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 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 6 episodes
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A live mouse is served to Erskine-Brown in a London restaurant, and Rumpole finds himself defending the self-important chef-restaurateur on the environmental health charges which follow. At home, Hilda takes up with her Canadian cousin, Jean-Pierre O'Higgins, and loses all interest in Rumpole.
Episode credits
Directed by Jim GoddardWritten by John MortimerGuest stars Julian Curry, Jonathan Coy, Robin Bailey, Abigail McKern, James Maxwell, Frank Mills, Peter Blythe, T. P. McKenna
Before Mr Justice Guthrie Featherstone, Rumpole defends a trade unionist on charges of recklessly causing the death of a truck-driver who was crossing a union picket-line. Guthrie is thinking about a strike of his own, to hit back at new rights of audience for mere solicitors in court. Meanwhile, chez Rumpole, Hilda declares she is going on strike herself.
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Directed by Julian AmyesWritten by John MortimerGuest stars Julian Curry, Jonathan Coy, Richard Murdoch, Denys Graham, Abigail McKern, Preston Lockwood, Bryan Pringle, Ronnie Stevens
Rumpole defends a radical lecturer accused of murdering an unpopular university official - but his client refuses to give critical information in his own defence.Hilda takes offense, after Rumpole gives Ballard and Erskine-Brown advice on the keeping of secrets from their lady wives.
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Directed by Julian AmyesWritten by John MortimerGuest stars Julian Curry, Jonathan Coy, Abigail McKern, Maurice Roëves, Christopher Benjamin, Angus Lennie, Russell Porter, Andrew Robertson
Without marked enthusiasm, Rumpole takes Hilda on a cruising holiday. He is appalled to learn that a High Court judge, Mr Justice Graves, is also on board, and Rumpole takes cover - but skullduggery aimed at the missing wife of a politician brings him back to the surface.
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Directed by Michael SimpsonWritten by John MortimerGuest stars Robin Bailey, Julian Holloway, Benjamin Whitrow, Ramsay Gilderdale, Lorelei King, David Quilter, Anna Sharkey, Josephine Blake
Rumpole defends his own doctor, charged with sexually molesting a woman patient - and Rumpole's friend Phyllida is counsel for the prosecution.Claude Erskine-Brown is in hot water when Phyllida comes to believe he is advertising for women friends in an under-the-counter magazine.
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Directed by Robert TronsonWritten by John MortimerGuest stars Julian Curry, Jonathan Coy, Richard Murdoch, Pauline Yates, Marcia Ashton, Ray Marioni, Patricia Hodge, Peter Blythe
Rumpole agrees to act for the family of a dead girl who are bringing a private prosecution for murder against a policeman. Did a killer receive preferential treatment from his colleagues on the Force, who knew he was guilty but decided not to charge him?Ballard asks Rumpole to prosecute Erskine-Brown, who is accused of stealing work from a colleague in chambers by changing the names on a brief.Mysteriously, Ballard spends a lot of time at a party hiding a bandaged fingertip...
Episode credits
Directed by Robert TronsonWritten by John MortimerGuest stars Julian Curry, Jonathan Coy, Abigail McKern, Margaret Whiting, Alun Lewis, Tyler Butterworth, Frank Mills, Maureen Darbyshire
