I bought this for my mom [another who must be obeyed]. We loved Rumpole when he was on PBS a decade ago and our OPB has not re-aired it since. At the Deal Of The Day price... WOW. I will watch the whole thing in a marathon when she is done. I sat with her for just episode 1. She laughs and laughs thru the shows. I can say that the acting is sometimes dated and the pace a bit slow compared with NCIS. And others may give only 4 stars but I gave 5 as this IS quality TV. 5 star writing and 5 star acting. The BBC at it's best.