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.
Season 1 Episodes
Rumpole defends young Jim Timson, who has been grassed up for robbery with violence by 'Peanuts' Molloy - one of a rival…
Rumpole is in the west of England to visit an old friend from his days in the Royal Air Force, Sam ('Three Fingers') Dog…
Rumpole defends Ken Aspen, a politician accused of raping a party worker. The defendant admits there was intercourse but…
Rumpole defends a woman (Mrs Thripp) in a divorce action brought by her husband, claiming infidelity. She Who Must Be Ob…
Guthrie Featherstone, with Rumpole as his junior, defends a safe-cracker who claims to have been framed by the notorious…
Rumpole is busy defending the youngest son of a family of villains on a murder charge. His client has all the evidence s…
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