Rumpole of the Bailey
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.
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Top cast
Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
Jonathan Coy
Henry
Julian Curry
Claude Erskine-Brown
Richard Murdoch
Uncle Tom
Patricia Hodge
Phyllida Trant
Peter Blythe
Samuel Ballard, Q.C.
Marion Mathie
Hilda Rumpole
Maureen Darbyshire
Dianne
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Hilda Rumpole
Peter Bowles
Guthrie Featherstone
Robin Bailey
Mr. Justice Gerald Graves
Denys Graham
Hoskins
Abigail McKern
Liz Probert
Joanna Van Gyseghem
Marigold Featherstone
Moray Watson
George Frobisher
Where to watch
Stream
Britbox Apple TV Channel 
PBS
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PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
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Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- December 17, 1975
- Last air date
- December 3, 1992
- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes
- 42
- Episode runtime
- 1h
- Network
- ITV1
- Original language
- EN
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