Rumpole of the Bailey
“TV's Best Loved Barrister”
1975•TV-PG•7 Seasons•42 Episodes•7.1•Ended
DramaComedyCrime
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Creator
John Mortimer
Network
ITV1
Origin
GB
Cast
Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
Patricia Hodge
Phyllida Trant
Julian Curry
Claude Erskine-Brown
Robin Bailey
Mr. Justice Gerald Graves
Peter Blythe
Samuel Ballard, Q.C.
Richard Murdoch
Uncle Tom
Jonathan Coy
Henry
Abigail McKern
Liz Probert
Marion Mathie
Hilda Rumpole
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