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REGION 1 USA DVD
Run Time: 10 hours approx (Including extras)
Subtitles: None
Rating: PG

All rise for this honorable court. So enters the inimitable Horace Rumpole, brilliant and sly barrister of London s Old Bailey Criminal Court. An immensely popular PBS series spanning 1978 to 1992, RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY set the bar for all law dramas that followed. Balancing satire and suspense as deftly as the scales of justice, Rumpole comes to the defense of shoplifting vicars, safecrackers, overly amorous teachers, and others caught in a spot of trouble. Liberally applying quotes from the classics, Rumpole always wins his case. However, he wins few arguments against the lovely Mrs. Rumpole, affectionately known as She Who Must Be Obeyed.

Flawlessly adapted by John Mortimer from his best-selling novels, and starring the esteemed Leo McKern (A Man for All Seasons), this four-DVD set includes all 12 episodes from the first and second seasons of RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY.

DVD Features: Feature-Length Bonus Movie Rumpole s Return; Episode Introductions with John Mortimer; John Mortimer Biography; John Mortimer Bibliography and Selected Credits; About the Old Bailey; Official Executioners of Newgate Prison; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

• All 12 episodes from the first two seasons
• Feature-length bonus movie: Rumpole's Return
• Opening remarks with John Mortimer: season 1
• Opening remarks with John Mortimer: season 2
• John Mortimer biography
• John Mortimer bibliography and selected credits
• About the Old Bailey
• Official executioners of Newgate Prison

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an elderly London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs. The TV series led to the stories being presented in other media including books and radio.

The "Bailey" of the title is a reference to the Central Criminal Court, the "Old Bailey".