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Rumpole of the Bailey (1975 – 1992)

7.1 | Dec 17, 1975 (GB) | Drama, Comedy, Crime

TV's Best Loved Barrister

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.

No. of seasons
7
No. of episodes
42
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Cast

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Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
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Patricia Hodge
Phyllida Trant
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Julian Curry
Claude Erskine-Brown
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Robin Bailey
Mr. Justice Gerald Graves
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Peter Blythe
Samuel Ballard, Q.C.
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Richard Murdoch
Uncle Tom
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Abigail McKern
Liz Probert
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Marion Mathie
Hilda Rumpole