I'm saved🙏🏼Hallelujah, just when I was desperately flailing about looking for something to watch, all these Rumpole videos became available. Bless you🙏🏼

@brettlambert7859

Жыл бұрын

Ditto that !!!

@carolleenkelmann4751

Жыл бұрын

I can only get hold of a couple. - free on ÝouTube. Miracles should be spread about more evenly.

@jeanash9502

Жыл бұрын

Soo perfect for evening entertainment. Thanks for the privilege

@pipfox7834

6 ай бұрын

Yes!!

@cliveblacksheep2522

6 ай бұрын

Yes

The late actor Leo McKearn was absolutely brilliant as Rumpole. He should have received an British Oscar for his performance in these episodes

@markhayward7400

Жыл бұрын

Leo McKern came close to getting that British Oscar you mention for his performance as Rumpole of the Bailey. He was nominated on 3 occasions as Best Actor in the BAFTAs (British Academy of Film & Television Awards), but he didn't win.

@blackbird5634

5 ай бұрын

No one else could have ever played him. He was marvelous.

@tumadoireacht

4 ай бұрын

@@blackbird5634eventually Mortimer wrote for McKearn

@macswanton9622

2 ай бұрын

I liked him in Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

@macswanton9622

2 ай бұрын

There's no A in his surname

I had forgotten how funny these episodes were. Hilda: "He's a bit of a big-shot in the Church. They've made him a Canon!" Rumpole: "Did you just make a funny, Hilda?" Classic!

@cruisepaige

Жыл бұрын

That was so cute!

@helenjob

Жыл бұрын

How about "he's a big noise in the Quakers" - a favourite of mine.

@duckypam

8 ай бұрын

So funny! This is tv at its best

What a wonderful performance by the underrated Marion Mathie as Rumpole's gloriously priggish wife, She Who Must Be Obeyed. In fact, the whole cast are brilliant, as is the script and direction. Why, oh why can't they make programmes like this any more?

@hifibrony

Жыл бұрын

Ms Mathie was the best She, in my opinion.

@farniadjavadi8442

Жыл бұрын

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@13strange67

Жыл бұрын

. . . because my pen is sore and about to drop off !

@jennyhirschowitz1999

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of my mother. She … Middle class bourgeois who must be obeyed….. wonderful dialogue…….

@Muck006

Жыл бұрын

The sad part is that this world is GONE ... ever since the Church of England caved in to seemingly popular opinions ... which are actually destroying society.

Rumpole delivers his lines so expertly and the dialogue is just perfect for his style. This film requires active listening and watching. No special effects, no CGI, no violence, no vulgarity, no drugs. Perfect for an old lady like me! Thanks opium!

@tomatoes3

2 жыл бұрын

Fully agree with you . Superb acting and as you rightly say with out any violence .

@Dbdbe1

2 жыл бұрын

Haha - I absolutely love it too: Leo McKern is brilliant. But I did have a smile at you saying: 'No drugs ... thanks opium!' :)

@oddsteinardybvad-raneng

Жыл бұрын

And an old gentleman like I.

@tonywirth6722

Жыл бұрын

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@tonywirth6722

Жыл бұрын

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I still remember when this series first hit public television in the USA. It made me want to learn and memorize poetry. There is nothing like a pithy quote to reinforce a point. Rumpole just makes me smile from ear to ear. I must have seen this episode at least for the third time. Just wonderful.

@joycefranklin8981

Жыл бұрын

My husband and I looked forward to these episodes when they first came out here in the US. We really enjoyed them! It is so much fun to watch them again!

@Chesterbarnes1

Жыл бұрын

He had the right timing and was a perfect foil and antagonist for each opposing actor.

@lou-nc4rc

Жыл бұрын

It reminded me of my father, who also quoted poetry, which his children did not understand until years later when they encountered the source of it in college.

@jasWerner-qt5wj

2 ай бұрын

Why did it take until college to learn poetry??? Yikes ​@@lou-nc4rc

I can't even watch TV anymore. Thanks for these clever productions of good theatre.

@belindamay8063

Жыл бұрын

@noeljohnson. Me too. There’s been a quiet revolution, and we are on the losing side.

Rumpole of the Bailey is a cozy British mystery/crime/drama all in one. I started watching in the 80's on PBS and can't get enough of this Sunday evening mystery. We need Vincent Price back to introduce them in his castle. Grab a blanket on a Sunday night and snuggle up after dinner to watch these!

@VictoriaAlfredSmythe

Жыл бұрын

& Comedy

@annastinehammersdottir1290

Жыл бұрын

Alastair Cook introduced MasterPiece Theatre on Sunday evenings and Vincent Price introduced Mystery on Thursday nights during the 1980's. I think they were amalgamated in the 90's to save money.

@petermills542

Жыл бұрын

Vincent Price intros ?? Do me a favour !! 😂

I hope and trust that this sort of English humour NEVER dies but springs eternal. Amen.

@Thepourdeuxchanson

Жыл бұрын

It's fading slowly. Bad language and vulgarity aimed at a poorly educated audience is what sells nowadays. There is some quality still lurking about, mainly on radio though.

@darthkek1953

Жыл бұрын

London has turned from an English city to a third-world slumm.

@belindamay8063

Жыл бұрын

@@Thepourdeuxchanson Yes. It’s tragic.The glorious English language is shrinking rapidly. It’s becoming purely functional. This cuts out most alternative expressions - I.e. “ related “ words that are the very basis of poetry, comedy and drama.. English is being shaved to perfection for, and by, the world of salesmanship and persuasion. E.g. we are being made to tick alternative boxes instead of writing our thoughts in a sentence ( which doesn’t answer our needs.). Employees no longer need to be literate. The impact will be massive. Sorry for this - in such a happy celebration of great art.

@Tom-xy9yy

Ай бұрын

Language has always been purely functional. That's its purpose. The challenge is to agree the purpose.@@belindamay8063

I watched Rumpole religiously with my Dad and miss the company of both in ways I wouldn’t have thought possible.

Masterful Well beyond anything produced today in all respects. Actors with years of stage experience and an intimate knowledge of Shakespeare. The acting is superb. The writing at genius level as stated below.

This is funnier than 90% of sitcoms. John Mortimer was a stone genius!

@MichaelKingsfordGray

Жыл бұрын

Says the imbecile who can't recall her own name!

@johncahalane7327

5 ай бұрын

He was brilliant the wit was razor sharp

Brilliant to be able to see these again .The days of true TV .

We watch these over and over with some bit of surprise we did not hear or see before. Here is a toast of Horace Rumpole! May he live in our hearts forever!

These shows are an absolute treasure. No guns, no explosions, no car chases, just the indominable Rumpole standing up for justice and the little man against staid pomposity and the tendency of the ruling class to jump to conclusions. Leo McKern is a Shakespearian actor, I saw him in King Lear, and he delivers his lines to perfection. I hadn't seen this one before so this has been a real treat.

@kenoliver8913

Жыл бұрын

He ws more than just a Shakespearian actor, he was a real stlawart of English stage and screen. Look at his wonderful turn as the villain (Thomas Cromwell) in "A Man For All Seasons".

@geoffreycodnett6570

Жыл бұрын

@@kenoliver8913 Amazing he sounds and played the perfect English actor for a wide variety of roles but was Australian. Used to visit his homeland by cargo ship as he didn't like flying as well.

@kenoliver8913

Жыл бұрын

@@geoffreycodnett6570 I did know that, but he left Australia as a teenager and never lived there again. By Rumpole's time even his offstage conversation lacked Australianisms (I'm Aussie myself and have a keen ear for them).

@Chesterbarnes1

Жыл бұрын

Leo McKern was a master Cromwell in "Man For All Seasons" But Paul Scofield stole the entire film with his masterful performance as Thomas. God Bless his memory

@belindamay8063

Жыл бұрын

@Chesterbarnes. That thought never really occurred to me. Each actor played his part, as one would expect.

Miracles are available, even this day. When my pain was abundantly acute I called out to Jesus for healing and after three days I was healed of my affliction Schuermans disease Praise Jesus Praise God

@mikelockey2857

5 ай бұрын

Who needs doctors ?

Gentle and clever. No screaming or blood and gore. No screeching cars, no cursing, no brawls. I've subscribed for more. ))

Charming to see my own local cathedral city of Chichester. I stood beneath the two little stained glass windows in the cloister this very month of writing. I saw the great Leo Mckern on stage way back in the 1960s at The Old Vic. The production of Peer Gynt was one of the most unforgettable of my entire theatre going life.

@highpath4776

Жыл бұрын

Thanks that helps, I was going to ask where the Cathedral Was. The shot at 15:13 is a backscene projection of some kind as it is Kingston -Upon Thames looking toward the Postal Sorting Office. The Cathedral is photoed in to what was a surface level car park for many years. The London xxx-xxxx telephone number format is a bit of a giveaway on the estate agents board, plus a london transport dolly stop ( west country temporary stops would have been a green on white small Bus Stop Square with (temporary) across the middle, or possibly the introduced standard EU Bus Stop Flag on a pole , London had an exemption for using the new style within greater london

@lou-nc4rc

Жыл бұрын

American commercial television would never let anyone who looked like him star in a role. Got to be beautiful to distract people from the vapid dialog. This is what you get when people are charged a fee, instead.

@belindamay8063

Жыл бұрын

@@lou-nc4rc But we may be in danger of losing our unique publicly-owned, public- service broadcaster. And after nearly 100 years of celebrating the best of our cultural tradition. The outlook is fairly gloomy.

@maunsell24

2 ай бұрын

@@highpath4776 Yes, another give away is the FX4 London cab. The location is Eden Street in the centre of Kingston-upon-Thames - maps.app.goo.gl/JKLJYrmqDmQc7gbm8 Why that was used when the rest of the action is centred in Chichester is a mystery. St Edithna's Hotel @15:33 is currently the Harbour Hotel, previously the Ship Hotel, in North Street maps.app.goo.gl/AyYRAryj89fZk8Tq5 Rumpole and Marlin @18:38 are heading down St Richard's Walk from the Catherdral to Canon Lane maps.app.goo.gl/wCo7HCaA7vgk7o4G6

No other actor could effortlessly chew up the scenery like Leo McKern did.... His take on the Rumpole character was perfect. RIP Leo

Everyone who has commented before me has hit the nail on the head. What more can i add. Brilliant writing by john mortimer a Q C himself. I watch them over and over again. I do miss these actors and actresses so much,good old school pro's. Although Leo was was a straight actor, in this his utterances and jibes were what us guys would love to get away with. No one can replace the wonderful performances of these actors, the right time at the right place. Thank heavens for video recordings so we can enjoy propa actors plying thier trade to entertain us. I miss them all.

I love Rumpole! And what a treat to see "She who must be obeyed!"

I had almost forgotten how brilliant the acting, scripting and dialogue was in the Rumpole series - it's a cruel world.

Haven't seen Rumpole in decades. What's miraculous is I was just thinking about him yesterday!!!

Oh, that shiny table! Beautiful!

Enjoyable better than the tripe that’s on the box nowadays days

The thoughtful, text-heavy stories like these are sadly out of vogue.

Something about Hilda, a piece in the Rumpole puzzle, a perfect fit.

This series is very special to me as someone who read the books before the series came out. The characters are so well played and how I would imagine. BTW: The colour palette is outstanding.

First watched rumple as a child with my grandmother and have loved them ever since

Having lived in England during the early 90’s and enjoyed ‘Rumpole’ immensely, it was a wonderful treat to find him on KZread.

"they're making him a Canon, in charge of ordnance". Hilarious.

This is a fantastic bit of art imitating life. Canon law is unintentionally hilarious.

@highpath4776

Жыл бұрын

We have had the rainbow bench episode recently with a non christian (argueably) judgement

Oh going to sleep now are we when she who must be obeyed turns the light off 😆. He delivers his lines so well.

This cannot be made today because technical effects are now much cheaper than good actors. This was filmed like a theatre production, with good actors that could remember their lines: because everything was expensive to film, so they did as little as possible, and editing as kept to a minimum. If this was made today there'd film everything over & over so there could be jump cuts, and reaction shots, and every scene would last between 3 and 20 seconds; and the acting would be meme reactions.

@kenoliver8913

Жыл бұрын

At least they were easy lines to remember. The writing was brilliant which always makes the actors' task much easier.

@jamielwendland7041

Жыл бұрын

Of course, today everyone would be suffering some deep personal tragedy and Rumpole would be tormented by his frayed relationship with with his struggling gay son.

@mywifesboyfriend5558

Жыл бұрын

Not just that, almost every actor must at least be eye candy, and a few of the cast must be woke, and 7 different pronouns. TV died long, long ago. Both British and American.

@glynwelshkarelian3489

Жыл бұрын

@@mywifesboyfriend5558 My last tv broke when it fell of the table whilst I was cleaning the window in 1985.

@jeanettecook1088

Жыл бұрын

Yes...I love this format... so much easier on the psyche than present day productions. I do so love Mr McKern... super actor. What a precious plot, he wins by fair means or foul, playing on human superstition, all the while protecting a valid confidence of his client. Superb!

Love this show...perfect actor to play Rumpole, and I love the caricatures... I'm a closet cartoonist myself... Thanks for posting!

I throughly enjoy Rumpole of the Bailey, she who must be obeyed, delightful series, love the English sense of humor…highly recommended to anyone with a sense of justice, especially to those in the legal profession, members of the Honorable Bar, lolol

Thanks for the rumpled Rumpole.

36:50 "Oh Claude I'm terribly sorry" Absolutely amazing tone of sarcasm

I've just started watching this series and I have to say it's absolutely brilliant!! 💛

My dad and I used to watch Rumpole together, all the time. I miss those times.

I HAD NEVER WATCHED THIS BEFORE, I REALLY DID NOT THINK I WOULD ENJOY IT, BUT I MUST ADMIT I THOUGHT IT A SCREAM. I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE. THANK YOU. BLESSINGS, TRIXIE, 86 FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

I have the full series on DVD and they are quite brilliant. And luckily, as I live in London, I have been able to visit most of the places where Rumpole operated and the series was filmed such as No 3 Equity Court, Temple Church, Gloucester Road and Temple Tube stations and Rumpole's flat etc.

@maunsell24

2 ай бұрын

@oc2phish07 No3 Equity Court is a fictitious name. It's actually No3 Dr Johnson's Buildings. maps.app.goo.gl/rZT1SMQihVNPuDio7 The Goldsmith Building behind the tree and the arch in the background leading to Fleet Street are conclusive.

I’ve been a Rumpole fan since episode one series one was aired in the UK. If there was an Emmy’s category for classics the series and Leo would win hands down.

Possibly my all-time favorite Rumpole ❤😂 thx

Superb!!! Superb!!!Superb!!!Superb!!!Superb!!!Superb!!! Leo Mckers is GREAT!!!

Of all the posts of Rumpole series, yours are the BEST!

Rumpole is eternal, like Holmes, Poirot, Mason and I would argue, Chan. And Soapy Sam is so easy to dislike with serious intensity. 😀

@annastinehammersdottir1290

Жыл бұрын

I love Soapy Sam for his ridiculous fastidiousness.

@belindamay8063

Жыл бұрын

@@annastinehammersdottir1290 Exactly ! He’s a figure of fun , not a villain.

@gordonepema722

Жыл бұрын

Bollard (Peter Blythe) and Erskine Brown (Julian Curry) are Rumpole's foils, and John Mortimer has a lot of fun with them, faithfully rendered in the entire TV production. The actors, including McKern and Mathie of course, give terrific and accurate portrayals of Mortimer's characters. I'm guessing that John Mortimer had a few enemies on the bench when he was practicing law.

In order to make programming like this, you must start with gifted writing. Then, of course, bringing it to the screen means finding actors who can take on the characters and make them their own, gifted in their own right. In this case, the casting was superb and these roles seemed to be written for these actors. What completely gifted people they are.

Thanks for posting this. Lovely trip down memory lane - and it's as good today as it was in 1988.

,Thank you SO much for these uploads .. you have no idea how much you are giving.

My favourite Rumpole, a brilliant performance by the excellent Martin Jarvis.

Brilliant - acting and story development!

The cunning old coot! What is really sweet is that they grumble at each other all the time, but share a small double bed and miss each other when away. That is true love. Marion Mathies - no one can replace her as Hilda. Hilda in German means 'maid of battle' or the old battle axe! Perfect. But she has a romantic side, and misses the old coot and lives to serve him. Its really sweet. I also love her huge family that pops in and out of trouble. She is so snooty, and talks adoringly about her 'Daddy' while taking jabs at Rumpole and complaining he can never match up, but her family is trash, and Rumpole has to save them every time, ha ha ha!

@alexmckee4683

7 ай бұрын

Trash is overly harsh. Troubled perhaps would be a better description. But yes, it is always amusing how her family never seems to match up to her expectations, but that's the trouble when you have no grounding in the norms of the commonwealth of mankind.

I am only an American, but I thought it was a nice touch to reference "A Tale Of Two Cities" when Rumpole mentioned the lady "knitting".

@Tom-xy9yy

Ай бұрын

🙂Yes, I got that too. Mme Defarge?

Absolutely brilliant in acting and writing. Please may we have something on modern TV even 1/2 so good.

Superb episode with an excellent cast! 👍🏻🎅👍🏻

A wonderful series - of novels, and TV - Rumpole's wit, kindness and sense of fairness are sorely missed!

Fabulously, humourously, wonderfully, currently relevant. So good, honest, witty, finely done. Old Leo was always a superior actor with human insights above the average...Who learns from this today??

This man is absolutely splendid....so underappreciated in his genius...he makes them second guess themselves and eventually turn the case to his advantage🤣🤣🤣 Rumpole is a genius and they don't realize this

"She who must be obeyed calling me, "Dear" " 😄

Addictive love every second Perfect Great artists and a great writer

This is perfect for an old bird like me. Thanks opium! Best wishes to Susan Corvalan.

A particularly good episode, I thought. Thanks for upload.

I had a brief glance into this world in the mid 70s. So keenly observed and beautifly excecuted. Warms the cockles. Thanks so much for the memories !

Excellent series and from the 1970's! Absolutely timely in 2023 going into 2024!

and again, Rumpole makes mincemeat of the prosecution

England was so beautiful. So sad to see it gone but so lucky to have seen the best times.

Swmbo comes through in the most hilarious way! My favorite rumpole story of all time!

I always thought that they should errect a statue of Rumpole as personified by Leo Mckern outside the Old Bailey

It surprises so many people that Leo McKern (Horace Rumpole) is an Australian born in Sydney

@indigocheetah4172

Жыл бұрын

He is and. Leo McKern, would return to Australia, to appear in films and on the stage.

@lewisgreen2957

Жыл бұрын

Greatest Australian actor by far. Very few topped Leo Mckern, he was superb in The Omen..

It took me a while to warm up to this character, but the actor's drole delivery and adorable smirks won me over ! I have enjoyed these unusual "legal" forays immensely. Thank you for downloading them.

Thank you for posting. These are excellent. Really nice to be able to enjoy them again.

I love these programs a good mystery I good for the mind like a jig saw puzzle. Ad a Wonderful lead Caracter with a low profile big hearted seance of humor and it's over the top . Bravo.

Rumpled was one of my favorites thank you.

It reminds me of my younger days when we enjoyed this on first showing. I am, alas, now on my own.

What a delightful hour spent in the company of one not quite so fine as Rumpole of the Bailey!!

Love Rumpole. Thanks!

Have not seen Rumpole in ages! Loved that show.

This episode is extremely hilarious, OMG. I wish the entire series would be on a streaming service.

I always loved Rumpole of the Bailey and so many British sitcoms

I've been a "Rumpole" fan since the series first started. I've read many of John Mortimer's books and I'm amazed and thoroughly impressed at how faithfully the series followed them!

@EricIrl

Жыл бұрын

I actually think that the TV pilot and early series pre-dated the books. Mortimer was at heart, a script writer, chiefly for one-off TV plays. The very first "Rumpole" was a one-off TV play in the BBC series "Play for Today". Thames TV (part of ITV) liked it so much that they commissioned the series. Mortimer wrote the character Rumpole with Leo McKern in mind.

@johnstevenson9956

Жыл бұрын

@@EricIrl I did not know that. I'll have to check the copyrights in my books. I did hear John Mortimer say that he had originally wanted Alistair Sim as Rumpole but of course, Sim had already departed our dimension. He did say, (and I agree) that McKern turned out to be perfect for the role.

@EricIrl

Жыл бұрын

@@johnstevenson9956 An Alistair Simm Rumpole would have been fascinating - but very different.

@johnstevenson9956

Жыл бұрын

@@EricIrl Yes, I loved Sim's work, but it would be difficult to imagine.

@mywifesboyfriend5558

Жыл бұрын

@@johnstevenson9956 Well said, but no one departs dimensions, they just die.

The poor canon. All he wanted was some peace and quiet and buttered toast!

I am enjoying this series. Thanks for the upload.

It is wonderful so many series were put on DVD since such great writing, effort and actors would have been lost, which would be a great pity.

What a glorius episode! Especially for Halloween ;)

Mrs. Rumpole was having a quiet hissy fit. I hope she did not hurt the table that she was so furiously shining. It is so nice to see these programmes again.

DVD's were a wonderful invention. They saved the marvelous talents of writers, actors and actresses from being lost in the mist of time

"We have a considerable advantage over them..." "What's that? "Horace Rumpole is on the other side" Wonderful writing. Delivered impeccably!

Some shows of that era age horribly and are completely cringe-worthy - but Rumpole survives the test of time. Some of these episodes date back to 1978.

@mywifesboyfriend5558

Жыл бұрын

True. The 70's and 80's were a very different and humanity wise, better than today.

Hilda & Rumpole are a perfect match, both intelligent & humorous. I think Hilda had a little more ambition in mind for Rumpole knowing what a great lawyer he was, but he chose to use his brilliance for the common man. There is the rub in their relationship, she thinks he wasted his talent. Love seeing those two together.

fabulous!

Leo a total legend in real life when I met him while he was shooting a movie down in Oz in the late 1980’s , his character ‘Frank’ had retired from Melbourne down south up to a house on the hill in Port Douglas in Far North Queensland , I said while we were looking over to the Daintree mountains that it’s oldest rainforest on earth , he said ‘Yes dear boy .. ‘I know how it feels’ ‘Travelling North’ 1987 is the movie and it’s just peachy.

John Mortimer the author was a favourite of my father's, as was this series. This is my England. Long may she continue.

The more they preach Christianity, the less Christian they become" a line still valid today!

Longtime favorite show. Used to have all season on dvd. thanks for the upload.

Fantastic writing ✍️ 👏 and Acting

Ballard prays for a sign. Up rolls a taxi and out pops Hilda. 😂 Classic Rumpole

Splendid 🇮🇪😊

As stated below, this wife of Rumpole is by far the best one.

Simply wonderful. Both in concept and execution.