Afternoon Play - The Antisocial Behaviour of Horace Rumpole - Going for Silk

Rumpole has successfully rebutted his colleagues attempts to quash his ebullient lifestyle with an ASBO, and now turns his attention back to the continuing case against young Bertie Timson whose sole 'crime' seems to be playing football in the street. Why are the residents pursuing their case against the boy quite so strongly? Could they have more sinister reasons for wanting him off their street? And could it be connected in any way to the lonely death of a prostitute across town, in which the prime suspect is a hapless young bachelor protesting his innocence; a call to arms Rumpole can scarcely ignore? John Mortimer's two part BBC Radio 4 Rumpole story brings us the magician of the Old Bailey at his implacable best as he defends our ancient freedoms, while remaining uneasy about exactly what Hilda is up to in her continuing friendship with a high court judge. Cast: Horace Rumpole ..... Timothy West Hilda Rumpole ..... Prunella Scales Bonny Bernard ..... Nicholas le Prevost Police Doctor ..... Roger May Anna McKinnon ..... Jillie Mears Graham Wetherby ..... David Holt Prosecutor Noakes ..... Matthew Morgan Detective Inspector Belfrage ..... David Shaw-Parker Judge Barnes ..... Geoffrey Whitehead Director: Marilyn Imrie A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.