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Series 6

Episode 10: Rumpole of the Bailey

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

The original 1975 outing for top barrister, Horace Rumpole. He defends a case of assault, touching on themes of race, police corruption, literacy and his own powers of persuasion. Show more

Contributors

Horace Rumpole:
Leo McKern
Mrs Rumpole:
Joyce Heron
Mr Justice Bates:
Noel Williams

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Series 6

Episode 12: Nuts in May

Duration: 1 hour, 21 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Director Mike Leigh’s iconic tale of camping holidays and all the hazards involved. Keith and Candice-Marie arrive at a Dorset campground for ten nights of idyllic bliss. Show more

Contributors

Candice-Marie:
Alison Steadman
Quarryman:
Eric Allan
Miss Beale:
Richenda Carey
The Farmer:
Matthew Guinness
The Farm Girl:
Sally Watts
Producer:
David Rose
Director:
Mike Leigh
Writer:
Mike Leigh

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Series 6

Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 3 months

A trilogy of loosely linked stories by Lewis Grassic Gibbon set in a Scottish east coast farming community in the interwar years. Dramatised for television by Bill Craig.