Episode guide

Series 1
Rumpole Of The Bailey
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RUMPOLE AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION
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RUMPOLE AND THE ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY
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RUMPOLE AND THE HONORABLE MEMBER
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RUMPOLE AND THE MARRIED LADY
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RUMPOLE AND THE LEARNED FRIENDS
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RUMPOLE AND THE HEAVY BRIGADE
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Series 2
Rumpole Of The Bailey
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RUMPOLE AND THE MAN OF GOD
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RUMPOLE AND THE CASE OF IDENTITY
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RUMPOLE AND THE SHOW FOLK
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RUMPOLE & THE FASCIST BEAST
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RUMPOLE & THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
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RUMPOLE & THE AGE OF RETIREMENT
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Rumpole Of The Bailey
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RUMPOLE'S RETURN - PART I- SOURCE VTR 23624
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RUMPOLE'S RETURN - PART II - SOURCE VTR 23624
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Series 3
Rumpole of the Bailey
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Rumpole and the Genuine Article
Classic courtroom drama series starring Leo McKern as the cigar-smoking barrister. A painter on a forgery charge asks Rumpole to handle his defence.
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Rumpole and the Golden Thread
Classic courtroom drama series. Rumpole travels to an obscure African state to defend a government minister and former pupil who is accused of murder.
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Rumpole and the Old Boy Network
The classic courtroom drama series is now in session - order! Rumpole defends a couple charged with blackmail and running a house of ill repute.
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Rumpole and the Female of the Species
Another tale featuring the Old Bailey's finest barrister. Rumpole defends a small-time villain accused of involvement with a notorious gang.
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Rumpole and the Sporting Life
Rumpole gets a taste of the country life when he agrees to defend Fiona's sister, who has been accused of murdering her husband.
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Rumpole and the Last Resort
Another tough case for the cigar-smoking barrister. Rumpole defends the owner of a holiday caravan rental service who has been accused of fraud.
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Series 4
Rumpole of the Bailey
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Rumpole and the Old, Old Story
Leo McKern stars as John Mortimer's iconic barrister. Rumpole defends a young man accused of attempting to murder his business partner.
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Rumpole and the Blind Tasting
Leo McKern stars as the iconic barrister. Rumpole is called upon to defend a member of the Timson clan accused of fencing stolen wine.
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Rumpole and the Official Secret
In this installment of the classic courtroom drama series, Rumpole takes the case of a lady accused of leaking government documents - about tea!
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Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow
Another case for the Old Bailey's finest fictional barrister. Rumpole defends the owner of a string of massage parlours.
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Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim
Classic courtroom drama series. After an army sergeant is found stabbed to death wearing a dress, Rumpole is assigned to defend the accused murderer.
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Rumpole's Last Case
Another case for the Old Bailey's finest barrister. After representing the Timsons again, Rumpole dreams of retiring on the winnings of a four-horse accumulator.
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Series 5
Rumpole of the Bailey
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Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
Another case for John Mortimer's iconic barrister. Rumpole is delighted to act for the defence when Hilda's favourite writer is libelled.
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Rumpole and the Barrow Boy
Elizabeth Hurley guest stars in this episode of the legal drama. Rumpole is called upon to defend Nigel Timson when he is charged with insider trading.
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Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
Another case for the wine-swilling lawyer. Rumpole appears in ecclesiastical court to defend his clergyman nephew against charges of adultery.
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Rumpole and the Tap End
Another case for the Old Bailey's finest barrister. Justice Featherstone gets into hot water with feminists when Rumpole takes on a domestic violence case.
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Rumpole and Portia
Classic courtroom drama with the respected barrister played by Leo McKern. Rumpole takes on the case of an antiques dealer accused of trading in arms.
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Rumpole and the Quality of Life
Classic courtroom drama. Rumpole, struggling with a stringent diet, defends Lady Perdita Derwent, charged with the murder of her elderly husband.
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Series 6
Rumpole of the Bailey
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Rumpole a La Carte
Another case for the Old Bailey's finest fictional barrister. In this episode Rumpole reluctantly defends the pompous owner of a three-star restaurant.
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Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
Leo McKern stars as the titular barrister. Rumpole defends a trade unionist seen as responsible for the death of a driver breaking a strike.
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Rumpole and the Right to Silence
Another case for the Old Bailey's finest barrister. Rumpole's ventures into the world of academia when he defends a professor accused of murder.
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Rumpole at Sea
Another case for John Mortimer's iconic barrister. Hilda persuades Horace to go on a Mediterranean cruise, where he is confronted with his latest judicial nemesis.
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Rumpole and the Quacks
Another episode of the classic legal drama. Rumpole faces the formidable Phillida Erskine-Brown as he defends a doctor charged with molesting a female patient.
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Rumpole for the Prosecution
Classic British courtroom drama series starring Leo McKern. Rumpole is coerced into renouncing his lifelong principle of refusing to prosecute.
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Series 7
Rumpole of the Bailey
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Rumpole and the Children of the Devil
Leo McKern stars as the titular barrister. Rumpole comes to the rescue of the Timsons again when they are accused of devil worship.
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Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice
Another case for the esteemed Horace Rumpole. In this episode he defends a policeman accused of changing a teenager's statement.
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Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle
Classic legal drama starring Leo McKern. Rumpole is seduced by a violinist, and learns that music can be the food of death as well as love.
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Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson
Leo McKern is the barrister who never pleads 'guilty' in the classic legal drama. Horace Rumpole defends a youth accused of robbery.
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Rumpole and the Family Pride
Leo McKern is the charismatic barrister in the classic legal drama. Horace is invited to Sackbut Castle by a cousin and encounters a mystery.
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Rumpole on Trial
It's a final bow for Horace as he faces his last trial in the final episode of the classic legal drama. An unrepentant Rumpole stands accused by an old enemy.
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Series 1
Rumpole of the Bailey
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Rumpole and the Younger Generation
Leo McKern stars in the first episode of the classic courtroom drama series. Rumpole defends a young man who has been framed by an East End gang.
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Rumpole and the Alternative Society
Sit in on another case with the claret-swilling barrister. Rumpole defends a woman charged with supplying cannabis to an undercover policeman.
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Rumpole and the Honourable Member
Classic legal drama series starring Leo McKern. Rumpole suffers three disappointments in one week, beginning with a rape case which falls apart.
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Rumpole and the Married Lady
Courtroom drama series starring Leo McKern as the cigar-smoking barrister. While defending a divorce case, Rumpole finds his own marriage is in trouble.
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Rumpole and the Learned Friends
Classic drama series starring Leo McKern. Rumpole risks his reputation trying to prove a safecracker is being framed by a corrupt police officer.
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Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade
Classic courtroom drama series starring Leo McKern. In this episode, Rumpole defends the youngest son of a criminal family against a murder charge.
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Series 2
Rumpole of the Bailey
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Rumpole and the Man of God
Leo McKern stars as the iconic 'Old Bailey hack'. Rumpole clears a vicar of shoplifting and unwittingly causes marital strife for George Frobisher.
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Rumpole and the Case of Identity
Another case for the 'Old Bailey hack'. Rumpole clears up a case of mistaken identity and reminds the Head of Chambers of his responsibilities.
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Rumpole and the Show Folk
Courtroom drama series starring Leo McKern. Rumpole gets a taste of show business when he defends an actress accused of shooting her adulterous husband.
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Rumpole and the Fascist Beast
Horace Rumpole takes on another tough case. Here he defends a member of the British First Party who has been charged under the Race Relations Act.
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Rumpole and the Course of True Love
Rumpole defends an English teacher accused of seducing a student, while Phyllida Trant fears her career may be over when she becomes pregnant.
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Rumpole and the Age of Retirement
Another case from the Old Bailey. Feeling old and unwanted, Rumpole takes the case of an elderly man being framed for a major art theft.
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