WITF Passport Binge: Rumpole of the Bailey
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Christina Zeiders
In John Mortimer’s satirical look at criminal law and the workings of the Old Bailey, Horace Rumpole is a barrister who spouts Wordsworth to himself and is famed among colleagues for his battered hat and general slovenliness.
Binge the first season of Rumpole of the Bailey now with your WITF Passport login and the PBS Video app. The image (above) is from “Rumpole of the Bailey” Season 1, Episode 2, “Rumpole and the Alternate Society.”
His wife, known as “She who must be obeyed,” sometimes thinks Rumpole has been so busy playing parts in courts that he’s lost all trace of his own identity. To the dismay of his friends and family, who wish he’d take on a more respectable position for his age, he enjoyed defending his clients at the Old Bailey – London’s Central Criminal Court.
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