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It has been spun off into a series of short stories (and one novel, adapting a Rumpole telemovie), and a radio series.

Rumpole loves the courtroom. Despite attempts by his friends and family to get him to move on to a more respectable position for his age, he only enjoys the simple pleasure of defending his clients at The Old Bailey, London's criminal court. He often quotes Wordsworth and secretly calls his wife Hilda " She Who Must Be Obeyed". The stories combine Rumpole's humor with mystery and drama.

Rumpole's first television appearance was in a 1975 BBC One Play for Today with Leo McKern in the title role. The BBC was not interested in developing the play into a series, but in 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. it transferred to ITVThis article is about the British television network. ITV (or iTV) can also mean interactive television. Independent Television (ITV is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to as an hour-long Thames Television1969 1989), featuring a geographically incorrect montage of London landmarks. Thames Television is a British television production company, and between 1968 and 1992 was the weekday ITV company serving London. In 1967 the Independent Television Authority production with McKern returning to the role and Peggy Thorpe-Bates as Hilda. Hilda was later played by Marion Mathes. Other regular cast members included :

• Patricia Hodge as Phillida Erskine-Brown, "the PortiaFor the moon of Uranus, see Portia (moon Portia is a name shared by two fictional heroines in plays by William Shakespeare. The better known of the two is the heroine of The Merchant of Venice''. This Portia, a rich heiress, is obliged by the terms of her of our Chambers";
• Peter BowlesPeter Bowles (born October 16, 1936) is a British actor. He became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for portraying upper class characters typically caught in hilarious situations. He starred in television comedies including To the Manor Born The Bounder as Guthrie Featherstone, the former Head of Chambers who later becomes a Judge, with usually hilarious results;
• Julian Curry as Claude Erskine-Brown, Phillida's husband, "opera buff and hopeless cross-examiner",
• and Richard MurdochRichard "Stinker" Murdoch ( 1907- 1990) was a British comedian. He got his radio break in Bandwaggon, also starring Arthur Askey. He appeared with Kenneth Horne in Much Binding In The Marsh''. He also appeared in The Men from the Ministry, a BBC Radio 4 c as Uncle Tom, "the oldest member of chambers, who has not had a brief as long as any of us can remember".

Each season (seven in all, plus a television movieA television movie (also "TV movie", "TV-movie", "made-for-TV movie", etc. is a photoplay that does not normally feature in movie theaters but is produced for, and released to, television only. It is commonly considered a type of movie, but some people re) was accompanied by a book adaptation, also written by John Mortimer. Although the television series ended in 1992, the books have continued, now containing original stories.

In the autumn of 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U BBC Radio 4 broadcast four new 45-minute Rumpole plays by Mortimer, starring Timothy West as Rumpole and his wife Prunella Scales as Hilda.