5. Rumpole and the Learned Friends (1978)
Guthrie Featherstone, with Rumpole as his junior, defends a safe-cracker who claims to have been framed by the notorious Inspector ""Dirty"" Dickerson. Rumpole risks his reputation by attacking police corruption before a police-friendly judge - and as a result he finds himself called to a disciplinary hearing. There is even the possibility that Rumpole may be forced to retire, but he digs his toes in.
Release date: 1978-05-01
Season number: 1
Episode number: 5
Runtime: 60 minutes
Director: Graham Evans
Writer: John Mortimer
Guest stars
Patricia Hodge
as Phyllida Trant
Jonathan Coy
as Henry
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
as Hilda Rumpole
Bill Fraser
as Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham
Phyllida Law
as Honoria Bird
Peter Bowles
as Guthrie Featherstone
Joanna Van Gyseghem
as Marigold Featherstone
Moray Watson
as George Frobisher
Edward de Souza
as Mr Bernard
Edward de Souza
as Mr. Bernard
Malcolm Storry
as Detective Inspector Dickerson
Ken Jones
as Charlie Wheeler
Walter Sparrow
as Harry Harris
David Webb
as Mr Fingleton
Brian Hall
as Prison Officer
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Julian Curry - Claude Erskine-Brown, Maureen Darbyshire - Dianne, Eileen Waugh - Joyce, Edward Hammond - Philbeam, Hugh Martin - Usher