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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: By clicking Continue, I agree to the Privacy Policy. Are you sure you want to sign out? In the story Rumpole at Sea , Rumpole says of Bullingham: Retrieved 19 June But if there is any doubt whatsoever in Rumpole's mind about the facts surrounding the commission of the crime — even if the defendant has personally confessed to the deed having stated, and proved, on one occasion that "there is no piece of evidence more unreliable than a confession!

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Cross-examination is one of his favourite activities, and he disdains barristers who lack either the skill or courage to ask the right questions. Retrieved 16 April It is most clearly legible in the episode "Rumpole and the Alternative Society".

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Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer. Leo McKern is superb as the wild and witty barrister Rumpole" [29] — 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 " [29] — Nancy Banks-SmithThe Guardian and Thames quickly commissioned a second season.

The Play for Today series. 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: The son of Reverend Wilfred Rumpole and his wife Alice, and born at Dulwich, [7] [8] Rumpole attended "Linklater's" a fictional minor public school [9] and studied law at either Keble College [10] or the fictional "St Joseph's College", Oxford[11] coming away with "a dubious third ".

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Works by John Mortimer. Some were new radio adaptations of scripts previously produced for TV; rumpope were special radio adaptations of stories first published in book format after the end of the final TV series and some were brand-new, purpose-written episodes created for radio.

The Timson clan of "minor villains" primarily thieves regularly rely on Rumpole to get them out of their latest bit of trouble fadio the law. Sign in to complete account merge.

It was initially released in season sets then on 28 Februarythey released Rumpole of the Bailey a disc box set with all 42 episodes. We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password.

The seven mini-seasons were produced in,and It is never mentioned in the television series what the W stands for. Note that in the series, George Frobisher was played in a very different style by a different actor. Copy the link below To share this on Facebook click on the link below. Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murderscontaining his first unled case and his engagement to Hilda, takes place in the early s, entirely inconsistent with the early stories.

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In the early s Mortimer was appearing for some football hooligans when James Burge, with whom he was sharing the defence, told him: BBC This week, Benedict Cumberbatch has been putting that marvellous voice of his to rumpolf use by returning to a part that he has made his own over the past few years. Views Read Edit View history. QC who took on liberal causes but found most fame as the creator of rdio fictional barrister Rumpole". A series of anthologies and omnibus editions were also released.

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By clicking Continue, I agree to the Privacy Policy. Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written radii the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. Despite attempts by his friends and family tadio get him to move on to a more respectable position for his age, such as a Queen's Counsel QC or a Circuit Judge sarcastically referred to respectively as "Queer Customers" and "Circus Judges" by Rumpolehe only enjoys the simple pleasure of defending his clients who are often legal aid cases at the Old BaileyLondon's Central Criminal Court: Since there were a number of different BBC radio productions derived from the Rumpole stories.

QC who took on liberal causes but tadio most fame as the creator of the fictional barrister Rumpole".

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