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Rumpole of the Bailey

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Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade - Rumpole returns to bloodstains as he defends a stuttering, apparently mentally-challenged petty crook on a murder charge.

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About Rumpole of the Bailey

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. 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.