Rumpole of the Bailey
Genre	Drama
Created by	John Mortimer
Starring	Leo McKern
Theme music composer	Joseph Horovitz
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	44
Production
Running time	c. 50 minute episodes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC (pilot) ITV
Original run	17 December 1975 – 3 December 1992
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Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by British writer and barrister Sir John Mortimer, QC and starring Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients. It has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes. This does not cite any references or sources. ... Sir John Clifford Mortimer QC (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. ... Image:Number Two. ... Joseph Horovitz (born May 26, 1926 in Vienna, Austria) is a British composer and conductor. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Sir John Clifford Mortimer QC (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. ... For information about The Times satire Queens Counsel, see Queens Counsel (comic strip). ... Image:Number Two. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... // Artists impression of an English and Irish barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions which employ a split profession (as opposed to a fused profession) in relation to legal representation. ...

Horace Rumpole

While continuity is sometimes ignored within the Rumpole book series, Horace Rumpole has a number of definite character traits that are constant. First and foremost, Rumpole loves the courtroom. Despite attempts by his friends and family to get him to move on to a more respectable position for his age, such as a QC or a Circuit Judge (referred to as Queer Customers and Circus Judges by Rumpole), he only enjoys the simple pleasure of defending his clients at The Old Bailey, London's central criminal court. A devotee of Arthur Quiller-Couch's Oxford Book of English Verse, he often quotes Wordsworth and secretly calls his wife Hilda "She Who Must Be Obeyed" (SWMBO), a reference to the novel She by H. Rider Haggard.^[1] For information about The Times satire Queens Counsel, see Queens Counsel (comic strip). ... A Circuit judge is a position in British Law, in which a Judge moves to different Crown Courts within a certain area. ... The Old Bailey by Mountford (1907) The Central Criminal Court, commonly known as The Old Bailey (a bailey being part of a castle), is a Crown Court (criminal high court) in London, dealing with major criminal cases in the UK. It stands on the site of the mediaeval Newgate Gaol... Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (November 21, 1863 - May 12, 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. Born in Cornwall, he was educated at Newton Abbot College, at Clifton College, and Trinity College, Oxford and later became a lecturer there. ... William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ... 1961 paperback edition She is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first serialized in The Graphic from October 1886 to January 1887. ... H. Rider Haggard, author Sir Henry Rider Haggard (June 22, 1856 – May 14, 1925), born in Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in locations considered exotic by readers in his native England. ...

His skill at defending his clients is legendary among the criminal classes. The Timson clan of "minor villains" (primarily thieves) regularly rely on Rumpole to get them out of their latest bit of trouble with the law. Rumpole is proud of his successful handling of the Penge Bungalow Murders "alone and without a leader" (that is, as a "junior" barrister without a QC) early in his career and of his extensive knowledge of bloodstains and typewriters. Cross-examination is one of his favourite activities and he disdains barristers who lack either the skill or courage to ask the right questions. His courtroom zeal gets him into trouble from time to time. More than once, his investigations reveal more than his client wants him to know. Rumpole's most chancy encounters stem from arguing with judges, particularly those who seem to believe that being on trial implies guilt or that the police are infallible. Penge is a place in the London Borough of Bromley. ... A row of bungalows in Virginia A bungalow (Gujarati: , Hindi: ) is a type of single-story house. ... In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by ones opponent. ...

Rumpole also loves unhealthy habits. Despite attempts by his friends and family to better his health, he enjoys small cigars, cheap claret, and greasy food (particularly steak and kidney pudding). He frequents Pommeroy's, a local tavern at which he contributes regularly to an ever-increasing bar tab by purchasing glasses of the local wine, which he dubs "Pommeroy's Plonk", "Pommeroy's Very Ordinary", "Chateau Thames Embankment", and "Chateau Fleet Street". His cigar smoking is often the subject of debate within his chambers. His peers sometimes criticise his attire, noting his old hat, imperfectly aligned clothes, cigar ash trailing down his waistcoat and faded barrister's wig, "bought second hand from a former Chief Justice of Tonga" (or the Windward Islands—Rumpole is occasionally an unreliable narrator). The Cheroot or Stogie is a cylindrical cigar with both ends clipped during manufacture. ... Claret is a name used in English for red wine from the Bordeaux region of France, along the valleys of the rivers Gironde, Garonne and Dordogne, including Medoc, Graves and St Emilion. ... Look up Plonk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Victoria Embankment, London The Victoria Embankment, previously the Thames Embankment is a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in London in the cities of Westminster and London. ... Fleet Street in 2005 Fleet Street is a famous street in London, England, named after the River Fleet. ... The Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles. ... Illustration by Gustave Doré for Baron Münchhausen: tall tales, such as those of the Baron, often feature unreliable narrators. ...

Despite his affection for the criminal classes, Rumpole's character is marked by a firm set of ethics. Rumpole's credo is to "never plead guilty"^[1], and he refuses to prosecute (there was one exception, but he proved that the defendant was innocent and then reaffirmed, "from now on, Rumpole only defends"). This belief also prevents him from making deals that involve pleading guilty to lesser charges. He is a staunch believer in the presumption of innocence, the "Golden Thread of British Justice". Presumption of innocence is a legal right that the accused in criminal trials has in many modern nations. ... Woolmington v. ...

Biographical information

Television

In the television series, where Rumpole first appeared, there is some consistency with regard to Rumpole's backstory. While his exact age is never revealed, certain dates that have been mentioned are suggestive: he received his beloved Oxford Book of English Verse while he was a public school student in 1923; bought his barrister's wig in 1932; first appeared in court in 1937; first met Hilda on August 14, 1938; served in the RAF Ground staff in WWII; and won the Penge Bungalow Murder case in 1947. The series itself takes place between 1967 and 1992, when Rumpole is getting on in years. All this would seem to indicate that Rumpole was born sometime between, say, 1910 and 1915.

Books

Within the context of the books, things are harder to pin down. He mentions buying his wig in 1932, and another time to proposing to Hilda in 1938, and is 67 at the publishing of the first book in 1978. This last piece of info would indicate a birth year of 1911 -- however later books would seem to contradict this. In most of his reminiscences it appears that Rumpole neither became a barrister nor met Hilda until after the Second World War. The novel Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (containing the account of his first unled case and his engagement to Hilda) takes place in the early 1950s, which flatly contradicts the timelines established in earlier stories. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

In general, in the book series, it would seem that Rumpole has been frozen at an age of around 70-75 years old for the duration of the series, and past events in his life have been retconned in order to fit the time-frame of each specific story. In the story Rumpole and the Reign of Terror, he was still practising in 2006, though he was clearly not meant to be 95 years old (as the 1911 birth date of the first book would indicate). Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ...

He attended a minor public school and studied law at either Keble College or the fictional "St Joseph's College", Oxford, coming away with "a dubious Fourth". (Rumpole would not be eligible to be called to the bar in England today, as a Lower Second is the minimum degree requirement.) During the Second World War, he served as ground crew in the Royal Air Force. College name Keble College Named after John Keble Established 1870 Sister College Selwyn College Warden Prof. ... “RAF” redirects here. ...

The stories combine mystery, drama, and especially humour, and are marked by their high reliance on irony. Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Humour (disambiguation). ... Ironic redirects here. ...

Rumpole's family

Apart from the legal drama, Rumpole also has to deal with his relationships with family and friends. His wife Hilda was proud of her daddy (as she calls him), C.H. Wystan^[1], who was Rumpole's head of chambers, and pushes for Rumpole to achieve more: head of chambers, QC, judge.^[2] The Rumpoles reside in a cavernous, underheated "mansion flat" at 25B Froxbury Court, Gloucester Road. A legal drama is a work of dramatic fiction about law, crime, punishment or the legal profession. ... Gloucester Road (B325) [pronounced GLOSS-ster] is a street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea of London. ...

Rumpole unintentionally raises tensions with his American daughter-in-law Erica because of their differing views (such as her disapproval of him cross-examining a rape "victim" whom he believed to be lying).^[3] His associates' dynamic social positions contrast with his relatively static one, which causes feelings between him and the others to shift over time.

Rumpole retired for a short period of time, moving to Florida to be near his son Nick, a sociology professor and now department head at the University of Miami.^[4] Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Sociology (from Latin: socius, companion; and the suffix -ology, the study of, from Greek λόγος, lógos, knowledge) is an academic and applied discipline that studies society and human social interaction. ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: [1]) varies. ... This is a list of academic disciplines (and academic fields). ... This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. ...

Production

Origins: Play for Today

The origins of Rumpole of the Bailey lie in “Infidelity Took Place”, a Wednesday Play written by John Mortimer and broadcast by the BBC on 18 May 1968.^[5] This satirical play – a comment on newly enacted English divorce laws – told the story of a happily married couple who decide to get divorced to take advantage of the more beneficial tax situation they would enjoy were they legally separated. The play features a character, Leonard Hoskins (played by John Nettleton), a divorce lawyer with a domineering mother, who can be seen as an early prototype of Horace Rumpole.^[6] In the mid nineteen-seventies, Mortimer approached Play for Today producer Irene Shubik, who had overseen “Infidelity Took Place”, with a new idea for a play, titled “My Darling Prince, Peter Kropotkin”, that centred around a barrister called Horace Rumbold.^[6] Rumbold would have a particular interest in nineteenth-century anarchists, especially the Russian Peter Kropotkin from whom the title of the play was drawn. The character's name was later changed to Horace Rumpole when it was discovered that there was a real barrister called Horace Rumbold.^[7] In an early synopsis of the character, Mortimer suggested that part of the reason for the breakdown of Rumpole's marriage was a “tendency to prefer young men”.^[7] The title of the play was briefly changed to “Jolly Old Jean Jacques Rousseau” before settling on the less esoteric “Rumpole of the Bailey”.^[7] The Wednesday Play was a British television drama anthology series, which ran on BBC ONE from 1964 to 1970. ... is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. ... A tax is an involuntary fee paid by individuals or businesses to a state, or to functional equivalents of a state, including tribes, secessionist movements or revolutionary movements. ... John Nettleton in Yes, Prime Minister John Nettleton (born 5 February 1929 in London) is a British actor. ... The Play for Today logo, seen here in the opening title sequence from 1976. ... Irene Shubik (born 1935) is a British television producer, notable for her contribution to the development of the single play in British television drama. ... Anarchy (from Greek: anarchía, no authority) has a popular meaning of disorder[1]. However it has a more precise meaning in political philosophy to describe any human society which exists without a state. ... Prince Peter (Pyotr) Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Russian: ) (December 9, 1842–February 8, 1921) was one of Russias foremost anarchists and one of the first advocates of anarchist communism: the model of society he advocated for most of his life was that of a communalist society free from central government. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778) was a Swiss-French philosopher, writer, political theorist, and self-taught composer of The Age of Enlightenment Biography of Rousseau The tomb of Rousseau in the crypt of the Panthéon, Paris Rousseau was born in Geneva, Switzerland...

Mortimer was keen on Michael Horden for the role of Rumpole but, when Horden proved unavailable, the part went to Australian-born actor Leo McKern.^[7] Mortimer was initially unenthusiastic about McKern's casting but changed his opinion upon seeing him at rehearsal.^[8] Cast as Hilda was Joyce Heron, who played the character as much tougher individual than that later seen in the eventual series.^[9] “Rumpole of the Bailey” was broadcast, to good reviews, on 17 December 1975 .^[9] Sir Michael Murray Hordern (October 3, 1911 – May 2, 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The series

Aware of the potential for further stories centered on Rumpole, Irene Shubik approached the BBC's Head of Plays, Christopher Morahan, and obtained permission from him to commission a further six Rumpole of the Bailey scripts from John Mortimer.^[10] However, Morahan left his post at the BBC a short time later and his successor was not interested in turning Rumpole of the Bailey into a series. At around this time, Shubik was contacted by Verity Lambert, Head of Drama at Thames Television, who was looking for ideas for an up-market drama series.^[10] Impressed with Rumpole of the Bailey, Lambert offered Shubik the opportunity to bring the series to Thames. John Mortimer readily agreed, since it would mean more money, and Shubik (and Rumpole) duly left the BBC in late 1976.^[11] Verity Lambert (born November 27, 1935 in London, England, UK) is a British television and film producer, best known for producing the science-fiction series Doctor Who for the BBC for its first two years, from 1963 to 1965. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Rumpole of the Bailey made its Thames Television debut on 3 April 1978 in a season of six episodes. These introduced and established the supporting characters including Guthrie Featherstone (Peter Bowles), Claude Erskine-Browne (Julian Curry) and Phyllida Trant (Patricia Hodge). The role of Hilda was recast, with Peggy Thorpe-Bates taking on the part. Rob Page's title sequence, featuring amusing caricatures of Rumpole, was inspired by the nineteenth-century cartoonist George Cruikshank, who had illustrated the works of Charles Dickens.^[12] The music was composed by Joseph Horovitz, whose extensive use of the bassoon for Rumpole's theme complemented Leo McKern's portly stature and sonorous voice.^[12] Mortimer continued to work as a barrister while writing the series, rising at 5:30am to write scripts before going to work at the Old Bailey.^[13] The series was critically acclaimed (“Not to be missed. Leo McKern is superb as the wild and wilt barrister Rumpole”^[14] - The Times; “I wouldn't say the BBC threw away a pearl richer than all its tribe but it has mislaid a tasty box of kippers”^[14] - Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian) and Thames quickly commissioned a second season. However, upset to see that her pay had reduced while McKern and Mortimer had received increases for the second season, Shubik's relationship with Verity Lambert deteriorated and, in the end, she quit Thames after commissioning three of the six scripts for the second season.^[15] Shubik moved to Granada Television where she produced an acclaimed adaptation of Paul Scott's Staying On and set up, but did not produce, The Jewel in the Crown the follow-up adaptation of Scott's Raj Quartet.^[16] Rumpole of the Bailey continued under a new production team. is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Peter Bowles (born October 16, 1936) is a British actor. ... Patricia Hodge (born on 29 September 1946 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England) is a British actress. ... For the book of comics by Daniel Clowes see Caricature (Daniel Clowes collection) A caricature of film comedian Charlie Chaplin. ... Portrait of George Cruikshank Wood engraving published in Harpers Weekly newspaper March 16, 1878 A Young George Cruikshank George Cruikshank (September 27, 1792—February 1, 1878) was an English caricaturist and book illustrator. ... “Dickens” redirects here. ... Joseph Horovitz (born May 26, 1926 in Vienna, Austria) is a British composer and conductor. ... The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers and occasionally even higher. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ... Nancy Banks-Smith is a British television critic; she began writing for The Guardian in 1969. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Paul Mark Scott (25 March 1920 – 1 March 1978) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the Raj Quartet. ... Staying On is a novel by Paul Scott, which was published in 1977 and won the Booker Prize. ... The Jewel in the Crown is a British television drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and based on the Raj Quartet novels by Paul Scott. ... The Raj Quartet is a four-volume novel, written by Paul Scott, about the concluding years of the British Raj in India. ...

When the series returned for its fourth season in 1987 Marion Mathie took over as Hilda when Peggy Thorpe-Bates retired because of poor health.^[17] Other regular cast members included:

• Patricia Hodge as Phillida (Trant) Erskine-Brown, the "Portia of our Chambers".
• Peter Bowles as Guthrie Featherstone, the feckless Head of Chambers who later becomes a Judge, with usually hilarious results.
• Joanna Van Gyseghem as Marigold Featherstone, Guthrie's wife.
• Julian Curry as Claude Erskine-Brown, Phillida's nerdy husband, "opera buff and hopeless cross-examiner", and sometime philanderer.
• Peter Blythe as Samuel Ballard, Head of Chambers in later series, whom Rumpole referred to as "Soapy Sam" and addressed as "Bollard".
• Rosalyn Landor as Fiona Allways, Rumpole's pupil in Chambers.
• Richard Murdoch as T.C. (Thomas Cartwright) Rowley, better known as Uncle Tom, "the oldest member of chambers, who has not had a brief as long as any of us can remember." He is usually seen happily practising his putting in the clerk's room.
• Samantha Bond (1987) and later Abigail McKern (1988–1992; Leo McKern's daughter) as Liz Probert (a.k.a. Miz Liz), a young feminist barrister in Rumpole's chambers.
• Moray Watson as George Frobisher, a sensible if somewhat stiff barrister in the same Chambers as Rumpole and later a Circuit Judge.
• Jonathan Coy as Henry, the efficient but harried clerk of chambers.
• Maureen Darbyshire as Diane, the oft-seen but rarely heard chambers secretary, and Henry's flame.
• Denis Lill as Mr. Bernard, (played by Edward de Souza in the first series) a solicitor who frequently presents Rumpole with clients (usually a hapless member of the Timson clan).
• Bill Fraser (1978–1988) as Judge Roger Bullingham, "the Mad Bull", Rumpole's most notorious courtroom enemy.
• James Grout (1991–1992) as Mr. Justice Oliver Oliphant, whose affectations of Northern bluntness drive Rumpole to distraction.

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All 44 episodes are available on DVD. Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

The BBC One Play for Today and the second television series were adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 1980 along with seven new stories. Rumpole: The Splendours and Miseries of an Old Bailey Hack starred Maurice Denham as Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda. old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Maurice Denham (born as William Maurice Denham on December 23, 1909 at Beckenham, Kent; died July 24, 2002) was an English character actor who appeared in over 100 television programmes and films throughout his long career. ...

As Leo McKern and Maurice Denham died one day apart in 2002, McKern on July 23 and Denham on July 24, the role of Rumpole went to Timothy West when four new 45-minute plays were broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in the autumn of 2003. Rumpole and the Primrose Path also starred West's wife Prunella Scales as Hilda. Image:Number Two. ... Maurice Denham (born as William Maurice Denham on December 23, 1909 at Beckenham, Kent; died July 24, 2002) was an English character actor who appeared in over 100 television programmes and films throughout his long career. ... Timothy West CBE (born October 20, 1934) is a British film, stage and television actor. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Prunella Scales CBE (born 22 June 1932) is an English actress best known for her role as the fearsome Sybil Fawlty in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. ...

Television episodes

BBC One Play for Today (1975)

• "Rumpole of the Bailey" (December 16, 1975; a.k.a "Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt")

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1. "Rumpole and the Younger Generation" (April 3, 1978) (Set in 1967)
2. "Rumpole and the Alternative Society" (April 10, 1978) (Set in 1970)
3. "Rumpole and the Honourable Member" (April 17, 1978) (Set in 1974)
4. "Rumpole and the Married Lady" (April 24, 1978) (Set in 1975)
5. "Rumpole and the Learned Friends" (May 1, 1978) (Set in 1976)
6. "Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade" (May 15, 1978) (Set in 1977)

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1. "Rumpole and the Man of God" (May 29, 1979)
2. "Rumpole and the Case of Identity" (June 5, 1979)
3. "Rumpole and the Show Folk" (June 12, 1979)
4. "Rumpole and the Fascist Beast" (June 19, 1979)
5. "Rumpole and the Course of True Love" (June 26, 1979)
6. "Rumpole and the Age for Retirement" (July 3, 1979)

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• "Rumpole's Return" (December 30, 1980)

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1. "Rumpole and the Genuine Article" (October 11, 1983)
2. "Rumpole and the Golden Thread" (October 18, 1983)
3. "Rumpole and the Old Boy Net" (October 25, 1983)
4. "Rumpole and the Female of the Species" (November 1, 1983)
5. "Rumpole and the Sporting Life" (November 8, 1983)
6. "Rumpole and the Last Resort" (November 15, 1983)

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1. "Rumpole and the Old, Old Story" (January 19, 1987)
2. "Rumpole and the Blind Tasting" (January 26, 1987)
3. "Rumpole and the Official Secret" (February 2, 1987)
4. "Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow" (February 9, 1987)
5. "Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim" (February 16, 1987)
6. "Rumpole's Last Case" (February 25, 1987)

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1. "Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation" (November 23, 1988)
2. "Rumpole and the Barrow Boy" (November 30, 1988)
3. "Rumpole and the Age of Miracles" (December 7, 1988)
4. "Rumpole and the Tap End" (December 14, 1988)
5. "Rumpole and Portia" (December 21, 1988)
6. "Rumpole and the Quality of Life" (December 28, 1988)

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1. "Rumpole à la Carte" (October 28, 1991)
2. "Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent" (November 4, 1991)
3. "Rumpole and the Right to Silence" (November 11, 1991)
4. "Rumpole at Sea" (November 18, 1991)
5. "Rumpole and the Quacks" (November 25, 1991)
6. "Rumpole for the Prosecution" (December 2, 1991)

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1. "Rumpole and the Children of the Devil" (October 29, 1992)
2. "Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice" (November 5, 1992)
3. "Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle" (November 12, 1992)
4. "Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson" (November 19, 1992)
5. "Rumpole and the Family Pride" (November 26, 1992)
6. "Rumpole on Trial" (December 3, 1992)

Rumpole" (book cover)

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Radio episodes

Rumpole: The Splendours and Miseries of an Old Bailey Hack (1980)

Starring Maurice Denham as Horace Rumpole

1. "Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt" (July 21, 1980)
2. "Rumpole and the Dear Departed"
3. "Rumpole and the Gentle Art of Blackmail"
4. "Rumpole and the Rotten Apple"
5. "Rumpole and the Man of God"
6. "Rumpole and the Defence of Guthrie Featherstone"
7. "Rumpole and the Show Folk"
8. "Rumpole and the Fascist Beast"
9. "Rumpole and the Case of Identity"
10. "Rumpole and the Expert Witness "
11. "Rumpole and the Course of True Love"
12. "Rumpole and the Perils of the Sea"
13. "Rumpole and the Age of Retirement" (October 13, 1980)

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Rumpole of the Bailey

Starring Timothy West as Horace Rumpole and his real-life wife Prunella Scales as Hilda Timothy West CBE (born October 20, 1934) is a British film, stage and television actor. ... Prunella Scales CBE (born 22 June 1932) is an English actress best known for her role as the fearsome Sybil Fawlty in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. ...

2003

1. "Rumpole and the Primrose Path"
2. "Rumpole and the Scales of Justice"
3. "Rumpole and the Vanishing Juror"
4. "Rumpole Redeemed"

2006

• "Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf"
• "Rumpole and the Right to Privacy"

2007

• "Rumpole and the Reign of Terror" (15th and 22nd August)

1. Truth Makes All Things Plain
2. The Past Catches up with Us All

Date unknown

• "Rumpole and the Widow Twankey"

Desmond Barrett

• "Rumpole and the Old Faces"

Books

• Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) (adaptions of the first season stories)
  • "Rumpole and the Younger Generation"
  • "Rumpole and the Alternative Society"
  • "Rumpole and the Honourable Member"
  • "Rumpole and the Married Lady"
  • "Rumpole and the Learned Friends"
  • "Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade"

• The Trials of Rumpole (1979) (adaptions of the second season stories)
  • "Rumpole and the Man of God"
  • "Rumpole and the Showfolk"
  • "Rumpole and the Fascist Beast"
  • "Rumpole and the Case of Identity"
  • "Rumpole and the Course of True Love"
  • "Rumpole and the Age for Retirement"

• Rumpole's Return (1980) (novel; based on one-off special)

• Rumpole for the Defence (1982) (adaption of the BBC One Play For Today plus the seven Denham radio episodes)
  • "Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt"
  • "Rumpole and the Gentle Art of Blackmail"
  • "Rumpole and the Dear Departed"
  • "Rumpole and the Rotten Apple"
  • "Rumpole and the Expert Witness"
  • "Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas" (a.k.a. "Rumpole and the Defence of Guthrie Featherstone")
  • "Rumpole and the Boat People" (a.k.a. "Rumpole and the Perils of the Sea")

• Rumpole and the Golden Thread (1983) (adaptions of the third season stories)
  • "Rumpole and the Genuine Article"
  • "Rumpole and the Golden Thread"
  • "Rumpole and the Old Boy Net"
  • "Rumpole and the Female of the Species"
  • "Rumpole and the Sporting Life"
  • "Rumpole and the Last Resort"

• Rumpole's Last Case (1987) (adaptions of the fourth season stories, plus one new story)
  • "Rumpole and the Blind Tasting"
  • "Rumpole and the Old, Old Story"
  • "Rumpole and the Official Secret"
  • "Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow"
  • "Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim"
  • "Rumpole and the Winter Break" (new story)
  • "Rumpole's Last Case"

• Rumpole and the Age of Miracles (1988]) (adaptions of the fifth season stories, plus one new story)
  • "Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation"
  • "Rumpole and the Barrow Boy"
  • "Rumpole and the Age of Miracles"
  • "Rumpole and the Tap End"
  • "Rumpole and the Chambers Party" (new story)
  • "Rumpole and Portia"
  • "Rumpole and the Quality of Life"

• Rumpole à la Carte (1990) (adaptions of the sixth season stories)"
  • "Rumpole à la Carte"
  • "Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent"
  • "Rumpole and the Right to Silence"
  • "Rumpole at Sea"
  • "Rumpole and the Quacks"
  • "Rumpole for the Prosecution"

• Rumpole on Trial (1992) (adaptions of the seventh season stories, plus one new story)
  • "Rumpole and the Children of the Devil"
  • "Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle"
  • "Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice"
  • "Rumpole and the Family Pride"
  • "Rumpole and the Soothsayer" (new story)
  • "Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson"
  • "Rumpole on Trial"

• Rumpole and the Angel of Death (1995) (new stories)
  • "Rumpole and the Model Prisoner"
  • "Rumpole and the Way Through the Woods
  • "Hilda's Story"
  • "Rumpole and the Little Boy Lost"
  • "Rumpole and the Rights of Man"
  • "Rumpole and the Angel of Death"

• Rumpole Rests His Case (2002) (new stories)
  • "Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces"
  • "Rumpole and the Remembrance of Things Past"
  • "Rumpole and the Asylum Seekers"
  • "Rumpole and the Camberwell Carrot"
  • "Rumpole and the Actor Laddie"
  • "Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf"
  • "Rumpole Rests His Case"

• Rumpole and the Primrose Path (2003) (new stories)
  • "Rumpole and the Primrose Path"
  • "Rumpole and the New Year's Resolutions"
  • "Rumpole the Scales of Justice"
  • "Rumpole and the Right to Privacy"
  • "Rumpole and the Vanishing Juror"
  • "Rumpole Redeemed"

• Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (2004) (novel; new story)

• Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (2006) (novel; new story)

Notes

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References

• Shubik, Irene [1975] (2000). Play for Today. The evolution of television drama, 2nd edition, Manchester, England: Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-5687-X. 

External links

• Salon's interview with John Mortimer re Rumpole of the Bailey
• Horace Rumpole at The Thrilling Detective Website (includes comprehensive list of television episodes and books)
• Rumpole of the Bailey at the Internet Movie Database
• Rumpole of the Bailey at the BFI's Screenonline
• The Rumpolean FAQ, a list of frequently asked questions about Rumpole with answers (last updated in 2002)