Rent Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 1 (1978)
3.2 of 5 from 14 ratings
5h 10min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
- Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) is a down-at-heel yet brilliant barrister. Fond of quoting Wordsworth, he comes to the defence of shoplifting vicars, overly amorous teachers and many others who pass through the doors of the Old Bailey. He is famed for always winning his cases but there is one person who he has never beaten - his wife "She Who Be Obeyed".
- Actors:
- Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, David Yelland, John Welsh, Peter Bowles, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Moray Watson, Derek Benfield, Jonathan Coy, Richard Murdoch, Julian Curry, Norman Ettlinger, Richard Albrecht, Ralph Michael, Edward de Souza, Edwin Brown, Peter Childs, Toni Palmer, Keith Jayne, Sean Clarke
- Directors:
- Herbert Wise, Graham Evans
- Voiced By:
- Simon Prebble, Bruce Wyndham
- Studio:
- Fremantle
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Courtroom Dramas, TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries
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Reviews (1) of Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 1
Sadly, times have changed - Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 1 review by CP Customer
I loved these when I first saw them, but found them impossible to watch again because Rumpole's attitudes (especially towards women) are just so old-fashioned that they are unbearable. I know it was a long time ago, and the shows reflected what were rather wide-spread views at the time, but watching Rumpole descredite a rape victim by reducing her to tears by subjecting her to an incredibly aggressive cross-examination about her sex life was something I just couldn't sit through. Historically, they're a good reminder that some things have changed for the better, but they no longer work as entertaining comedies; not for me, at least.
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