Rumpole On Trial - A visit to the dentist starts Rumpole’s day badly and it is not improved by his appearance before Mr. Justice Oliphant in a particularly irritating mood. Losing his temper, Rumpole finds himself on trial for contempt before another enemy.
A visit to the dentist starts Rumpole’s day badly and soon he is on trial for contempt.
A cousin invites Hilda and Rumpole to visit, but the invitation isn’t purely social.
Two beautiful women disrupt life, both in Chambers and at Rumpole’s home.
Hilda chases a thief, Rumpole is poised for a success, and Phyllida is set for a new role.
Mr. Justice Featherstone may lose his appeal when confessions prove worthless.
Rumpole is in unfamiliar surroundings, defending Cary Timson, accused of devil worship.
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.
