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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0733961741278
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 14
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 09, 2005
Sales Rank: 66932
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 12, 1980
Editorial Review:
Description:
An immensely popular series broadcast on PBS from 1978 to 1992, RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY set a new bar for all courtroom dramas to come. Balancing suspense and satire as deftly as the scale of justice, Horace Rumpole tirelessly defends the downtrodden while undressing the upper classes. A timeless mixture of comedy and drama, RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY was one of television's most celebrated courtroom dramas.
Flawlessly adapted by John Mortimer from his best-selling Edgar Award-winning novels, and starring the esteemed Leo McKern (A Man for All Seasons), this 14-disc DVD Megaset(tm) includes all 42 episodes from the seven seasons of RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - a bit of a disappointment
I bought these after hearing several good radio theater Rumpole shows. The video Rumpole character is little more than a hopless British WC Fields less the sense of humor. I'm not sure these are worth donating to the thrift store.
Rating:  - Old Bailey Hack
'Rumpole of the Bailey' is one of my favourite book series, and is also one of my favourite television series of all time. Spanning well over a decade, Thames television produced over 40 episodes of the crusty old barrister's tales, penned both for book and screen by John Mortimer, who used to take delight in highlighting silliness in judicial judgements by putting those decisions into the guise of his own judges, perhaps most especially judge Bullingham.
Leo McKern, a well-known British ... Read More
Rating: - My husband says it's the best Christmas gift he's ever received!
For long driving trips we often listen to books on tape. After listening to the Rumpole tapes several times I bought the entire collection of DVD's for my husband for Christmas. We both thoroughly enjoy watching this series. We have long been fans of British comedy and would highly recommend this collection to like-minded people. Rumpole is a delightful character and the story lines are very entertaining. Such a welcome relief to all the horrible programing available on television today - VERY ENJOYABLE!!! ... Read More
Rating: - Pearls of Great Price!
And worth every penny!!!
I now own the entire series, and it is so delightful to be able to escape the horrors of network news programs, local "breaking news" reports (the latest car chase), and phony "reality" shows, and to sit down with a nice glass of Trader Joe's Plonk (the California equivalent of Chateau Thames Embankment) and indulge in an unadulterated orgy of Rumpole from beginning to end.
A curious warmth envelops one when mulling over Rumpole's private life in Froxbury Mansions, ... Read More
Rating: - Aaah Wordsworth you old lovely!
Yes there are discrepancies, yes some scenes are cut, indeed there is no captioning, and yes it certainly deserves better but.................. this gem is priceless and for all the curmudgeons who so fractiously complain, this Aussie says get a life!!! Rumpole? ALL THE EPISODES? For THIS price? Well, chop me up and use me for suet pudding, complain about this and you either do not know, and love, Rumpole. Or you have no true sense of value. No point in reviewing the stories, you either know and love them, or you need ... Read More
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