London barrister Horace Rumpole defends in criminal cases.
Rumpole & the Man of God: Episode Image
Episode 1Rumpole & the Man of God
Rumpole and the Man of God. Stars: Leo McKern, Rosemary Leach, Derek Farr. Rumpole defends a vicar accused of shoplifting.
Rumpole & the Case of Identity: Episode Image
Episode 2Rumpole & the Case of Identity
Rumpole and the Case of Identity. Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Peter Bowles. Marital infidelity is at the root of Rumpole's current case involving a liquor store robbery.
Rumpole & the Show Folk: Episode Image
Episode 3Rumpole & the Show Folk
Rumpole and the Show Folk. Stars: Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, John Wells. Rumpole goes to the north, where an actor and theatre manager has been shot with a stage prop.
Rumpole's Return: Episode Image
Episode 7Rumpole's Return
Feature-length TV special with Leo McKern. A bored Rumpole living in Florida retirement uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers. (1980)