Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series)

Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent (1991)

Leo McKern: Horace Rumpole

Quotes 

• [Rumpole walks into Ballard's office, to find all his colleagues sat round a table] 

  Horace Rumpole : Oh no! Not *another* chambers meeting!

  Samuel Ballard Q.C. : In the new age of efficiency at the Bar, Rumpole, it might be more appropriate to call it a board meeting.

  Horace Rumpole : Quite right. I'm bored to tears already.

• Horace Rumpole : Bollard's in his chambers and practically everything seems to be wrong with the world.

• Horace Rumpole : Claude Erskine-Brown was standing behind the door when they handed out generosity.

• Samuel Ballard Q.C. : Claude will now speak to our new ideas on possible partnership with solicitors.

  Horace Rumpole : And how will our new ideas answer him? Rudely, I hope.

  Claude Erskine-Brown : There will be a simple form for you to fill in each week, so we can monitor each member's productivity.

  Horace Rumpole : How do we monitor *your* productivty, Claude? By the number of years in chokey you manage to get for your unfortunate clients?