I prefer Rumpole of the Bailey

Sulla-2

The person who stated that this is s realistic portray of the British legal system is surely being sarcastic. Having experienced the workings of the Courts ( not as an offender I might add) I believe that Rumpole of the Bailey is far more realistic and far more enjoyable. It certainly doesn't take itself as seriously as this silly programme. Judge John Deed,( actually played reasonably well by Martin Shaw ) is a smug, pompous, stupid hypocrite who is a loose canon in the judicial system. I am amazed that the writer would think that such a man would ever be made a judge which is normally a role reserved for boring failed barristers. He continually does the job of the barristers by conducting most of the witness questioning himself. He is also having a sexual liaison with a female barrister who tends to conduct most of the cases in his court ! Some of his judgements are also farcical.In his spare time he helps his daughter escape being prosecuted for the odd felony

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Sulla-2 29 July 2005

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