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"Rumpole" - Leo Mckern real British fans. As a Barrister at the Old Bailey Courthouse in London, Leo McKern's character (Horace Rumpole) is quite an interesting and charming character I most like Ms. Patricia Hodge in this series who seems wasted being married in the plot to the relatively unromantic (no doubt) character of "Claude Erskine Brown" There are many interesting Legal and moral/cultural issues examined including the appropriate conduct in the courtroom of Lawyers, Judges and those being tried for Crimes they may or may not be guilty of. And then there's the witnesses and Jury too certainly - not to mention Police Officers testifying in cases in respect of their competence in bringing charges. A particularly frank look at Multicultural experiment of (for example) bringing a person into the system from abroad to train is looked at "The Inn" in "Rumpole and the fascist beast" episode. Then there's Rumpole and the Golden thread which sees Rumpole called off to Africa to take part in the Justice system there - as set up by the British in this particular former colony to where he is called. How much of the effort in such colonization schemes can be seen to payoff in this case? You might be surprised at the differences that endure certainly too certainly too in this depiction here Then there's the strange case of "Rumpole and the children of the devil" in which we see the cruelty inflicted of a child by a state on an obvious witch-hunt, as they deny her even her toy "Barbie doll" as shes carted away to an inquisition! This - to the loveliest Germanic Irish spirited young girl you could imagine being inflicted with this! There's a look at sexual harassment in the workplace, Prison reform, Sentencing reform, and many such related issues along the way as there are fully 44 episodes presented to you here in total! There's certainly enough murders to solve too along the way! Rumpole himself is often seemingly contradicting himself in where it is that his sense of honour truly lies. The fact he might just look the other way rather than be told his client is guilty (and therefore no longer a paying client perhaps!) is troubling in what is my own view of how the profession needs to be reformed. Any other idea of integrity becomes suspect of simply "going through the motions" without having due regard to the safety of the public or the real needs of Justice as it were. Oh well , no one's perfect I suppose! The British have supreme taste in music most of all I have most often said of many Programs with British theme music on the whole. Thanks for sharing Michael Rizzo Chessman (moviesbyrizzo upl) |
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