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    Rumpole of the Bailey
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                            Season 3
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 1
                        
                    
                
            
            
            After Harold Brittling buys an oil painting by a famous English painter at auction, he’s arrested and charged with forgery--and then calls on Rumpole to defend him.
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          51:48
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            A famous artist dies in mysterious circumstances; his young wife is accused of his murder.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Hilda assesses her life when an old flame reminds her of what might have been.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Rumpole’s main source of income is once more supplemented by defending the Timsons.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Hilda’s nephew wants Uncle Horace to defend him on a charge of adultery.
        
        
    
    
                            
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          51:30
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Insider dealing involving the Timsons provides Rumpole a chance to reduce his overdraft.
        
        
    
    
                            
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          51:31
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Rumpole is invited by the Daily Beacon to defend their editor.
        
        
    
    
                            
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          51:50
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Rumpole’s life is much as usual. The temptation to escape from it all is very strong.
        
        
    
    
                            
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          52:11
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Rumpole is delighted when a casual meeting leads to a Court Martial in Germany.
        
        
    
    
                            
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          52:05
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Rumpole appears in a case before his old Head of Chambers, Guthrie Featherstone.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Rumpole feels surrounded by secrecy.
        
        
    
    
                            
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          52:19
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Rumpole defends one of the Timson clan, which provides a fair proportion of his income.
        
        
    
    
                            
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          52:15
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Following a Scales of Justice dinner, Rumpole makes a hasty decision.