Afternoon Play - Rumpole and the Family Pride

By John Mortimer. Dramatised by Richard Stoneman. We rejoin Rumpole and Hilda in the late 1950s, when they have been married for a year or two. Rumpole mingles with a branch of Yorkshire aristocracy remotely connected to Hilda's family when he represents a Lord in the Coroner's Court. Hilda's first cousin (once removed), Rosemary, lives with her husband, Richard, the 17th Baron Sackbut, in Sackbut Castle and Hilda and Rumpole are invited to Yorkshire when a body is found in the grounds of the castle. Older Rumpole/Mr Cursitor ..... Timothy West Young Rumpole ..... Benedict Cumberbatch Hilda ..... Cathy Sara Liz Probert/Helen Yarrowby ..... Elaine Claxton Lord Richard Sackbut ..... Julian Wadham Rosemary Sackbut/Pippa Bastion ..... Sophie Thompson Jonathan Sackbut/Young Man ..... Joshua McGuire "Plunger" Plumstead/Tarquin Yarrowby/Mr Saggers ..... Stephen Critchlow Mrs Percier ..... Susan Wooldridge Dr Malkin/Castle Guide/Policeman ..... Geoffrey Whitehead Dr Swabey/Gavin Bastion ..... 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. Directed by Marilyn Imrie. A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.