Rumpole and the Genuine Article
Rumpole defends an eccentric artist in a forgery case before the newly appointed Judge Featherstone.
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"It is the start of the third series and I sense that Thames Television has thrown a bit of money at the show. It seems to have more extras and the actors are better turned out. Guthrie Featherstone has given up on politics. He joined the SDP! He has also become a judge. His first case is Rumpole defending an eccentric artist accused of forging what was thought to be a long lost nude painting by a famous British artist. It was sold at an auction but the buyer was later informed that the painting might not be genuine. Rumpole has his hands full in this case. Actually he is told to keep his h..."
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When the regular actors in this series turned up for the first read-through of this episode, they were astonished when guest star Emlyn Williams handed each of them a new version of the script written by himself, keeping to the broad outlines of the story, but rewriting the dialogue and giving himself rather more lines. No-one had asked him to do this, and he was carefully informed in no uncertain terms that John Mortimer's original script would be used with no alteration. He complied.
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Rumpole defends an eccentric artist in a forgery case before the newly appointed Judge Featherstone.