Monday, April 15, 2013

Radio review - BBC - "Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf" (2009) by John Mortimer **1/2


A great title but a disappointingly tame entry as Rumpole defends a young man accused of sexually attacking others. It lacks a decent work subplot, there's not enough of the werewolf angle and the conclusion is too easy to spot (and easy for the accused to get out of - his delay is frustrating). Of course there are some good gags and moments, and Timothy West and Prunella Scales were terrific as Rumpole and Hilda but it's not enough.

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