Rumpole of the Bailey
(1975)Streaming Episode Guide
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Season 7
Rumpole on Trial
Episode 6 - 12-03-1992
51m
Hilda persuades Ballard to defend Rumpole when he faces a disciplinary hearing. Rumpole seems to have gone a good deal too far in what he said in Mr Justice Oliphant's court - or did he?
8.6/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Family Pride
Episode 5 - 11-26-1992
51m
Rumpole and Hilda are invited for the weekend at a cousin's castle - but when they get there they find their relation faces the charge of murdering a travelling woman and is looking for Rumpole to rally round to help him.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson
Episode 4 - 11-19-1992
51m
Rumpole defends a teenager charged with stealing from old people. Curiously, Rumpole's own apartment is promptly broken into and documents are stolen. Erskine-Brown is in the running again to 'take silk' (become a Queen's Counsel) but the word around the Inns of Court is that he does not have enough 'bottom' and will not make the grade. Phyllida launches a campaign in support of Claude, but can she pull it off?
8/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle
Episode 3 - 11-12-1992
51m
Rumpole flirts with a beautiful violinist and finds himself reluctantly defending her husband, who is charged with murdering the violinist's musical partner.Meanwhile, Claude Erskine-Brown accuses Henry, the clerk at 3 Equity Court, of sexually harassing a secretary.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice
Episode 2 - 11-05-1992
51m
Rumpole defends a policeman, Superintendent Gannon, who is accused of changing a teenager's statement confessing to murdering a policeman.
Meanwhile, Sir Guthrie Featherstone finds himself in hot water - as the Judge in the boy's case, he gave a damning summing-up against him, and now the Lord Chief Justice of England is taking an interest in the matter.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Children of the Devil
Episode 1 - 10-29-1992
50m
Rumpole again defends the Timsons, when they are accused of Satanism and their daughter Tracy has been put into local authority care.
Hilda is angling for Rumpole to take her to this year's Scales of Justice Ball.
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Season 6
Rumpole for the Prosecution
Episode 6 - 12-02-1991
51m
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...
8.1/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Quacks
Episode 5 - 11-25-1991
51m
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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Rumpole at Sea
Episode 4 - 11-18-1991
51m
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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Rumpole and the Right to Silence
Episode 3 - 11-11-1991
51m
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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Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
Episode 2 - 11-04-1991
51m
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.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Rumpole a la Carte
Episode 1 - 10-28-1991
51m
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.
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Season 5
Rumpole and the Quality of Life
Episode 6 - 12-28-1988
51m
Rumpole defends Lady Perdita Derwent, charged with the murder of her elderly husband.
Meanwhile, Ms Liz Probert complains of anti-gay discrimination at number 3, Equity Court, and the portly Rumpole suffers from a strict diet imposed by She Who Must Be Obeyed.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and Portia
Episode 5 - 12-21-1988
51m
Rumpole defends Stanley Culp, a scrap dealer, on charges of selling arms to terrorists. The case comes before a newly appointed Recorder - Phyllida Erskine-Brown.
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Rumpole and the Tap End
Episode 4 - 12-14-1988
51m
Rumpole defends Tony Timson on charges of attempted murder - with Tony's wife, April, claiming he tried to drown her - while sexist remarks by Mr Justice Guthrie Featherstone give the press a field day and, more importantly, upset the Lord Chancellor.
'She Who Must Be Obeyed' decides it's time for her to begin her own career in the legal profession.
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Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
Episode 3 - 12-07-1988
51m
Rumpole defends his clergyman nephew in an ecclesiastical court, against charges of adultery - of which the bishop takes a dim view. Rumpole's colleagues Ballard and Erskine-Brown appear for the prosecution.
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Rumpole and the Barrow Boy
Episode 2 - 11-30-1988
51m
Young Nigel Timson has moved on from the world of East End villainy and is now working in financial services in the City of London. Rumpole is called on to defend Nigel against charges of insider trading.
Meanwhile, Henry, the clerk in Rumpole's chambers, is thinking of running off to Australia with Dianne, the typist, and he turns to Rumpole for advice.
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Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
Episode 1 - 11-23-1988
52m
Rumpole fights a claim for libel filed by a woman writer against a low newspaper.
Claude Erskine-Brown moves in with Rumpole after being photographed at a night-club of ill repute, to the fury of Phyllida.
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Season 4
Rumpole's Last Case
Episode 6 - 2-23-1987
52m
The Timsons are in trouble again, and in need of the services of their favourite 'brief'. The old firm is back in business, but as he unravels the mystery of who carried the gun in a bungled robbery Rumpole is unaccountably wearying of it all.
After investing with his turf accountant on a valuable four-horse accumulator, Rumpole makes up his mind that it's time to hang up his wig for the last time - but not before telling a few home truths to his old adversary, Mr Justice 'Mad Bull' Bullingham.
Meanwhile, the gods have ideas of their own. Hearthstoke is still giving Henry and Dianne a rough time and he even contrives to infuriate Phyllida.
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Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim
Episode 5 - 2-16-1987
52m
Rumpole travels to West Germany to defend a British soldier facing a court-martial charged with the murder of his sergeant.
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Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow
Episode 4 - 2-09-1987
52m
Rumpole defends a man charged with running massage parlours as brothels, and his former colleague in chambers Mr Justice Featherstone finds himself in an embarrassing position. The prospect of appointment as a Judge is dangled in front of Rumpole - and it is suggested that he might wish to handle the defense of his present case with suitable discretion, so to speak... The troublesome Heathstoke is working to move number 3 Equity Court into the twentieth century and tries to oust both Rumpole and Henry, the chambers clerk.
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Rumpole and the Official Secret
Episode 3 - 2-02-1987
52m
Rumpole defends an elderly woman charged under the Official Secrets Act - she is claimed to have have leaked (so to speak) information revealing excessive British government expenditure on tea.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Blind Tasting
Episode 2 - 1-26-1987
52m
Yet another of the Timsons needs Rumpole's services as an advocate, this time to answer charges of fencing stolen liquor.
Rumpole accepts Ms Liz Probert - a radical left-wing activist - as a pupil, though not without certain misgivings.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Old, Old Story
Episode 1 - 1-19-1987
52m
Rumpole defends a business man who is accused of trying to murder his partner.
After a squabble with 'She Who Must Be Obeyed', Rumpole finally leaves home - but Hilda doesn't seem to miss him very much...
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Season 3
Rumpole and the Last Resort
Episode 6 - 11-15-1983
52m
Rumpole turns to his wife, Hilda, for help in getting a slippery solicitor to pay what he owes. Meanwhile, Rumpole is busy defending the owner of a caravan rental agency who is accused of fraud.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Sporting Life
Episode 5 - 11-08-1983
53m
Rumpole gets out into rural England when Fiona Allways persuades him to defend her sister Jennifer, charged with murdering her skirt-chasing husband.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Female of the Species
Episode 4 - 11-01-1983
51m
Rumpole defends Tony Timson, who is accused of driving the getaway car for a bungled robbery by the Molloy gang - a gang whose relationship with the Timsons is about as warm as that between the Montagues and the Capulets.
Meanwhile, Fiona Allways applies to join Rumpole's chambers at number 3, Equity Court, and this meets with opposition from an unexpected quarter - Phyllida.
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Rumpole and the Old Boy Net
Episode 3 - 10-25-1983
53m
Rumpole welcomes a new pupil, the beautiful Fiona Allways, and together they defend Mr and Mrs Napier-Lee, who are charged with blackmail and with running an immoral house. But the Napier-Lees are slow to defend themselves, anxious not to expose the lies of an old school friend.
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Rumpole and the Golden Thread
Episode 2 - 10-18-1983
53m
Rumpole flies to Neranga, in Africa, to defend David Mazenze (his former law pupil) on a charge of murder. Rumpole meets with politcs, tribal hatred, and confusion - and his client seems to have no credible alibi to offer for the time of the murder.
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Rumpole and the Genuine Article
Episode 1 - 10-11-1983
52m
Rumpole defends Harold Brittling, an unsuccessful artist who has been charged with faking a major painting by the late Septimus Craig. But Brittling is remarkably relaxed about the case and seems to have an agenda of his own.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Season 2
Rumpole's Return
Episode 7 - 12-30-1980
1h 49m
Rumpole has finally retired and has relocated to Miami where son Nick has a position at the university. Rumpole decided to retire after losing a long string of cases before Judge Bullingham, but is quite bored with ogling pretty girls and reading about interesting crimes in The Times. In Chambers, there is now a need to fill the vacancy a young radical lawyer seems to be the front runner. When he needs help on a case, Phyllida Erskine-Brown offers to write to Rumpole and asks for his assistance. To everyone's surprised, Rumpole returns to Chambers and finds himself with a nice little murder case to defend, yet again, before Judge Bullingham. Written by garykmcd
8/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Age for Retirement
Episode 6 - 7-03-1979
51m
Rumpole 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.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Course of True Love
Episode 5 - 6-26-1979
52m
Rumpole 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.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Fascist Beast
Episode 4 - 6-19-1979
51m
Rumpole defends Captain Rex Parkin, who is charged with inciting a riot by racist speeches. Rumpole also has a new pupil, one Latif Khan.
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Rumpole and the Show Folk
Episode 3 - 6-12-1979
52m
Rumpole travels to the north of England and practices his own theatricality in defense of Maggie Hartley, an actress accused of shooting her womanizing husband.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Case of Identity
Episode 2 - 6-05-1979
53m
With the Christmas season in full swing, Rumpole defends Dave Anstey on the charge of stabbing a sales assistant in an off-license. It seems to be a case of mistaken identity, but why does Dave's boss, on whom his alibi depends, change his story and undermine the defense? Meanwhile, Rumpole's Head of Chambers has an attractive new secretary, and starts spending a lot of time with her behind closed doors... When Guthrie Featherstone is seen gyrating at a disco with the girl from the typing pool, Rumpole means to get to the bottom of it all.
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Rumpole and the Man of God
Episode 1 - 5-29-1979
53m
Rumpole 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.
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Season 1
Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade
Episode 6 - 5-15-1978
55m
Rumpole is busy defending the youngest son of a family of villains on a murder charge. His client has all the evidence stacked against him, but meanwhile it is Rumpole's battered old bowler which is becoming the focus of bemused attention in chambers and beyondHilda has made up her mind that Rumpole is to take her to the Scales of Justice Ball. Perhaps a new hat and an acquittal at the Old Bailey will get him in the mood for dancing?
7.9/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Learned Friends
Episode 5 - 5-01-1978
52m
Guthrie Featherstone, with Rumpole as his junior, defends a safe-cracker who claims to have been framed by the notorious Inspector ""Dirty"" Dickerson. Rumpole risks his reputation by attacking police corruption before a police-friendly judge - and as a result he finds himself called to a disciplinary hearing. There is even the possibility that Rumpole may be forced to retire, but he digs his toes in.
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Rumpole and the Married Lady
Episode 4 - 4-24-1978
52m
Rumpole defends a woman (Mrs Thripp) in a divorce action brought by her husband, claiming infidelity. She Who Must Be Obeyed (Mrs Rumpole) forms the opinion that her husband has a mistress - with curious results. Meanwhile, the aggrieved Thripp has begun a battle of notes.
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Rumpole and the Honourable Member
Episode 3 - 4-17-1978
52m
Rumpole defends Ken Aspen, a politician accused of raping a party worker. The defendant admits there was intercourse but claims it was consensual, and Rumpole believes he has found a strong line of defense.Meanwhile, Rumpole's favorite clerk has been accused of stealing from the petty cash at Number 3, Equity Court...
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Rumpole and the Alternative Society
Episode 2 - 4-10-1978
Rumpole is in the west of England to visit an old friend from his days in the Royal Air Force, Sam ('Three Fingers') Dogherty, and to defend Kathy Trelawney, who is charged with selling cannabis to a police agent provocateur.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Younger Generation
Episode 1 - 4-03-1978
53m
Rumpole defends young Jim Timson, who has been grassed up for robbery with violence by 'Peanuts' Molloy - one of a rival gang of East End villains with whom the Timsons have an ancient feud. Unhappily, Jim's only alibi rests upon a junior member of the Molloy family. Meanwhile, Rumpole is having trouble communicating with his own son, Nick. He is also vexed by the question of who will be the new Head of Chambers at Number 3, Equity Court. Might he dare to dream that it could be him?
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Rumpole on Trial
Episode 6 - 12-03-1992
51m
Hilda persuades Ballard to defend Rumpole when he faces a disciplinary hearing. Rumpole seems to have gone a good deal too far in what he said in Mr Justice Oliphant's court - or did he?
8.6/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Blind Tasting
Episode 2 - 1-26-1987
52m
Yet another of the Timsons needs Rumpole's services as an advocate, this time to answer charges of fencing stolen liquor.
Rumpole accepts Ms Liz Probert - a radical left-wing activist - as a pupil, though not without certain misgivings.
8.4/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
Rumpole a la Carte
Episode 1 - 10-28-1991
51m
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.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle
Episode 3 - 11-12-1992
51m
Rumpole flirts with a beautiful violinist and finds himself reluctantly defending her husband, who is charged with murdering the violinist's musical partner.Meanwhile, Claude Erskine-Brown accuses Henry, the clerk at 3 Equity Court, of sexually harassing a secretary.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Rumpole and the Genuine Article
Episode 1 - 10-11-1983
52m
Rumpole defends Harold Brittling, an unsuccessful artist who has been charged with faking a major painting by the late Septimus Craig. But Brittling is remarkably relaxed about the case and seems to have an agenda of his own.
8.2/10Where to watch
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