Can anyone who would buy this in the first place not like it?  I think not.  This is a great series.  Leon McKern is absolutely perfect as Horace Rumpole.  If you have doubts about this series, forget them.  It's worth every penny for hours and hours of head scratching amusement.  It can be a bit "stodgy" I suppose for the younger viewers but for an old crone like myself - absolutely wonderful.