Rumpole of the Bailey

Season 2

TV-PG

Horace Rumpole is an "Old Bailey Hack," one of the underpaid barristers who ply the courtrooms of the Old Bailey, London's criminal court. Rumpole refused to handle most suits and will never prosecute. He always defends. Each of his trials has both a victory and a defeat in them, his clients who are acquitted often angrier than those who are found guilty. There is always at least one and often two subplots.

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6 Episodes

Rumpole and the Man of God
E1
Rumpole and the Man of GodRumpole defends a vicar who is charged with stealing three shirts from a department store, but the troubled clergyman refuses to take the stand in his own defense. George Frobisher, who is in line to be appointed as a Circuit Judge, comes to dinner with the Rumpoles and introduces his new girlfriend. Rumpole remembers seeing her in court and advises his friend to think again.
Rumpole and the Case of Identity
E2
Rumpole and the Case of IdentityA driver who is alleged to have stabbed a shopkeeper is positively identified by his loud headgear. Head of Chambers Guthrie Featherstone QC MP is positively identified straying from House and home by his loud shirt. Rumpole has to break several hostile witnesses to get all concerned out of trouble.
Rumpole and the Show Folk
E3
Rumpole and the Show FolkRumpole goes on Circus, or rather on Circuit, in the north, where an actor and theatre manager has been shot with a stage prop. The case seems clear-cut, but everything depends on how one reads the script.
Rumpole and the Fascist Beast
E4
Rumpole and the Fascist BeastRumpole defends Captain Rex Parkin, who is charged with inciting a riot by racist speeches. Rumpole also has a new pupil, one Latif Khan.
Rumpole and the Course of True Love
E5
Rumpole and the Course of True LoveRumpole defends a flamboyanty romantic young schoolteacher who is accused of seducing a pupil.Meanwhile, Rumpole's colleague in chambers Guthrie Featherstone pursues his ambition of becoming a High Court judge, while Phyllida has a secret to keep from a former lover.
Rumpole and the Age for Retirement
E6
Rumpole and the Age for RetirementRumpole defends Percy Timson, a receiver of stolen property who has been framed for the theft of an important painting which is out of his league. Meanwhile, Rumpole's wife and son Nick (who is now a college lecturer in the US) are making plans for Rumpole's retirement in the very near future - to a restful existence in Maryland.