In John Mortimer's satirical look at criminal law and the workings of the Old Bailey, Horace Rumpole is a barrister who spouts Wordsworth to himself and is famed among colleagues for his battered hat and general slovenliness.
- Drama
- Year 1978-1992
- 7 Seasons
Cigar-puffing, whiskey-sipping, insult-generating defense barrister Horace Rumpole proves why he's one of the most unexpected successful attorneys in Great Britain.
- Year: 1987
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E1 • Rumpole & the Old, Old Story
A man's wife and a business partner are suspects in his death.
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E2 • Rumpole & the Blind Tasting
Rumpole has to defend Hugh Timson, a career criminal who is suspected of harbouring stolen wine.
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E3 • Rumpole & the Official Secret
Rumpole defends a woman charged under the Official Secrets Act for leaking information about the British government's tea and biscuit expenditure.
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E4 • Rumpole & the Judge's Elbow
A young barrister plans to modernize; Rumpole tries a massage-parlor case before a reluctant judge.
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E5 • Rumpole & the Bright Seraphim
Trooper Danny Boyne stands trial in Germany for the murder of his sergeant, a widely disliked bully.
- Cast
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Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
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Jonathan Coy
Henry
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Julian Curry
Claude Erskine-Brown
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Marion Mathie
Hilda Rumpole
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Richard Murdoch
Uncle Tom
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Maureen Darbyshire
Dianne
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Peter Blythe
Samuel Ballard Q.C.
- Crew
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Donald McWhinnie
Director
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John Mortimer
Writer
