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Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)

December. 17,1975

8.4

TV-PG

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Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.

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Rumpole of the Bailey

1975 / TV-PG

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 7 : 1992

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Rumpole and the Children of the Devil

October. 29,1992

Rumpole again defends the Timsons, when they are accused of Satanism and their daughter Tracy has been put into local authority care. Hilda is angling for Rumpole to take her to this year's Scales of Justice Ball.

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Episode 2 - Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice

November. 05,1992

Rumpole defends a policeman, Superintendent Gannon, who is accused of changing a teenager's statement confessing to murdering a policeman. Meanwhile, Sir Guthrie Featherstone finds himself in hot water - as the Judge in the boy's case, he gave a damning summing-up against him, and now the Lord Chief Justice of England is taking an interest in the matter.

Episode 3 - Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle

November. 12,1992

Rumpole flirts with a beautiful violinist and finds himself reluctantly defending her husband, who is charged with murdering the violinist's musical partner.Meanwhile, Claude Erskine-Brown accuses Henry, the clerk at 3 Equity Court, of sexually harassing a secretary.

Episode 4 - Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson

November. 19,1992

Rumpole defends a teenager charged with stealing from old people. Curiously, Rumpole's own apartment is promptly broken into and documents are stolen. Erskine-Brown is in the running again to 'take silk' (become a Queen's Counsel) but the word around the Inns of Court is that he does not have enough 'bottom' and will not make the grade. Phyllida launches a campaign in support of Claude, but can she pull it off?

Episode 5 - Rumpole and the Family Pride

November. 26,1992

Rumpole and Hilda are invited for the weekend at a cousin's castle - but when they get there they find their relation faces the charge of murdering a travelling woman and is looking for Rumpole to rally round to help him.

Episode 6 - Rumpole on Trial

December. 03,1992

Hilda persuades Ballard to defend Rumpole when he faces a disciplinary hearing. Rumpole seems to have gone a good deal too far in what he said in Mr Justice Oliphant's court - or did he?

Seasons 6 : 1991

6 Episode

Seasons 5 : 1988

6 Episode

Seasons 4 : 1987

6 Episode

Seasons 3 : 1983

6 Episode

Seasons 2 : 1979

6 Episode

Seasons 1 : 1978

6 Episode