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Rumpole of the Bailey. Set 2. The complete seasons three and four [videorecording (DVD)].

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A&E Television : marketed and distributed by New Video, c2004.

DVD RUM Set 2 TV

Video Difference legacy collection.

076707260X (set)

0767072618 (v.1)

0767072626 (v.2)

0767072634 (v. 3)

0767072642 (v.4)

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Rumpole. Set 2. The complete seasons three and four [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

4 videodiscs (600 min. + extras) : Dolby digital, stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on John Mortimer's best-selling books.

Contains all 6 episodes from season 3 and all 6 episodes from season four of the British legal mystery/crime drama series, originally broadcast on Thames Television in 1983 and 1997, plus bonus features on 4 discs.

Special features: Episode introductions with John Mortimer ; Mortimer's musings - an interview with John Mortimer ; John Mortimer biography ; John Mortimer bibliography and selected credits ; about the Old Bailey ; official executioners of Newgage Prison ; interactive menus ; scene selection.

Volume 1. Rumpole and the genuine article / directed by Robert Knights -- Rumpole and the golden thread / directed by Donald McWhinnie -- Rumpole and the old boy net / directed by Tony Smith-- Volume 2. Rumpole and the female of the species / directed by Donald McWhinnie -- Rumpole and the sporting life / directed by Bill Hays -- Rumpole and the last resort / directd by Stuart Burge -- Volume 3. -- Rumpole and the old, old story / directed by Roger Bamford -- Rumpole and the blind tasting / directed by Roger Bamford -- Rumpole and the official secret / directed by Rodney Bennett -- Volume 4. Rumpole and the judge's elbow / directed by Donald McWhinnie -- Rumpole and the bright seraphim / directed by Martyn Friend -- Rumpole's last case / directed by Rodney Bennett.

Produced by Jacqueline Davis ; written by John Mortimer.

Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole.

"'Every once in a while a character and an actor fit together so precisely that it becomes hard to imagine one without the other (Sean Connery and James Bond, Jeremy Brett and Sherlock Holmes).... McKern was made to fit the eccentric, irrepressibly snide barrister who is as 'lovable as a grumpy old panda.' - The Wall Street Journal. Never plead guilty if you expect justice, ahem, to be served.And so comes another helping of inimitable RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY tales, where if crime doesn't exactly pay--it's at least a living. Enjoy more lovably dour wisdom from our old Bailey hack, who, between defending a variety of characters, from struggling artists to massage parlor entrepreneurs, puffs away at his damp cheroot while spouting passages from the Oxford Book of English Verse. The second and third seasons come replete with Horace Rumpole's brilliant defenses, his fondness for "plonk," his wonderfully askew wig, and his sly jabs at hypocrisy-not to mention those bloody upper-class nincompoops. At least "She Who Must Be Obeyed" is around to keep things in order"--Container.

Mystery television programs.

Legal television programs.

Television programs -- Great Britain.

Mortimer, John, 1923-2009- Rumpole of the Bailey. Selections. Television adaptations.

McKern, Leo, 1920-2002

A & E Home Video (Firm)

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