Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series)
Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation (1988)
Julian Curry: Claude Erskine-Brown
Quotes
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Horace Rumpole : [entering Pomeroy's and seeing a pensive Erskine-Brown] Oh, what can ail thee, Erskine-Brown, alone and palely loitering?
Claude Erskine-Brown : [depressed] Mmm. It's my practice, Rumpole.
Horace Rumpole : [clearly enjoying the pun] Oh, still practicing? I thought you might have got the hang of it by now.
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[Claude Erskine-Brown and Ted Sleaman meet for the first time in years]
Claude Erskine-Brown : "Slimey" Sleaman?
Ted Sleaman : "Collywobbles" Erskine-Brown.
Claude Erskine-Brown : We were at school together.
Horace Rumpole : [drily] Yes, obviously.
Ted Sleaman : Look, would you care to join my editor. Glass of Bolly.
Claude Erskine-Brown : What?
Ted Sleaman : Bollinger.
Claude Erskine-Brown : Thank you Slimey, I'd love to.
Ted Sleaman : Well come on, then.
Claude Erskine-Brown : [to Erskine-Brown] Golly, Colly. Bolly.