Tributes poured in today for Rumpole of the Bailey actor Leo McKern, who has died at the age of 82. McKern had been in ill health for some time and died at a nursing home near his home in Bath ...

Originally conceived as a one-act play by its creator, ex-barrister John Mortimer, the exploits of Horace Rumpole, as portrayed by Leo McKern, became a staple of British TV drama. In this first ...

4. Rumpole and The Female of the Species - Rumpole fights two cases: one to protect a small-time villain from a charge of serious crime, the other to help a young female barrister to make a start ...

Rumpole and the Old, Old Story. 1987. Stars Leo McKern, Marion Mathie & Peter Blythe. Rumpole stays with Erskine-Browns and finds that Portia is prosecuting one of ...