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"Rumpole of the Bailey" Rumpole and the Right to Silence (1991)



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Writer:
John Mortimer (written by)
Original Air Date:
11 November 1991 (Season 6, Episode 3)
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Plot:
A radical college professor accused of murder refuses to disclose his alibi while Ballard and Erskine Brown learn domestic lessons about the right to silence. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)
Leo McKern ... Horace Rumpole
Marion Mathie ... Hilda Rumpole
Patricia Hodge ... Phyllida 'Portia' Erskine-Brown
Julian Curry ... Claude Erskine-Brown
Peter Blythe ... Samuel 'Soapy Sam' Ballard, Q.C.
Rowena Cooper ... Matron Marguerite 'Matey' Ballard
Abigail McKern ... Elizabeth 'Mizz Liz' Probert
Jonathan Coy ... Henry
James Grout ... Mr. Justice Ollie Oliphant
Christopher Benjamin ... Sir Denis Tolson
Andrew Robertson ... Hayden Charles

Maurice Roëves ... Clive Clympton
Sheila Ruskin ... Mercy Charles

Tre Smith ... Martin Wayfield (as Trevor T. Smith)
Pauline Letts ... Mrs. O'Leary
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Quotes:
Samuel 'Soapy Sam' Ballard, Q.C.: [Nervously] Yes...Rumpole, what's your opinion about secrets in married life?
Horace Rumpole: Absolutely essential!
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