Mortimer, John

Last Edited: 03-Mar-2012 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
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Horace Rumpole

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

R7:
10-May-2004

Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, Michael Maloney, Godfrey
Kenton, John Church, Anthony Hall, John Hollis,
Kelvin Omar
Directed by Ian Cottrell

, , S

R7:
11-May-2004

Rumpole and the Dear Departed

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, Michael Spice, Peter
Pratt, Preston Lockwood, Martin Friend, Jill Balcon
Directed by Ian Cottrell

29:02, , S

R7:
12-May-2004

Rumpole and the Gentle Art of Blackmail

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, Brian Sanders, Geoffrey
Baledon, Emily Richard, Trevor Baxter, Gerald Cross, Alan
Dudley, Nigel Greaves
Directed by Ian Cottrell

29:04, , S

1988
R7:
13-May-2004

Rumpole and the Rotten Apple

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, Michael Spice, Robert
Harris, Brian Carroll, Hayden Wood, Leonard Fenton, Jonathan
Elsom, Rowena Roberts, Bernard Gallagher, Don Henderson,
Arthur Lovegrove
Directed by Peter King

29:09, , S

1988
R7:
14-May-2004

Rumpole and the Man of God

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, Michael Spice, John Savidid,
Dennis Hawthorne, Leonard Fenton, Brian Carroll, Patrick
Barr, Amanda Murray, Michael McStay, Jenny Lee, Richard
Vernon, Lally Bowers
Directed by Peter King

28:54, , S

1988
R7:
17-May-2004

Rumpole and the Defence of
Guthrie Featherstone

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, Michael Spice, Robert Harris,
Lockwood West, Amanda Murray, Angela Thorne,
Michael Elfing
Directed by Peter King

29:16, , S

1988
R7:
18-May-2004

Rumpole and the Show Folk

Maurice Denham, Derek Farr, Peter Woodthorpe, Jonathan Scott,
Hector Ross, John Church, Diana Bishop, Alec Bregonzi, Robin
Browne, Steve Hodson, Margaret Robertson
Directed by Ian Cottrell

29:03, , S

1988
R7:
19-May-2004

Rumpole and the Fascist Beast

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, John Mott, Patrick Barr, Michael
Spice, Brian Carroll, Amanda Murray, Hayden Wood, Anthony
Hyde, Said Jaffray, Lockwood West, Gordon Reid, Sean Probert,
Peggy Paige, Leonard Fenton, Jack May
Directed by Ian Cottrell

29:05, , S

1988
R7:
20-May-2004

Rumpole and the Case of Identity

Maurice Denham, Robert Harris, Michael Spice, Brian Carroll,
Amanda Murray, Judy Franklyn, Hayden Wood, John
Church, Michael McStay, David Dacre, Rowena Roberts,
Philip Davis
Directed by Peter King

29:05, , S

1988
R7:
21-May-2004

Rumpole and the Expert Witness

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, Derek Farr, Ellis Dale,
Hayden Wood, Norman Mitchell, Rowena Roberts, Elizabeth
Bell, David Collins
Directed by Peter King

28:23, , S

1988
R7:
24-May-2004

Rumpole and the Course
of True Love

Maurice Denham, Dennis Hawthorne, Michael Spice, Brian
Carroll, Amanda Murray, Gordon Reid, Rebecca Sayre,
Anthony May
Directed by Peter King

26:19, , S

1988
R7:
25-May-2004

Rumpole and the Perils of the Sea

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, Norman Shelley, Michael Spice,
John Bart, Christopher Scott, Michael McStay, Hayden Wood,
Brian Haines, Eve Carp, Sean Probert, Graham Faulkner, Jenny
Lee, Gordon Reid, Dilys Lea
Directed by Ian Cottrel

29:02, , S

1988
R7:
26-May-2004

Rumpole and the Age
for Retirement

Maurice Denham, Margot Boyd, Robert Harris, Brian Carroll,
Michael Spice, Dennis Hawthorne, Patrick Barr, Amanda
Murray, Hayden Wood, Alexander John, Godfrey Kent, Peggy
Page, Michael Elfik, John  Church, Josie Kidd, Alfie Bass
Directed by Ian Cottrel

29:02, , S

Broadcast
25-Dec-2001

Rumpole and the Old Faces

Desmond Barrett, Joanna David, Oliver Ford-Davis, Tim McInerny,
Nigel Anthony, Patience Tomlinson, Philip Voss, Ioan Meredith,
Bruce Alexander, John Hartley, Rebecca Lacey, Tom George,
Tilly Vosbrough, Lewis Rhys, Lauren Byrd
Music by Neil Brand
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
Produced by Katherine Bailey

87:42, 20556, m

Broadcast
24-Sep-2003
21-Jun-2006

Rumpole and the Primrose Path

Timothy West, PrunellaScales, Michael Cochrane, Nigel Anthony,
Sophie Thompson, Joanna David, Carole Boyd, David Shaw-Parker
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
Produced by Katherine Bailey

44:12, 41439, S

Broadcast
01-Oct-2003
28-Jun-2006

Rumpole and the Scales of Justice

Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Michael Cochrane, Geoffrey
Whitehead, Ewan Bailey, Ian Masters, David Shaw-Parker,
John Rowe
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
Produced by Katherine Bailey

44:04, 41439, S

Broadcast
08-Oct-2003
05-Jul-2006

Rumpole and the Vanishing Juror

Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Bruce Alexander, Sophie
Thompson, Marlene Sidaway, David Holt, Sean Baker, Ewan
Bailey, Ian Masters, David Shaw-Parker, Hettie Baines
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
Produced by Katherine Bailey

43:39, 40929, S

Broadcast
15-Oct-2003
12-Jul-2006

Rumpole Redeemed

Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Sophie Thompson, Bruce
Alexander, Nigel Anthony, Nicholas le Preveau, Karl
Halman, Stephen Critchlow, Frances Jeter, Richenda Carey
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
Produced by Katherine Bailey

43:45, 41023, S

19-Jul-2006

Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf

Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Felicity Montagu, Nicholas
Le Prevost, Philip Jackson, Matt Smith, Karl Johnson,
Sean Baker, Ellie Beaven
Producer/director Marilyn Imrie

44:12, 41439, S

26-Jul-2006

Rumpole and the Right to Privacy

Timothy West, Prunella Scales, David Shaw-Parker, Nigel Anthony,
Elaine Claxton, Anton Rodgers, Stephen Critchlow, Kim
Durham, Joanna David
Producer/director Marilyn Imrie

43:56, 41152, S

Broadcast
06-Jan-2006

Rumpole and the Widow Twankey

Read by Timothy West
Produced by Pam Fraser Solomon

13:51, 12998, S

15-Aug-2007
22-Aug-2007

Rumpole and the Reign of Terror

  1. Truth Makes All Things Plain
  2. The Past Catches up with us All

Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Christopher Benjamin, Lily Bevan,
Michael Cochrane, Bruce Alexander, Shiv Grewal, Geoffrey
Whitehead, Ben Crowe, Christopher Scott, Joanna David,
Kim Durham, Nigel Anthony
Director Marilyn Imrie

44:07, 41365, S
44:07, 41368, S

28-May-2008
29-May-2008

The Anti-Social Behaviour
of Horace Rumpole

  1. Rumpole On Trial

  2. Going for Silk

Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Michael Cochrane, Nicholas
Le Prevost, Roger May, Jillie Mears, David Holt, Matthew Morgan,
David Shaw-Parker, Geoffrey Whitehead
Director Marilyn Imrie

44:08, 41379, S
44:06, 41351, S

19-May-2009
26-May-2009

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

  1. Old Unhappy Far-Off Things
  2. Alone and Without a Leader

Timothy West, Benedict Cumberbatch, Geoffrey Whitehead, Andy de la Tour,
Ewan Bailey, Emma Fielding, Jasmine Hyde, Stephen Critchlow,
Matthew Morgan, Karl Johnson, David Shaw-Parker
Adaptation by Richard Stoneman
Directed by Marilyn Imrie

43:59, 41251, S
44:05, 41344, S

09-Aug-2010

Rumpole and the Family Pride

Timothy West, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cathy Sara, Elaine Claxton,
Julian Wadham, Sophie Thompson, Joshua McGuire, Stephen Critchlow,
Susan Wooldridge, Geoffrey Whitehead, Adrian Scarborough
Music: The sax quartet version of Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away
From Me" was arranged by Julie Hodge and performed by "Sax" who are
Luiza Beddoes, Kate Mylnar, Janine Ng and Julie Hodge
Dramatised by Richard Stoneman
Directed by Marilyn Imrie

43:55, 41183, S
10-Aug-2010

Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle

Timothy West, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cathy Sara, Faye Castelow,
Adrian Scarborough, Matthew Morgan, Nigel Anthony, Michael Cochrane,
Geoffrey Whitehead, Stephen Critchlow
Directed by Marilyn Imrie

43:52, 41126, S
01-Mar-2012

Rumpole and the Man of God

Timothy West, Benedict Cumberbatch , Jasmine Hyde, Stephen Critchlow,
Adrian Scarborough, Cathy Sara, Nigel Anthony
Adapted by Richard Stoneman
Directed by Marilyn Imrie

43:38, 40829, S
02-Mar-2012

Rumpole and the Explosive Evidence

Timothy West, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jasmine Hyde, Alison Pettitt,
Michael Cochrane, John Ramm, Geoffrey Whitehead, Nigel Anthony,
Adrian Scarborough
Adapted by Richard Stoneman
Producer/Director: Marilyn Imrie

43:41, 40881, S

Other Works

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

Broadcast
02-Jan-2004

27-May-2005

Lie Down Comic

Sinead Cusack, Alison Pettit, Tom Hollander, Tilly Gaunt
Directed by Marilyn Imry
Produced by Katherine Bailey

56:57, 53393, S

Broadcast  R7
18-Jun-2004
ABC RN
13-Dec-2009

The Summer of a Dormouse (play)

Paul Scofield, Alex Jennings, Joe Roberts, Imelda Staunton,
Joanna David, Oliver Ford-Davis, Gemma Jones, John
Rowe, David Alistair
Directed by Marilyn Imrie

57:23, 53803, S
52:39, 49363, S
(abridged)

Broadcast  R7
15-Jul-2005

Dock Brief

Michael Hordern, David Kossoff
Directed by ?

56:55, 53372, S

01-Oct-2005

The Last Adventure

Michael Sheen, Nicky Henson, Gerard Murphy, Stuart
McLoughlin, Owen Teale, Peter Polycarpou, Harry
Myers, Hugh Ross, Jamie Doyle, John Cummins
Director Jeremy Mortimer

56:39, 53116, S

2001
R7
27-Oct-2005

John Mortimer’s Life, Love and the Law

John Mortimer, Richard Briers, Anna David, Sinead Cusack
Musicians: Christine Croshaw, Clive Conway
Director: Marilyn Imrie
Producer: Catherine Bailey

45:14, 42420, S

R7
16-Jan-2006

Glasnost

Anna Massey, Vali Isadef, Clive Merrison, Philip Voss,
Michael Poole, Anna Matsoty, Peter Craze,
Gennady Piklas
Directed by John Tydeman

57:52, 54264, S

R7
20-Jan-2006

Mr Luby’s Fear of Heaven

John Gielgud, [other credits missing]

50:14, 47100, S

21-Apr-2007

A Voyage Round My Father

Derek Jacobi, Joanna David, Dominic Rowan, Angus Imrie,
Natasha Little, Christopher Benjamin, Osmund Bullock,
Dominic Curran, Lil Bevan, Sadie Shimmin, Neil Boorman,
Jamie de Courcey, Katy Warren
Producer Chris Wallis
Director Thea Sharrock

86:57, 81532, S

31-Dec-2008

Mr Luby’s Fear of Heaven

Jeremy Irons, Stephen Critchlow, Marsha Fitzalan, Chris Pavlo,
Donnla Hughes, Dan Starkey, Flaminia Cinque
Director Jeremy Mortimer

44:03, 41304, S

Broadcast R7
29-Mar-2004 to
02-Apr-2004

The Summer of a Dormouse
(autobiography)

Written and read by John Mortimer
Produced by Jeremy Mortimer

13:55, 13060, S
14:12, 13326, S
13:52, 13006, S
14:12, 13326, S
14:08, 13258, S

R7:
05-Sep-2005 to
16-Sep-2005

The Sound of Trumpets

Read by Rik Mayall
Abridged by Neville Teller
Produced by Clive Stanhope

14:07, 13244, S
14:05, 13210, S
14:07, 13242, S
14:06, 13230, S
14:03, 13188, S
14:11, 13306, S
14:06, 13228, S
14:03, 13176, S
14:07, 13250, S
14:09, 13276, S

Broadcast R7:
05-Jul-2004 to
16-Jul-2004

07-Mar-2005 to
18-Mar-2005

Clinging to the Wreckage

Written and read by John Mortimer
Adapted by Jeremy Mortimer
Produced by Ian Cottrell

14:42, 6899, m
14:21, 6734, m
14:37, 6860, m
14:44, 6909, m
14:29, 6797, m
14:36, 6487, m
14:39, 6871, m
14:32, 6815, m
14:36, 6851, m
14:22, 6737, m

Broadcast R7:
16-Jan-2006 to
20-Jan-2006

Murderers and Other Friends

Written and read by John Mortimer
Produced by Duncan Minchull

14:26, 13540, S
14:13, 13332, S
13:54, 13036, S
14:06, 13232, S
13:50, 12978, S

Broadcast R7:
06-Feb-2006 to
10-Feb-2006

Where There’s a Will

Written and read by John Mortimer
Produced by Jeremy Mortimer

13:50. 12976, S
13:51, 12992, S
13:50, 12971, S
13:49, 12969, S
13:46, 12911, S

Broadcast R7:
30-Dec-2005

Not So Tiny Tim – God Bless Us Everyone

Read by Richard Pascoe
Produced by Jeremy Mortimer

14:39, 13746, S

Broadcast R7:
13-Jan-2006

Paradise Island

Read by Garrard Green
Produced by Anne-Marie Cole

14:45, 13844, S

Broadcast R7:
20-Jan-2006

The Mysterious Affair

Read by Bernard Cribbins
Produced by Emma Harding

13:48, 12952, S


Documentaries and Collateral Material

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

28-Sep-2004

Front Row – starting with an interview
of John Mortimer

Mark Lawson
Produce by Phil Timline

28:45, 26966, S

12-Feb-2009

John Mortimer in Conversation

Mark Lawson
Produce by Thomas Morris

28:15, 26500, S