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Rumpole of the Bailey

  • TV Series
  • 1978–1992
  • Not Rated
  • 1h
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8.4/10
1.8K
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Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)
Rumpole Of The Bailey: Season 5
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The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.

  • Stars
    • Leo McKern
    • Jonathan Coy
    • Julian Curry
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    • IMDb RATING
    8.4/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,917
    267
    • Stars
      • Leo McKern
      • Jonathan Coy
      • Julian Curry
    • 25User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 10 nominations total

    Episodes43

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    Rumpole Of The Bailey: Season 5
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    Rumpole Of The Bailey: Rumpole And The Heavy Brigade
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    Rumpole Of The Bailey: Rumpole And The Man Of God
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    Rumpole Of The Bailey: Bonus Special: Rumpole's Return
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    Rumpole Of Bailey: Complete Series Megaset
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    Rumpole Of The Bailey: Rumpole And The Married Lady
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    The Rumpole Of The Bailey: Rumpole And The Honourable Member
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    Rumpole Of The Bailey: Megaset-The Complete Series
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    Rumpole Of The Bailey: Rumpole And The Learned Friends
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    Leo McKern
    Leo McKern
    • Horace Rumpole
    Jonathan Coy
    Jonathan Coy
    • Henry
    Julian Curry
    • Claude Erskine-Brown…
    Marion Mathie
    • Hilda Rumpole
    Richard Murdoch
    Richard Murdoch
    • Uncle Tom
    Maureen Darbyshire
    • Dianne
    Peter Blythe
    Peter Blythe
    • Samuel Ballard Q.C.…
    Peggy Thorpe-Bates
    • Hilda Rumpole
    Peter Bowles
    Peter Bowles
    • Guthrie Featherstone
    Patricia Hodge
    Patricia Hodge
    • Phyllida Erskine-Brown…
    Joanna Van Gyseghem
    • Lady Marigold Featherstone
    Denis Lill
    Denis Lill
    • Mr. Bernard
    Abigail McKern
    • Liz Probert
    Moray Watson
    Moray Watson
    • George Frobisher
    Denys Graham
    Denys Graham
    • Hoskins
    Robin Bailey
    Robin Bailey
    • Mr. Justice Gerald Graves
    Christopher Milburn
    Christopher Milburn
    • Dave Inchcape
    Bill Fraser
    • Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham
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    • Trivia
      Rumpole has a penchant for giving literary or historical nicknames to friends and foes. His wife Hilda's moniker, "She Who Must Be Obeyed," was originally applied to the title character of H. Rider Haggard's novel "She." Phyllida Trant Erskine-Brown's nickname, "Portia," is from William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." Samuel Ballard is dubbed "Soapy Sam" after Bishop Samuel Wilberforce', who is now best remembered for debating Thomas Huxley over Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, but regarded in his own time as rather a slick operator. He calls Judge Graves the "whited sepulchre", a Biblical allusion (Matthew 27).
    • Quotes

      Horace Rumpole: She who must be obeyed!

    • Connections
      Featured in The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981)

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    Fantastic...Golden TV

    Over the past decade I've watched The Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad and The West Wing.

    Rumpole stands alongside them as classic TV.

    Great stories, brilliant scripts and fantastic acting.

    It has that mark of a really great piece of drama in that after watching an hour long episode, I'll sit and discuss it for an hour more.

    It's amazing to see, almost 40 years later, how much has changed in the UK....and how much hasn't! It may be dated in a few places, but it's universal in many many more....I imagine that it cost less to make EVERY episode of Rumpole (and there are lots!) than it did to make one episode of Breaking Bad or West Wing.

    Just go watch it!
    • jcmcgee
    • Sep 26, 2014
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    • Release date
      • February 12, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Rumpole von Old Bailey
    • Filming locations
      • Temple, Holborn, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Thames Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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