinema.  Follow that with a look at the three wise men the crew of HMS Troutbridge meet their new captain and Rumpole has an identity crissis on his hands.  Enjoy.

We are finally caught up.  This week we'll be dealing with two more episodes of Navy Lark, we'll learn about Greek mathematicians and philosophers and their study of astronomy and Rumpole will deal with an expert witness.  Fun stuff it's here please enjoy.

This week, two coach stories crossed our desk, which we had to share.  The first is from John Lingard, the second from John H Smith of Derbyshire.  Both are quite good and are well deserving of air time.  We begin our regular offerings, with I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and a tribute from the roaring twenties from 1968 then we learn about stories from the sky in our cosmic quest.  On Troutbridge there's a redundancy drive from October of 1968 and we end with Rumpole and the Show Folk.  Plenty to enjoy so why not settle back whether you're in hot burning California like I am or whether your climes are beginningg a more autumnal routine?  Email us at brunchwiththebrits@gmail.com and as alwaays please enjoy.

This week we learn of Robinson Prunestone, find out how Rumpole defends Guthrie Featherstone learn of cathedrals of the cosmos and we're back in Portsmouth with a right light up as Navy Lark begins series 10.  Enjoy.

This week we stawrt a new documentary.  After the dryness of Africa, we begin a cosmic quest of sorts.  I hope you enjoy it.  But we start by sadly concluding the Embassy Lark with The Freeze.  We also have the prunes take on Macbeth and we conclude with Rumpole and The Man Of God.  Enjoy.

Bad tour coach stories have not come in yet but you'll hear my best and worst to get this string of tales off the ground.  We also have regular brunch including Embassy Lark, in which the staff take a day off due to Tratvian flu, we conclude the Lost Kingdoms Of Africa series with a trip to West Africa, the prunes teach us of bow legs and Rumpole shows us a bad apple.  Plenty to enntertain so why not give us a listen?  Enjoy.

Ok you want involvement?  You got it.  At the hour and fifty eight minute mark of the podcast this week I ask you to tell me your worst coach stories.  This is because this week on I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again during Operation Chocolate we listen to John Klese's tour guide impression which he made famous on Flying Circus.  So bring forth your worst and PDM says your best tour coach stories from anywhere in the world.  email brunchwiththebrits@gmail.com or send audio to producerdirectormaria@gmail.com and next week I'll tell you my worst.  With Rumpole we learn of the Gentle Art of Blackmail on Embassy Lark it's an every day story bring on the archery and with our Lost Kingdoms of Africa it's off to Greaat Zimbabwe.  Please enjoy and sorry pardon for the tardiness.

This week the british embassy in Tratvia leaarns what it means to do it yourself.  Plus it is off to the ancient kingdom of Ethiopa.  Our Rumpole case this week involves the dearly departed and as always we ahave our prunes.  Enjoy.  

Tread Perilously's British Telly Month concludes the only way it can -- with an episode of The Vicar of Dibley called "Songs of Praise." When a BBC show decides to spotlight the Dibley church, Geraldine realizes she has to hastily assemble a choir. She also starts to imagine chatting up a handsome BBC producer. Meanwhile, David thinks he's chatting up the attractive cameraperson the Beeb sent up to scout the church. And when the programme's producer (Peter Capaldi!) arrives in town, Geraldine gets the impression he might be interested in her. Will her amorous aspirations deep-six the choir recording? Or is there more to the Londonite sophisticate than anyone realizes? Erik discusses some of the other shows on tap for a potential second British Telly month. Justin doubts Rumpole of the Bailey is a real thing. He also tries to figure out why Peter Capaldi is downplaying his Scottish accent in this episode. Erik makes the case for Courtney Thorne-Smith as a Jenna Fischer All-Star. The pair eventually get to the Dibley character who likes to talk about putting his arm up a sheep. The 90s sitcom quality makes The Vicar of Dibley a hard sell and Henry VIII gets the credit for the first "vicar" joke.

This week we begin to disect the lost kingdoms of Africa with a look at Nubia.  We also learn how Mr. Pettigrew joined the foreign office and those loveable prunes take us to ten thousand BC.  But most importantly we meet Horace Rumpole and she who must be obeyed as we listen to Rumpole and the Confession Of Guilt.  Dedicated to Fred Bertelsen who would have had a birthday this week.  Enjoy.

It's our first episode with Wes as full time co host and it only takes 3 minutes for him to regret it. A new record! Featured in this episode Dan hits us with a new TV Theme Quiz, Stu and Kris give Wizz Fizz Eggs a whirl, Wes finally talks NHL in Sports Report, Mat has hot takes on tap in The Shit List and there are a cavalcade of penis references. We are sorry in advance. Come say hi on the socials: https://www.instagram.com/passiveaggressivepodcast/ 
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Pictured: Charles Jencks Matthew Bannister on The architectural historian Charles Jencks, who was known as the godfather of postmodernism. He also involved leading architects in designing cancer treatment centres named after his wife Maggie. Lord Foster pays tribute. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the fanatical leader of ISIS who was behind the killing and torture of thousands of victims. Irene Shubik, the TV producer who created "Rumpole of the Bailey" and "The Jewel in the Crown". Raymond Leppard, the conductor and arranger who revived interest in baroque Italian opera with acclaimed productions at Glyndebourne. Interviewed guest: Dame Laura Lee DBE Interviewed guest: Lord Norman Foster Interviewed guest: Oliver Wainwright Interviewed guest: Andrew Hosken Interviewed guest: Judith Burnley Interviewed guest: Sir Nicolas Kenyon Producer: Neil George Archive clips from: Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 06/07/2012; Look North, BBC One 29/12/11; Islamic State Leader, Wall Street Journal 05/07/2014; In Tune, Radio 3 15/11/2013; In Tune, Radio 3 13/12/2010; Rumpole of the Bailey, BBC One 1975; The Jewel in the Crown, Granada Television 1984; Edna, the Inebriate Woman, BBC One 21/10/1971.

Sometimes you can learn a lot from the late 1970s.

Sometimes you can learn a lot from the late 1970s.

Our silver anniversary. Robots ****ing. Cold blooded murder. The Doctor blowing off ogrons. The Rumpole defense. The magic moustache.   Yes, Paul Abbott joins us to defend Paradise Towers!

We are still on the road back from Lancaster in Chris' trusty Mondeo and for once it seems TV may not have lied to Alex! It seems that Rumpole of the Bailey got an aspect of barrister life spot on, and as Chris explains the "Cab Rank Rule" we discuss the topic of senior members of chambers "cherry picking" cases. Alongside the detailed case studies, in these shorter “Brief Notes” episodes, Chris will tell us what being a barrister is really like, as well as explaining the court system, legal tactics and even answering any questions listeners may have.  Mondeo Law is written and produced by Alex Boardman and Chris Kehoe, and was developed with Ant McGinley (@antmanlovesyou) Brief notes theme music is Funk Down by MK2, and appears under creative commons 3.0 license, Follow us on social media @mondeolaw on Twitter and Instagram.  

Julie plans to use the flu to her utmost advantage, as it is a disease with endless possibilities. Scott, his wig and gown a complete disgrace, heads down to Pomeroy's for some plonk. Episode 143. Rumpole. Of the Bailey.Download or listen via this link: |Episode #143| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: |HERE|

Award-winning adman, writer, musician, raconteur and all-round witty bright spark, Simon Carbery joins the pod today to share his adventures and life-lessons over some particularly strong drinks. With Dave Trott as mentor, and Paul Arden as first boss…the pod somehow manages to also include references to Douglas Adams, Pope Francis, Fay Weldon, David Putnam, Rumpole of the Bailey, Leonardo da Vinci, David Bowie, The Air Hilaires, U2, Charles and Maurice Saatchi, Hugh Hudson, Walter Raleigh, Dr. Seuss, Pete Townshend, Johnnie Cochran, Chris Blackwell, Tom Thumb, Salman Rushdie, Cornelius Fuel, Michelangelo, Terry-Thomas, Chris Wilkins, Norman Tebbit, Tim Bell, Alexandra Taylor, Marcia Clark, Robert Plant, and The Wood Demons. You'll also learn why you need look no further than peace and quiet and the career of Danny Kaye for the secret to a successful life. Release date: April 30th 2016 Runtime: 30m Recorded: London (after one-too-many ‘Vespas')

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Phyllida Law burst onto the stage in the mid 1950s and since then her career has spanned everything from the first British production of The Crucible, to musicals such as La Cage aux Folles and television including Dixon of Dock Green and Rumpole, not to mention a list of films as long as your arm, The Time Machine and The Winter Guest being just two. Alongside all that she's somehow managed to fit in bringing up her two highly successful daughters Emma and Sophie Thompson, both of whom have followed in her footsteps. Recently she's turned her hand to writing, and she talks to Michael Berkeley about her moving and funny memoirs of the years she spent looking after her mother and mother-in-law in their old age. Her music choices include Glenn Gould playing Bach, Schubert's Fantasia in F Minor and a joyous Malinese song introduced to her by her grandson which always gets her up and dancing. First broadcast 27/07/2014.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the former barrister and member of The House of Lords, Jeremy Hutchinson.His life spans eleven decades of British history and he has spent much of it at the very centre of the action. Born during the First World War, he was brought up in the company of some of the greatest artists and writers of the day.In World War II, he escaped his bombed-out ship clinging to a life raft with Lord Mountbatten.At the Bar he played a central role in many of the seismic trials of the day - among them defending the novel Lady Chatterley's Lover against obscenity charges and Christine Keeler in the Profumo Affair trial. His brilliance in cross-examination inspired John Mortimer's creation of the character Rumpole of The Bailey.He enjoyed two long marriages - his first to the actress Peggy Ashcroft, his second, for 40 years, to June Osborn, and he spent 23 years as an active member of The House of Lords.He says, "I had the luck to live when the world of the Establishment was being dismantled. The whole of one's career was to do with what was going on in society."Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the former barrister and member of The House of Lords, Jeremy Hutchinson.His life spans eleven decades of British history and he has spent much of it at the very centre of the action. Born during the First World War, he was brought up in the company of some of the greatest artists and writers of the day.In World War II, he escaped his bombed-out ship clinging to a life raft with Lord Mountbatten.At the Bar he played a central role in many of the seismic trials of the day - among them defending the novel Lady Chatterley's Lover against obscenity charges and Christine Keeler in the Profumo Affair trial. His brilliance in cross-examination inspired John Mortimer's creation of the character Rumpole of The Bailey.He enjoyed two long marriages - his first to the actress Peggy Ashcroft, his second, for 40 years, to June Osborn, and he spent 23 years as an active member of The House of Lords.He says, "I had the luck to live when the world of the Establishment was being dismantled. The whole of one's career was to do with what was going on in society."Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Morning:Episode Two Hundred And ElevenLemmy becomes a barista, and Rumpole uses a Kleenex.

John Mortimer occupied positions at the very top of not one but two professions. He was a great writer – we need think no further than A Voyage Around My Father, and he was one of the most eminent barristers and QCs of his generation. The happy collision of these two strings to his bow was of course Rumpole of the Bailey, and in 1995 Tim had the pleasure of discussing with him the tenth collection of stories, Rumpole And The Angel Of Death.

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Utter delight in the company of one of the most effervescent minds in the land, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey and now a wonderful new comic novel, Quite Honestly. This 2006 event with John Mortimer is great fun.

In this episode Inspector West concludes but we begin with Remember Munich. Munich rfefers to a plane crash which killed eight Manchester United players. Harry Greg remembers his friends for BBC Northern Ireland. Inspector West winds up and Fred introduces us to Rumpole a charming barrister. And after that? Well it's time for a leisurely stroll along the Bing Crosby trail. Enjoy

Sir John Mortimer joins James Naughtie and a group of readers to discuss Rumpole and the Younger Generation as well as his first volume of memoirs.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Patricia Hodge. Currently in her prime as Miss Jean Brodie in the West End, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how John Mortimer selected her for her first prominent role as barrister Phyllida Trent in Rumpole of the Bailey. She went on to portray several aloof, beautiful women, but denies that she is by nature remote. She'll also be reminiscing about her childhood in Grimsby, where her parents ran a large three-star hotel, making her upbringing a little different from that of her contemporaries.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Candide Make Our Garden Grow by David Eisler & Erie Mills Book: Compendium of Plays by Harold Pinter Luxury: A supply of embroidery

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Patricia Hodge. Currently in her prime as Miss Jean Brodie in the West End, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how John Mortimer selected her for her first prominent role as barrister Phyllida Trent in Rumpole of the Bailey. She went on to portray several aloof, beautiful women, but denies that she is by nature remote. She'll also be reminiscing about her childhood in Grimsby, where her parents ran a large three-star hotel, making her upbringing a little different from that of her contemporaries. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Candide Make Our Garden Grow by David Eisler & Erie Mills Book: Compendium of Plays by Harold Pinter Luxury: A supply of embroidery

Dunster The beloved author of the Rumpole books tells how he builds his complex plot structures and examines the basic tools of storytelling.

Leo McKern tried various careers like engineering and art before he decided to become an actor. Although he now concentrates mainly on films and television, he did several seasons at the Old Vic and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the war. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his career and not forgetting his characterisation of Rumpole of the Bailey.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Serenade For Tenor Horn and Strings by Benjamin Britten Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Watercolours and hot-pressed paper

Leo McKern tried various careers like engineering and art before he decided to become an actor. Although he now concentrates mainly on films and television, he did several seasons at the Old Vic and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the war. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his career and not forgetting his characterisation of Rumpole of the Bailey. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Serenade For Tenor Horn and Strings by Benjamin Britten Book: Encyclopaedia Luxury: Watercolours and hot-pressed paper

The cricketer David Gower, who is to be the captain of Leicestershire next season, is thought by many to be one of the world's most exciting batsmen. He is in New Zealand with the England team, of which he is the vice captain, for the test series.In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 5 In E Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Compendium of wines Luxury: Video cassettes of Rumpole of the Bailey

The cricketer David Gower, who is to be the captain of Leicestershire next season, is thought by many to be one of the world's most exciting batsmen. He is in New Zealand with the England team, of which he is the vice captain, for the test series. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 5 In E Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Compendium of wines Luxury: Video cassettes of Rumpole of the Bailey