Rumpole 2. Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation

Rumpole
Episode 2 of [bad word] and the Bubble Reputation

Benedict Cumberbatch stars [bad word] in a story written by John Mortimer and adapted by Richard Stoneman.
 [bad word] meets Erskine-Brown in Pommeroy's. Erskine-Brown is depressed because he's doing a sordid ABH and affray which allegedly occurred in a Soho night [bad word] tells him to visit the scene of the crime to get the lay of the land, which they do. They drink with Maurice Machin, the editor of the Daily Beacon, who [bad word] that an article in his paper by one "Stella January" alleged that Ameila Nettleship, an author of historical novels, has affairs with married men. She is suing the paper, and Maurice Machin, for libel.

 [bad word] defend? He agrees.

Meanwhile Erskine-Brown, due to get married to Phillida Trant in a couple of weeks, doesn't realise his photo has been taken as he ogles the topless dancers. When this photo is published in the papers, Phillida is furious.

Directed by Marilyn Imrie
Produced by Catherine Bailey
Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.

First broadcast: 10 Jul 2015 (b0612n9s)
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