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Rumpole of the Bailey

Season: 4

Episode: 1

Rumpole and the Old, Old Story

Air Date:19/01/1987

Rumpole defends a business man who is accused of trying to murder his partner. After a squabble with 'She Who Must Be Obeyed', Rumpole finally leaves home - but Hilda doesn't seem to miss him very much...

Crew

Name: John Mortimer

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Roger Bamford

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Julian Curry

Character: Claude Erskine-Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Murdoch

Character: Uncle Tom

Department: Acting

Name: Jonathan Coy

Character: Henry

Department: Acting

Name: Maurice Denham

Character: Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans

Department: Acting

Name: Lucy Speed

Character: Isolde Erskine-Brown

Department: Acting

Name: David Waller

Character: Captain Gleason

Department: Acting

Name: William Simons

Character: Det. Sgt. Wilmer

Department: Acting

Name: Robin Sachs

Character: Hugo Lutterworth

Department: Acting

Name: Jeffery Dench

Character: Denis Driscoll

Department: Acting

Name: Neville Phillips

Character: Posnet

Department: Acting

Name: Maureen Darbyshire

Character: Dianne

Department: Acting

Name: Patricia Hodge

Character: Phyllida Erskine-Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Blythe

Character: Samuel Ballard Q.C.

Department: Acting

Name: Victoria Wicks

Character: Amanda Gleason

Department: Acting

Name: Jelena Budimir

Character: Daphne

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Evans

Character: Det. Insp. Relph

Department: Acting

Name: Finola Keogh

Character: Mrs. Slammery

Department: Acting

Name: Henry Power

Character: Tristan Erskine-Brown

Department: Acting

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Episode: 2

Rumpole and the Blind Tasting

Air Date:26/01/1987

Yet another of the Timsons needs Rumpole's services as an advocate, this time to answer charges of fencing stolen liquor. Rumpole accepts Ms Liz Probert - a radical left-wing activist - as a pupil, though not without certain misgivings.

Crew

Name: John Mortimer

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Roger Bamford

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Julian Curry

Character: Claude Erskine-Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Robin Bailey

Character: Mr. Justice Gerald Graves

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Murdoch

Character: Uncle Tom

Department: Acting

Name: Jonathan Coy

Character: Henry

Department: Acting

Name: Denys Graham

Character: Hoskins

Department: Acting

Name: Phyllida Law

Character: Honoria Bird

Department: Acting

Name: Marc Sinden

Character: Tristram Paulett

Department: Acting

Name: Stephen Greif

Character: Martyn Vanberry

Department: Acting

Name: Dave King

Character: Monty Mantis

Department: Acting

Name: Maureen Darbyshire

Character: Dianne

Department: Acting

Name: Ann Way

Character: Dodo Mackintosh

Department: Acting

Name: Denis Lill

Character: Mr. Bernard

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Blythe

Character: Samuel Ballard Q.C.

Department: Acting

Name: Samantha Bond

Character: Liz Probert

Department: Acting

Name: Phillip Reader

Character: Ken Eastham

Department: Acting

Name: Mark Kingston

Character: Ron Probert

Department: Acting

Name: George Innes

Character: Hugh Timson

Department: Acting

Name: Roland Oliver

Character: Det. Insp. Bellman

Department: Acting

Name: Lesley Nunnerley

Character: Hetty Timson

Department: Acting

Name: Karen Craig

Character: Miss Osgood

Department: Acting

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Episode: 3

Rumpole and the Official Secret

Air Date:02/02/1987

Rumpole defends an elderly woman charged under the Official Secrets Act - she is claimed to have have leaked (so to speak) information revealing excessive British government expenditure on tea.

Crew

Name: John Mortimer

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Rodney Bennett

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Julian Curry

Character: Claude Erskine-Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Murdoch

Character: Uncle Tom

Department: Acting

Name: Jonathan Coy

Character: Henry

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cellier

Character: Mr. Grayson

Department: Acting

Name: Judy Cornwell

Character: Rosemary Tuttle

Department: Acting

Name: Ivor Roberts

Character: Peter Royce Williams

Department: Acting

Name: Paul Daneman

Character: Lord Chief Justice

Department: Acting

Name: Donald Pickering

Character: Attorney General

Department: Acting

Name: Guy Henry

Character: Tim Warboys

Department: Acting

Name: David Hanson

Character: Jasper James

Department: Acting

Name: Maureen Darbyshire

Character: Dianne

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Blythe

Character: Samuel Ballard Q.C.

Department: Acting

Name: Samantha Bond

Character: Liz Probert

Department: Acting

Name: Shaughan Seymour

Character: Oliver Bowling

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Cellier

Character: Sir Frank Fawcett

Department: Acting

Name: Roger Tallon

Character: DI Fallowes

Department: Acting

Name: Andrew Seear

Character: Basil Thorogood

Department: Acting

Name: James Duggan

Character: Seamus O'Rourke

Department: Acting

Name: Allan Hargreaves

Character: TV Newsreader

Department: Acting

Name: William Lawford

Character: Clerk of the Court

Department: Acting

Name: Kenton Moore

Character: Court Usher

Department: Acting

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Episode: 4

Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow

Air Date:09/02/1987

Rumpole defends a man charged with running massage parlours as brothels, and his former colleague in chambers Mr Justice Featherstone finds himself in an embarrassing position. The prospect of appointment as a Judge is dangled in front of Rumpole - and it is suggested that he might wish to handle the defense of his present case with suitable discretion, so to speak... The troublesome Heathstoke is working to move number 3 Equity Court into the twentieth century and tries to oust both Rumpole and Henry, the chambers clerk.

Crew

Name: John Mortimer

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Donald McWhinnie

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Julian Curry

Character: Claude Erskine-Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Murdoch

Character: Uncle Tom

Department: Acting

Name: Jonathan Coy

Character: Henry

Department: Acting

Name: Denys Graham

Character: Hoskins

Department: Acting

Name: Kenneth Cope

Character: Norman

Department: Acting

Name: Hugh Walters

Character: Harold

Department: Acting

Name: Geoffrey Bayldon

Character: Brinsley Lampitt

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Bowles

Character: Guthrie Featherstone

Department: Acting

Name: Joanna Van Gyseghem

Character: Marigold Featherstone

Department: Acting

Name: Maureen Darbyshire

Character: Dianne

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Blythe

Character: Samuel Ballard Q.C.

Department: Acting

Name: Samantha Bond

Character: Liz Probert

Department: Acting

Name: Nicholas Gecks

Character: Charles Hearthstoke

Department: Acting

Name: Rowland Davies

Character: Dr. Maurice Horridge

Department: Acting

Name: Adam Tomlinson

Character: Det. Con. Marten

Department: Acting

Name: Roger Ostime

Character: Ashby

Department: Acting

Name: Tessa Bell-Briggs

Character: Elsie

Department: Acting

Name: David Allister

Character: Mr. Addison

Department: Acting

Name: Hazel McBride

Character: Mrs. Addison

Department: Acting

Name: Jon McKenna

Character: Greengrocer

Department: Acting

Name: Harriet Cole

Character: Receptionist

Department: Acting

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Episode: 5

Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim

Air Date:16/02/1987

Rumpole travels to West Germany to defend a British soldier facing a court-martial charged with the murder of his sergeant.

Crew

Name: John Mortimer

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Martyn Friend

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Peter Jones

Character: Major Johnnie Pageant

Department: Acting

Name: Dominic Jephcott

Character: Capt. Sandy Ransom

Department: Acting

Name: Denys Hawthorne

Character: Lt. Col. Borders

Department: Acting

Name: Robert East

Character: Lt. Col. Mike Watford

Department: Acting

Name: Moray Watson

Character: George Frobisher

Department: Acting

Name: David Rolfe

Character: Brigadier Humphries

Department: Acting

Name: Neil Stacy

Character: Lt. Col. Hugo Undershaft

Department: Acting

Name: Katherine Stark

Character: Mrs. Wilson

Department: Acting

Name: Leonard O'Malley

Character: Trooper Danny Boyne

Department: Acting

Name: Joanna Kanska

Character: Hanni Boyne

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Lees

Character: Major Graham Sykes

Department: Acting

Name: Geoffrey Kirkness

Character: Lt. Tony Ross

Department: Acting

Name: Geoffrey Bateman

Character: Captain Betteridge

Department: Acting

Name: Christine Garner

Character: Greta Schmerz

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Ashley

Character: Mess Attendant

Department: Acting

Name: Trevor Steedman

Character: Court Attendant

Department: Acting

Name: Elaine Banham

Character: Shorthand Writer

Department: Acting

Name: William Haden

Character: Court Official

Department: Acting

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Episode: 6

Rumpole's Last Case

Air Date:23/02/1987

The Timsons are in trouble again, and in need of the services of their favourite 'brief'. The old firm is back in business, but as he unravels the mystery of who carried the gun in a bungled robbery Rumpole is unaccountably wearying of it all. After investing with his turf accountant on a valuable four-horse accumulator, Rumpole makes up his mind that it's time to hang up his wig for the last time - but not before telling a few home truths to his old adversary, Mr Justice 'Mad Bull' Bullingham. Meanwhile, the gods have ideas of their own. Hearthstoke is still giving Henry and Dianne a rough time and he even contrives to infuriate Phyllida.

Crew

Name: John Mortimer

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Rodney Bennett

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Julian Curry

Character: Claude Erskine-Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Murdoch

Character: Uncle Tom

Department: Acting

Name: Jonathan Coy

Character: Henry

Department: Acting

Name: Bill Fraser

Character: Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham

Department: Acting

Name: Maureen Darbyshire

Character: Dianne

Department: Acting

Name: Patricia Hodge

Character: Phyllida Erskine-Brown

Department: Acting

Name: Eric Dodson

Character: Jack Pommeroy

Department: Acting

Name: Samantha Bond

Character: Liz Probert

Department: Acting

Name: Roland Oliver

Character: Det. Insp. Bellman

Department: Acting

Name: Nicholas Gecks

Character: Charles Hearthstoke

Department: Acting

Name: Neville Barber

Character: Shrimpton

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Robbins

Character: Cyril Timson

Department: Acting

Name: Ron Pember

Character: Dennis 'Den' Timson

Department: Acting

Name: John Bardon

Character: Fred Timson

Department: Acting

Name: Tricia Thorns

Character: Doris Timson

Department: Acting

Name: Christine Shaw

Character: Maureen Timson

Department: Acting

Name: David Squire

Character: Peanuts Molloy

Department: Acting

Name: Peter Macklin

Character: Det. Con. Gormley

Department: Acting

Name: Chris Sanders

Character: Gerald

Department: Acting

Name: Jon Glentoran

Character: Ken

Department: Acting

Name: Gabrielle Blunt

Character: Lady at kiosk

Department: Acting

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