Rumpole of the Bailey

     

Rumpole of the Bailey1978

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… more »


[a few days earlier, Claude Erskine-Brown had asked Rumpole to give him an alibi by pretending that they had been to the opera together when in fact Erskine-Brown was planning to go with Liz Probert but did not want his wife to find out. Now he bursts in to Rumpole's office, looking very worried, and wants Rumpole to change his story]

Claude Erskine-Brown:
Rumpole...

Horace Rumpole:
Good Lord! You look as if the Valkyries have been after you all night.

Claude Erskine-Brown:
Well I have tell you, we *didn't* go to the opera together.

Horace Rumpole:
Oh, what a pity. I was quite looking forward to not being there!

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