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Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and The Age For Retirement
Season 2
Episode 6
Rumpole, in defending a group of petty villains, finds them guilty of conspiring to enforce the retirement of an elderly relative. A parallel is drawn when Rumpole realizes his own family and friends also have their scheme for his retirement.
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52:08
Rumpole defends his client and outwits an old adversary, all while apparently dead.
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52:43
When a judge is found dead, Rumpole is approached by the sister of the accused.
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50:49
Rumpole helps a villain charged with a serious crime and a young barrister get her start.
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52:41
Rumpole defends a respectable pair charged with blackmail and running a disorderly house.
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52:45
Rumpole visits Neranga to defend the Minister for Home Affairs, who’s charged with murder.
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51:57
Rumpole defends Harold Brittling, who’s been arrested and charged with art forgery.
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1:43:30
Rumpole, bored with retirement, snatches the first opportunity to return to London.
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52:40
An outbreak of bed-hopping may ruin the chances of Featherstone becoming a judge.
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51:52
Rumpole is flattered when the lead of the repertory theater asks him to represent her.
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51:13
Rumpole proves Dave Anstey to be the victim of a case of mistaken identity.
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51:14
Rumpole clears a vicar of a charge, but spoils George’s chances for a happy marriage.
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53:06
Rumpole defends an apparently mentally challenged petty crook on a murder charge.