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	Old Bailey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Central Criminal Court, commonly known as the Old Bailey (a bailey being part of a castle), is a Crown Court (criminal high court) in London, dealing with major criminal cases in the UK and colonies.
		While the Old Bailey (being a criminal court) is open to the public to view trials, it is forbidden for the public to take any form of note in writing and no form of electronic equipment, including mobile phones, can be brought in by the public.
		The destruction of the monument is also present in the 2006 film adaptation, where it is the title character's first terrorist act, beginning the one year countdown to the destruction of the Houses of Parliament.
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	Rumpole of the Bailey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rumpole of the Bailey is a television series created and written by British writer Sir John Mortimer, QC and starring Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an ageing London barrister who defends any and all clients.
		Rumpole is proud of his successful handling of the Penge bungalow murders without a leader (ie without a QC) and of his extensive knowledge of bloodstains and typewriters.
		Rumpole's most chancy encounters stem from arguing with judges, particularly those who seem to believe that being on trial implies guilt or that the police are infallible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rumpole_of_the_Bailey (1166 words)

	Rumpole of the Bailey
		Rumpole of the Bailey, a mix of British courtroom comedy and drama, aired on Thames Television in 1978.
		Rumpole revels in lampooning his fellow colleagues whom he believes to be a group of twits.
		Among Rumpole's colleagues he favors the savvy and stylish Phillida Neetrant Erskine-Brown (Patricia Hodge)--one feminist voice of the series who is married to Claude--and the endearing Uncle Tom (Richard Murdoch), an octogenarian waiting to have the good sense to retire--who, in the meantime, practices his putting in chambers.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/R/htmlR/rumpoleofth/rumpoleofth.htm (619 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Young Rumpole at Old Bailey
		Rumpole is the "junior" on the case, which means he is expected to take notes, go for coffee and keep his mouth shut.
		The young Rumpole is idealistic, uncertain but fierce in his determination to risk his career rather than sit by and watch an innocent man railroaded to the gallows.
		The murder trial is interesting, and Hilda's entrapment of young Rumpole is amusing, but much of the charm of the novel -- and it is wonderfully charming -- comes in pithy and curmudgeonly asides by the old barrister as he relates his youthful adventure.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A3046-2004Nov21?language=printer (595 words)

	Rumpole of the Bailey - Nostalgia Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rumpole of the Bailey, a mix of British courtroom comedy and drama, aired on the UK's Thames Television in 1978.
		Rumpole's deep commitment to justice led him to wholeheartedly defend hopeless cases and the spirit of the law, as opposed to his fellow barristers who stubbornly defended the letter of the law.
		Rumpole was given to frequent outbursts from the Oxford Book of English Verse and managed to aim the elegant passages at upper-class hypocritical trumpeters, buffoons and other barristers, and prosecution inspiring justices.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/drama/rumpole_of_the_bailey.htm (322 words)

	Rumpole of the Bailey
		Rumpole's son, Nick, is heading off to the United States, however, before Rumpole can meet him for lunch he must fight the case of a youth accused of stabbing a man in a bus queue outside Lord's Cricket Ground.
		Rumpole is defending the Timson family and discovers that they are guilty of conspiring to enforce the retirement of an elderly relative.
		Rumpole is sick in bed and a doctor is called but before long the roles are reversed and he is defending the doctor in court.
	www.britishdrama.org.uk /rumpole.html (1353 words)

	TV Rumpole of the Bailey
		Rumpole is also the beneficiary of the generations-old feud between the Timsons and the Molloys (the English version of the Hatfields and McCoys).
		Rumpole has been retained by three generations of Timsons, who typify Rumpole’s skewed view of the criminal world - like the "villains" in "The Bill", the Timsons are "good" criminals, not taken to violence but inveterate (though honourable) thieves.
		In "Rumpole of the Bailey" these meetings generally have little importance and are one of the bains of Rumpole’s professional life.
	www.law4u.com.au /lil/tv_rumpole.html (2228 words)

	Rumpole
		Horace Rumpole - Rumpole of the Bailey - remains the unsurpassed fictitious epitome of the English Barrister.
		Nevertheless, opportunities for swaying the jury abound, and Horace Rumpole employs them to the full (by noisily blowing his nose to distract the jury during the opposition's closing statement, speeches about the horrors of prison, the wooing of the jury and such).
		Rumpole can also offer a masterclass direct from a QC (Mortimer himself) who, while practicing, was himself a passionate civil libertarian.
	www.usfca.edu /pj/rumpole.htm (1031 words)

	Rumpole of the Bailey: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rumpole of the Bailey is a television series created and written by British[For more, click on this link] writer John Mortimer[For more info, click on this link], EHandler: no quick summary.
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		Thumbthe old bailey by mountford (1907)the central criminal court, commonly known as the old bailey (a bailey being part of a castle), is a crown...
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	BBC - h2g2 - Rumpole of the Bailey
		In Rumpole's life, the barristers are at the mercy, financially, of the solicitors who bring them cases, and the clerk of chambers who distributes these cases.
		Rumpole has been retained by three generations of Timsons, who typify Rumpole’s skewed view of the criminal world - the Timsons are 'good' criminals, not given to violence but inveterate (though honourable - and often stupid) thieves.
		Rumpole's abrasiveness, his genius for defence (rather than prosecution, or some more lucrative law practice), and his sheer devious skill at extracting justice from a reluctant system, seem to have halted his rise to the top - and left him doing exactly the work he loves, and does so well.
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	Rumpole of the Bailey (series) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rumpole enjoys an equally exciting home life, his roost ruled by his long-term wife Hilda, who he refers to as "She Who Must Be Obeyed" (and it's a further testament to McKern's incredible talent that he is able to deliver that line with endless variation, always making it seem fresh).
		And in "Rumpole's Last Case" (which fortunately was not), Rumpole again defends one of the Timson clan: an elder statesman who is considered past his prime by the rest of the family is nabbed for having a valuable stolen painting in his garage.
		Likewise, in "Rumpole and the Children of the Devil," the barrister is called upon once again to defend one of the Timson family (who are all loveable villains), when they are accused of Satanism after their daughter is seen scampering about in a devil mask that was part of one of the family's hauls.
	www.classicsondvd.com /rumpole.htm (1836 words)

	BBC - BBC Four Cinema - Rumpole of the Bailey
		Rumpole's first outing sees the barrister defending a fl youth from the bullying, racist authorities, in a typically direct piece of storytelling.
		It is also Rumpole's grittiest portrayal, with few whimsical supporting characters on display, giving the play a little more bite and less cosiness than in the series that followed.
		Rumpole is the sort of barrister who Mortimer describes as a "freelance freedom fighter" with no obligation to any great law firms or conventions.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/cinema/features/rumpole.shtml (459 words)

	DVD - Rumpole of the Bailey - Seasons 1 & 2 with Mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rumpole of the Bailey - Seasons 1 and 2
		Rumpole of the Bailey is, quite simply, one of the finest television series, and it has served as a model for all law dramas that followed it.
		As champion of the downtrodden, the self-righteous Rumpole loves to get in trouble with his wife, his peers, the head of chambers, and judges, to name but a few.
	www.dvds-n-such.com /m/Mystery/Rumpole_of_the_Bailey_Seasons_1_2_B000069HPT.htm (271 words)

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		Eccentric defence lawyer Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) is the scourge of the courtroom.
		Rumpole's initial case sees him called upon to defend the teenage son of a notorious criminal family with whom he is familiar.
		Rumpole knows that, whilst the boy is innocent on this occasion, he is destined for a life of crime...
	www.play.com /play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=105298&p=57&c=&g=72 (294 words)

	Rumpole of the Bailey - Set 3, Series 5-7 \| PopMatters Television Review
		Rumpole cannot let this occasion pass without ruffling a few feathers by proposing a lengthy toast to the Timson clan, an industrious family of South London villains who had provided Rumpole with a regular source of income over the years.
		Rumpole's point was that the legal professions live off the proceeds of crime and they should stop being so very precious about it.
		Rumpole's final hurrah was hardly the newest or most revolutionary of ideas, but it was nicely done and therefore wholly representative of both the series and this box set.
	popmatters.com /tv/reviews/r/rumpole-of-the-bailey-set3-5-7.shtml (1090 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Rumpole of the Bailey: The Complete Seasons Review
		This ìOld Bailey hackî (as he calls himself) sits like a blob in chairs too small for his plump frame and expresses his disdain for those who don't share his respect and empathy with the ins and outs of the law.
		The first two sets of Rumpole of the Bailey have been out for months, but its final incarnation as a series is just hitting stores this week, and this is both a reason to celebrate and to mourn the series' passing.
		While Rumpole's team of legal eagles is always fun to watch, after a few episodes of even the best parts of Rumpole of the Bailey, the element of novelty wears thin.
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	Review - DVD: Rumpole of the Bailey
		The usually good-natured Rumpole does suffer fools (it's that odd sort of British politeness, you see), however, and there are plenty of them about, beginning with Sir Guthrie Featherstone, a much inferior barrister who brown-nosed his way to a lofty title and the position of Head of Chambers.
		Ready to chuck everything to join the commune, Rumpole is brought to earth with a thud by the one rule to which he knows he will always remain true: the barrister's code.
		The single greatest thing about Rumpole of the Bailey is Leo McKern, who brings to life the man with the name that sounds perfectly descriptive: Rumpole.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-marchapril05/ev/ev-rumpole.html (975 words)

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		Rumpole is set a wide range of challenges including, in the first case 'Rumpole and the Man of God', defending a vicar who is in court on a shoplifting charge.
		Rumpole is also called in to defend a man who claims that his arrest was a case of mistaken identity, as well as a known fascist who is facing a charge under the Race Relations Act and a naive young teacher accused of seducing one of his students.
		It's not an easy life for the lawyer as, all the time, Rumpole is also trying to stay on top of the day to day shenanigans at chambers whilst constantly endeavouring to pacify wife, "she who must be obeyed".
	www.play.com /play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=105307&p=57&c=&g=72 (343 words)

	Horace Rumpole goes back to his beginnings
		Those who love John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey stories -- and the spinoff TV series that starred the late Leo McKern as the cantankerous barrister Horace Rumpole -- will delight in the news that on Nov. 22 a new novel will fill a huge void in the noble enterprise.
		From time to time Rumpole would proudly refer to an obscure case that made his early reputation as an effective advocate for the downtrodden and misunderstood British criminal.
		Between forays to Pommeroy's Wine Bar for a drop of honest plonk, Rumpole defends the indefensible and also woos the then fetching Hilda, she who would become She Who Must Be Obeyed.
	www.suntimes.com /output/books/sho-sunday-bookbox03.html (148 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Rumpole of the Bailey - The Lost Episode
		Rumpole, for those not familiar with the character, is like a distant cousin of Agatha Christie's Sir Wilfred Robarts (as played by Charles Laughton in Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution) — keenly intelligent yet unpretentious.
		And indeed, as entertaining as Rumpole is in the courtroom, he really isn't much of a father, preferring to regale Nick with old stories rather than deal with unresolved problems in their own relationship.
		From this first episode, Mortimer (who based Rumpole on his own experiences as a barrister) establishes the conundrums of the British legal system, the racism of members of its police force, their fabricated confessions, and so forth.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=8369 (1122 words)

	Rumpole Of The Bailey - Series 4 - DVD - VHS - Woolworths.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		RUMPOLE AND THE OLD, OLD STORY:- Hugo Lutterworth is charged with the attempted murder of the elderly Captain Gleason, a partner in the Woodland Folk Garden Centre.
		RUMPOLE AND THE JUDGES ELBOW:- A case concerning a massage parlour seems to be causing undue concert to Guthrie Featherstone.
		RUMPOLE AND THE BRIGHT SERAPHIM:- An unpopular bullying Sergeant is murdered in Germany and Rumpole is called in to defend Trooper Danny Boyne.
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	a bird's eye view: Sorry Jim Faulconer
		But this was just too entertaining and somehow accurate that I couldn't pass it up, especially considering Jim's comment in the current discussion of Nietzsche at T&S. I relish John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey series and am enjoying his Second Rumpole Omnibus at the moment.
		Rumpole is a crusty old English criminal defense barrister who works mostly down in London's Old Bailey, defending society's worst reprobates, solving mysteries, psychologically battling She Who Must Be Obeyed, imagining himself a good father to his son Nick, and deluding himself of his own prowess and intellectual ability.
		Sir Michael was a person, certainly, of the utmost brilliance and respectability, whose grasp of the Nature of the Universe was such that God no doubt relied on him to tell him whether or not He existed, a question that Sir Michael answered with a respectful and tentative negative, meanwhile keeping his options open.
	fowlesview.blogspot.com /2004/10/sorry-jim-faulconer.html (631 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Rumpole of the Bailey: The Lost Episode - DVD
		Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt
		Rumpole of the Bailey: The Lost Episode first aired in 1975 as part of the BBC anthology series Play for Today.
		In 2004, it was released on home video by Acorn Media with the title "Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt." Barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) defends a young fl man who has been accused of stabbing a white man. The kid has signed a confession, but Rumpole doesn't think it's legitimate.
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	Rumpole of the Bailey TV Show - Rumpole of the Bailey Television Show - TV.com
		Horace Rumpole (played by the late Leo McKern) is an untidy, ageing London barrister with one glass eye who defends in criminal cases.
		He is fond of red wine, poetry, and fair dealing, and is not looked on as a great success in life by his wife, Hilda ('She Who Must Be Obeyed').
		Rumpole has had a few triumphs, and the Penge Bungalow murders are often on his mind...
	www.tv.com /rumpole-of-the-bailey/show/2123/summary.html (203 words)

	Rumpole of the Bailey - Junk Warehouse Product Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		'Rumpole of the Bailey' is one of my favourite book series, and is also one of my favourite television series of all time.
		Just listening to a Rumpole monologue and his quoting of poetry, in itself, is enough to justify the purchase.
		The 3rd and 4th series of Rumpole of the Bailey continue and improve on the fine tradition established by the first two series.
	www.junkwarehouse.com /amazon/type_browse/mode_13746171 (412 words)

	Amazon.com: Rumpole of the Bailey: Books: John Mortimer,Robert Hardy (Narrator) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rumpole is linked in these stories with the Younger Generation, the Alternative Society, the Honourable Member, the Married Lady, the Learned Friends, and the Heavy Brigade.
		Rumpole has no aspirations to "take silk"-becoming a Queens Counsel, and is perfectly happy as a defence lawyer, mostly representing criminals of the non-violent variety.We also meet his wife Hilda, "She Who Must Be Obeyed", who, after all these years, still envisions herself as the wife of Head of Chambers.
		I read the one entitled, "Rumpole of the Younger Generation." I felt like I was wasting my time, because all I was reading was a synopsis of a former triumph of this man. The case might have been exciting, but the author did not play fair, and the guilty party was obvious.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0754007871?v=glance (1185 words)

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