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Rumpole of the Bailey (UK)
TV Series (1978 - 1992)
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Last Episode
07x06 Rumpole on Trial Aired: Dec. 03, 1992Rumpole faces a disciplinary hearing when he purportedly goes too far in court and Hilda engages Ballard to defend him. Source: www.TVRage.c … [continue reading]
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Apr. 03, 1978
Status:
N/A
Runtime:
N/A
Network
Genre
- drama
Character Guide
Series Fun Facts
- Rumpole has a penchant for giving literary or historical nicknames to friends and foes. His wife Hilda's moniker, "She Who Must Be Obeyed," was originally applied to the title character of H.…
[show]Rumpole has a penchant for giving literary or historical nicknames to friends and foes. His wife Hilda's moniker, "She Who Must Be Obeyed," was originally applied to the title character of H. Rider Haggard's novel "She," while Phyllida Trant Erskine-Brown's nickname, "Portia," is from William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." Samuel Ballard is dubbed "Soapy Sam" after 'Bishop Samuel Wilberforce' (1805-73), now best remembered for debating Thomas Huxley over Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, but regarded in his own time as rather a slick operator. And he refers to Judge Graves as the "whited sepulchre" - a Biblical allusion (Matthew 27).
[hide] - Originally, author John Mortimer had Alastair Sim in mind to play Rumpole - until he found out Sim was dead.
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