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: 1991
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E2 • Rumpole & the Summer of Discontent
Rumpole is confronted by a strike; Claude Ershike-Brown asks Rumpole for help.
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E3 • Rumpole & the Right to Silence
Rumpole's ventures into the world of academia when he defends a professor accused of murder.
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E6 • Rumpole for the Prosecution
Rumpole's loyalty to the defense prevails when he agrees to prosecute a murder suspect.
- 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
