Both Timothy West and Maurice Denham do great jobs playing Rumpole, but nobody plays it like Leo McKern. Talk about someone being made for a part. I watched it growing up in England in the 70’s and I’m still watching and listening in 2023 in S Florida.
@clivejones1152
10 ай бұрын
Benedict Cumberbatch and Julian Rhind-Tutt have both played young Rumpole rather well
@gigyoung1983
6 ай бұрын
If only McKern had done the entire series in unabridged audiobook form. Rumpole always leaves us wanting more.
@neilboonin1873
Жыл бұрын
There will never be another Rumpole like the great Leo Mckern. What a treat
@Detroitmamma
11 ай бұрын
❤Detroit Mamma loves this show and audiobook doesn't disappoint! He is completely hilarious 😅😅 always a great fall asleep book no sex vulgar language hidden agendas
@clivejones1152
10 ай бұрын
@@doublewhopper67 Written for him ? Really
@johnmichaelfitzgerald3052
10 ай бұрын
@@clivejones1152Yes, it sure was, according to Wikapedia!
@clivejones1152
10 ай бұрын
@@johnmichaelfitzgerald3052 wiki doesn't say that. Mortimer wanted Alistair Sims to play the barrister created from his experiences but he wasn't available. First two Rumpole books were written before tv.
@saidtheactress
Жыл бұрын
The clarity of his distinctive voice is just one of his many fine qualities as an actor.
@belindamay8063
6 ай бұрын
@said the actress. So very true. He has more tones in his vocal register than a piano has keys. And it all sounds perfectly natural.
@sharonlayhe4071
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love Rumpole of the Bailey, my favourite programme of all time and my favourite books.❤😊
@blackbird5634
Жыл бұрын
Ah the sonorous tones of Leo McKern!!
@nathelondon3719
Жыл бұрын
Leo McKern didn’t play Rumpole…he became Rumpole.
@natasharosetarrant
Жыл бұрын
Very well said!
@msmltvcktl
Жыл бұрын
I have a feeling this was an incredibly fun role for Leo McKern to dive into; when one truly enjoys their craft, it shows. Likewise Peter Blythe as Ballard; he's amazing in that role as well.
@belindamay8063
6 ай бұрын
Wonderful actors. Perfect casting. It is part of our cultural heritage.
@sherriepectol9324
9 ай бұрын
There is so much to learn from the late great authors, and their skill and usage of the English Language. I Love listening to these stories. I wish they would teach better language skills in all schools.
@gordonpeden6234
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant writing, superb reading. When a great script collides with an avuncular thespian.
@ravenhill_firelord_1968
Жыл бұрын
i have rumpole on dvd now, where i can watch without any annoying ads.
@edajungck
Жыл бұрын
BBC cast this series superbly. The supporting actors from the old mystery series stellar. Thankyou for sharing.
Rumpled with The Rumpole voice! What a delight!!! Great giggling took place here in my chair!
@thomasvierling7676
Жыл бұрын
I love Rumpole. I used to watch it as often as I could, recording on vcr. Makes you love PBS. It even helped me cope with a particular situation I had at work; very similar to Ballard v Rumpole. All of Rumpole ( John Mortimer) is a must for all English majors. Love it!
@chelamcguire
7 ай бұрын
Splendid, splendid, splendid. Many thanks.
@greatbooksontape782
7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@antheankavoyannis3906
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely superb!
@belindamay8063
Жыл бұрын
@antheankavoyannis. Since you enjoyed this so much, may I recommend another life-long favourite of mine - “Sketches by Boz” by Charles Dickens. I can just imagine the incomparable McKern reading them - though these short stories have never been recorded as far as I know. The comic observations and irreverence are very similar - written when the great man was still in his teens. I can remember being reduced to helpless laughter when I discovered them at a similar age.
@adriannamurillo8980
Жыл бұрын
Love it! 😊
@Happyheart146
Жыл бұрын
Rumpoles, final speech was brilliant! Using Tennyson to catch them at their own game lol!
@valshepherd3702
Жыл бұрын
An absolutely super series still well worth watching.
@dariowiter3078
6 ай бұрын
Only the late Leo McKern can do this literary series with his marvelous style of reading and pleasure of doing it for fans of both John Mortimer and his chief creation Horace Rumpole. 📔📖🎤💿😁
@russhall1414
Жыл бұрын
My new favorite!! I keep backing it up just so I can hear it all his talk all over again it's excellent!
@traditionsHome
Жыл бұрын
Charm and cross-examination make a very good lawyer.
@nickdelloso8987
Жыл бұрын
The best. 👍👍😀 A really great Aussie actor (1920 - 2002).
@micheletaggart3274
Жыл бұрын
Nobody's like leo mckern
@sandrapicton8961
2 күн бұрын
And he is a dead ringer for Charles II portrait in the National Portrait Gallery too!
@drummerboy1390
Жыл бұрын
The best actor to come out of Australia.
@belindamay8063
Жыл бұрын
@ drummerboy1390. And probably one of the best actors ever.
@drummerboy1390
Жыл бұрын
@@belindamay8063 Absolutely.
@stewartlancaster6155
Жыл бұрын
probably the only one of any note
@warplanner8852
Жыл бұрын
Er..um..I'd volunteer Paul Hogan although he is of a different genre.
@belindamay8063
6 ай бұрын
@@stewartlancaster6155 I believe that Peter Finch was Australian. A great dramatic actor in the 1950s and 60s. A great era for films and theatre.
@michaelmcilrath9466
Жыл бұрын
Ah, delightful!
@blackbird5634
Жыл бұрын
I'm gonna stand up for ''Ye Olde Rumpole'' here and say he's innocent of the charges George has laid upon him. It's George who wants the judgeship, George can't make the sacrifice of it to keep the girl. It's George who can't embrace a new life with her and so he burdens his dear friend Rumpole with the guilt. He wants to be a figure of sadness and regret.
@msmltvcktl
Жыл бұрын
Frobrischer was always a bit of a soft man..
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
Жыл бұрын
*_"She who must be obeyed."_* 🤭🤭🤭
@msmltvcktl
11 ай бұрын
No. It's a literary reference.
@deanpapadopoulos3314
7 ай бұрын
A brilliant reader.
@belindamay8063
4 ай бұрын
Perhaps the best.
@Tinyflydeposit
10 ай бұрын
Leo is Rumpole.
@kevinh5349
9 ай бұрын
Leo McKern is Rumpole, David Suchet is Hercule Poirot, Sean Connery is James Bond.
@Tinyflydeposit
8 ай бұрын
@@kevinh5349 judi dench is a treasure.
@angelacallaghan4386
Жыл бұрын
Great reading!!
@goodyeoman4534
Жыл бұрын
Peter Hitchen's blog brought me here.
@stalkek
17 күн бұрын
The second story of this, ‘Rumpole and the Age for Retirement’ starts at 1:08:30
@georgefarrington895
10 ай бұрын
Relax and enjoy.
@warplanner8852
Жыл бұрын
One wonders, if Rumpole had taken up Professor Kramer's offer of teaching and lecturing a semester at "The University of Baltimore" and subsequently retired there as Nick wishes, Horace might notice the crime stats of that city and _sue for a law license to defend the darker complected citizens therein_ !
@jeannieap413
Жыл бұрын
I live in Baltimore. Bad if he moved here. Especially now. Sadly 325 murders this year and a very small population. Although he would always have work.
@AnIdiotsLantern
Жыл бұрын
@@jeannieap413 that’s a world without Rumpole. We need Justice.
@ronniewoodhouse8344
Жыл бұрын
Frog has get
@lindahenderson1625
Жыл бұрын
Do your research. It may be dated but it’s endured, hasn’t it?
@Fadem12forReal
9 ай бұрын
RumPOLE
@marygarrapa3537
9 ай бұрын
Lo zoppo
@tonimoroni742
10 ай бұрын
Leo McKern does the Mad Bull better than Bill Fraser!
@jeremypearson6852
9 ай бұрын
The “mad bull”
@mytvbs4865
10 ай бұрын
Well read, unfortunately, the book is yet another leading man story surrounded by weak, petty or evil bossy women who exist in the story only to serve as targets for commentary on their looks, dress, age or unacceptable behavior. Made it 20 minutes, threw & bailed.
@tessaoshea5697
10 ай бұрын
Enjoy the portrayal of a particular character and his individual take on all the people around him. He doesn't like anyone, male or female, which is due to the personal disappointments of his life. In fact, the only positive character in the stories, including Rumpole himself, is a female barrister, Mrs Erskine-Brown AKA Portia. Even if it were as you said, enjoy the art and maintain your opinion, even Mao's Little Red Book has lessons which apply and it's hard to find worse attitudes than those held by Mao.
@edwardpaddock2528
10 ай бұрын
I suppose they just wanted to story to seem relatable.
@spiritualanarchist8162
10 ай бұрын
She who must be obeyed !
@spiritualanarchist8162
10 ай бұрын
@@tessaoshea5697 Well a certain Austrian dictator who also wrote a book comes to mind.
@tessaoshea5697
10 ай бұрын
@@spiritualanarchist8162 i avoided that one because Hitler is a conversation stopper, whatever the conversation
@eugenedreyer4805
Жыл бұрын
Very dated
@TheWorldofGood79
Жыл бұрын
That it maybe, but for me personally I would rather listen to Rumpole than anything modern
@eugenedreyer4805
Жыл бұрын
@@TheWorldofGood79 fair enough
@dwk8081
Жыл бұрын
Your comment lasted only seconds. Mortimers' work on the other hand has latest decades.
@eugenedreyer4805
Жыл бұрын
@@dwk8081 ask anyone under the age of 50 if they agree - its not tolstoy or shakespeare is it?
@msmltvcktl
Жыл бұрын
My late dad introduced me to Rumpole; I'm 44, therefore you are proven incorrect by evidence 😉
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