Rumpole of the Bailey
“TV's Best Loved Barrister”
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 Promo (ABS-2 a.k.a. ABC-TV, 1984)
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- Ep 1
1.Rumpole and the Younger Generation
03-04-197860mRumpole defends young Jim Timson, who has been grassed up for robbery with violence by 'Peanuts' Molloy - one of a rival gang of East End villains with whom the Timsons have an anc...
- Ep 2
2.Rumpole and the Alternative Society
10-04-197860mRumpole is in the west of England to visit an old friend from his days in the Royal Air Force, Sam ('Three Fingers') Dogherty, and to defend Kathy Trelawney, who is charged with se...
- Ep 3
3.Rumpole and the Honourable Member
17-04-197860mRumpole defends Ken Aspen, a politician accused of raping a party worker. The defendant admits there was intercourse but claims it was consensual, and Rumpole believes he has found...
- Ep 4
4.Rumpole and the Married Lady
24-04-197860mRumpole defends a woman (Mrs Thripp) in a divorce action brought by her husband, claiming infidelity. She Who Must Be Obeyed (Mrs Rumpole) forms the opinion that her husband has a...
- Ep 5
5.Rumpole and the Learned Friends
01-05-197860mGuthrie Featherstone, with Rumpole as his junior, defends a safe-cracker who claims to have been framed by the notorious Inspector ""Dirty"" Dickerson. Rumpole risks his reputation...
- Ep 6
6.Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade
15-05-197860mRumpole is busy defending the youngest son of a family of villains on a murder charge. His client has all the evidence stacked against him, but meanwhile it is Rumpole's battered o...
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