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Rumpole: The Teenage Werewolf & other stories
Rumpole: The Teenage Werewolf & other stories
Nov 15, 2025 4:58 PM

Author:John Mortimer,Timothy West,Full Cast,Prunella Scales,Matt Smith

Rumpole: The Teenage Werewolf & other stories

Timothy West stars as Rumpole in these four fantastic radio dramas

Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf

Rumpole heads to the Home Counties to defend Ben, a teenager accused of sending emails deemed to be sexually harassing, and of an actual physical attack on a girl.

Rumpole and the Right to Privacy

Rumpole leaves the Old Bailey to defend a civil case: an editor of a local newspaper who is accused of breaching a successful businessman's right to privacy.

Truth Makes All Things Plain

If one man can be counted on to fight injustice and insist on a fair trial for everyone, whatever their circumstances, it is Horace Rumpole. So when the beautiful Tiffany Khan learns that her husband has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism, she calls for his help right away.

The Past Catches up with us All

As he struggles to win justice for his client, Rumpole finds that his marriage to She Who Must Be

Obeyed is, rather like his waistcoat, straining at the seams.

Timothy West stars as Rumpole and Prunella Scales as Hilda, with Matt Smith as Ben,Nigel Anthony as Claude Erskine-Brown and Michael Cochrane as ‘Soapy Sam’ Ballard.

Cast and credits

Written by John Mortimer

Directed by Marilyn Imrie

Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 19 July 2006

Horace Rumpole - Timothy West

Hilda Rumpole - Prunella Scales

Hermione Swithin - Felicity Montagu

Mr Beazley - Nicholas Le Provost

Chris Swithin - Philip Jackson

Ben Swithin - Matt Smith

Judge Denis Wintergreen - Karl Johnson

Adrian Hodinott - Sean Baker

Felicity Halliday - Ellie Beaven

Rumpole and the Right to Privacy

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 July 2006

Horace Rumpole - Timothy West

Hilda Rumpole. - Prunella Scales

Mr Rankin - David Shaw-Parker

Claude Erskine-Brown - Nigel Anthony

Liz Probert - Elaine Claxton

Hugo Winterton - Anton Rogers

Gervase Johnson - Stephen Critchlow

Sir Mike Smedley - Kim Durham

Mrs Justice Erskine-Brown - Joanna David

Truth Makes All Things Plain

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 August 2007

Horace Rumpole - Timothy West

Hilda Rumpole - Prunella Scales

Judge Bullingham - Christopher Benjamin

Tiffany Khan - Lily Bevan

‘Soapy Sam’ Ballard - Michael Cochrane

Bonny Bernard - Bruce Alexander

Dr Mahmood Khan - Shiv Grewal

Barrington Whiteside - Geoffrey Whitehead

Will Timson - Ben Crowe

Peter Plaistow - Christopher Scott

Mrs Justice Templett - Joanna David

Fred Sugden - Kim Durham

Ian Antrim - Nigel Anthony

The Past Catches up with us All

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 August 2007

Horace Rumpole – Timothy West

Hilda Rumpole – Prunella Scales

Claude Erskine-Brown – Nigel Anthony

Fred Sugden – Kim Durham

Dr Mahmood Khan – Shiv Grewal

Will Timson – Ben Crowe

Judge Bullingham – Christopher Benjamin

Bonny Bernard – Bruce Alexander

Barrington Whiteside – Geoffrey Whitehead

Peter Plaistow – Christopher Scott

Reviews

'Given that her high-school-based murder mysteries read like bingeworthy Netflix dramas, it's easy to see why queen of teen crime Karen McManus is a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic.'

—— The Observer

'McManus keeps the juicy subplots ticking over and drip-feeds reveals as clinically as an IV tube.'

—— The Guardian

Gives Rome's legionaries a contemporary voice - this is brutal, audacious and fast paced writing

—— Anthony Riches, author of Empire series

Historical fiction written by a real war veteran who knows all there is to know about blood and bonding in battle. An earthy and powerful read

—— Sport

Reading “A Dance to the Music of Time” was such a joyous experience, I remember wishing there'd been more than twelve volumes.

—— Roddy Doyle

The novels of Powell’s “A Dance to the Music of Time” themselves move hand in hand in intricate measure through the last century, bearing wisdom and understanding for the present. In an ever-quicker, ever-shallower world, his steadiness and wit reliably escort the reader into depth and patience. Nobody gives pattern to the spectacle of human existence like Powell.

—— Louisa Young

I re-read the "Dance" every five years or so and always find something new – the world has changed but the characters are evergreen. Everybody has a Widmerpool in their life.

—— Daisy Goodwin

A masterful stylist and a wise, often hilarious observer of human nature and his times, Anthony Powell is an under-appreciated literary gem. The pleasures and dramas of the "Dance" continue to illuminate daily life.

—— Claire Messud

He has wit, style, and panache, in a world where those qualities are in permanently short supply

—— The New York Review of Books

[A] comic masterpiece

—— Irish Times

Comic, satisfying, thought-provoking, addictive

—— The Telegraph

It's his supreme skill in mastering a lengthily interwoven chronicle, the evolution of such a range and variety of pin-point characters, the wit and the cultural ambition that give the novel a unique place in English Literature.

—— Melvyn Bragg

Jade does what uncounted sexual assault survivors have dreamed of doing - she takes matters into her own hands. What ensues is part [...] revenge fantasy, part diabolically well-planned manipulation, and it's all done in lyrical prose that feels dreamy and so much like Shakespeare. A gorgeous, scorchingly emotional novel

—— Wendy Heard, author of Hunting Annabelle and The Kill Club and cohost of Unlikeable Female Characters podcast

This revenge fantasy told from the point of view of a rape survivor will shock and awe.

—— School Library Journal

THIS BOOK WILL BE YOUR NEXT OBSESSION. Welcome to the Hazel Wood, where bad luck is a living thing, princesses are doomed, and every page contains a wondrously terrible adventure - it's not safe inside these pages, but once you enter, you may never want to leave.

—— Stephanie Garber, Bestselling Author of Caraval

Katz's debut is one that will have readers gripped from the very first words until the last - and a book that will stay with you for a long while afterwards.

—— Her.ie

[A] smart debut, both compelling and disturbing, delivered with the kind of confidence that makes me keen to see what Katz will come up with next.

—— A Life in Books Blog

[G]ripping debut … Here’s a page-turner you’ll devour before the week is out

—— Stylist Daily Newsletter

A razor sharp psychological deconstruction of the motivations, regrets and secrets behind a picture-perfect façade.

—— The Week

White-knuckle ride

—— RTE Guide

I really wanted to just press the book into anyone’s hands and say ‘please read this’! [...] An important read

—— Bookish Chat

Readers hungry for an in-depth study of a man searching for control, power and ownership will find satisfaction in A Good Man. But caveat emptor - this story inevitably hurtles at the end towards a chilling finale

—— Crime Review

This stellar debut from Ani Katz had us gripped from the beginning.

—— That’s Life!
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