Rumpole and the Explosive Evidence
Mar. 6th, 2012 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatListened to Rumpole and the Explosive Evidence, the BBC4 afternoon drama, with Benedict Cumberbatch as the young Rumpole. You can listen to it here: link. The official summary says: "1960. Hilda's had a baby son, Nicholas. Rumpole, awash with flu, defends a safe-blower, and exposes the dubious dealings of a senior police officer."
You know, I will have to find the previous 4 episodes of Rumpole and find out why exactly did he marry Hilda AKA "She Who Must Be Obeyed". I mean, he doesn't like to spend time with her, he escapes their flat whenever he can and all they do is bicker. He even calls his child the "Screaming Infant", not son or Nicholas.
But I loved, LOVED the way Rumpole disrupted the court session with his flu so that the prosecutor wouldn't get to cross examine too many witnesses: he sneezed and blew his nose and kept on coughing and wheezing until the annoyed judge decided to postpone the session till the next day. That was so, so funny!
You know, I will have to find the previous 4 episodes of Rumpole and find out why exactly did he marry Hilda AKA "She Who Must Be Obeyed". I mean, he doesn't like to spend time with her, he escapes their flat whenever he can and all they do is bicker. He even calls his child the "Screaming Infant", not son or Nicholas.
But I loved, LOVED the way Rumpole disrupted the court session with his flu so that the prosecutor wouldn't get to cross examine too many witnesses: he sneezed and blew his nose and kept on coughing and wheezing until the annoyed judge decided to postpone the session till the next day. That was so, so funny!
