1. Rumpole and the Man of God (1979)
Rumpole defends a vicar who is charged with stealing three shirts from a department store, but the troubled clergyman refuses to take the stand in his own defense. George Frobisher, who is in line to be appointed as a Circuit Judge, comes to dinner with the Rumpoles and introduces his new girlfriend. Rumpole remembers seeing her in court and advises his friend to think again.
Release date: 1979-05-29
Season number: 2
Episode number: 1
Runtime: 60 minutes
Director: Brian Farnham
Writer: John Mortimer
Guest stars
Patricia Hodge
as Phyllida Trant
Richard Murdoch
as Uncle Tom
Jonathan Coy
as Henry
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
as Hilda Rumpole
Bill Fraser
as Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham
Rosemary Leach
as Mrs. Ida Tempest
Derek Farr
as Rev. Mordred Skinner
Peter Bowles
as Guthrie Featherstone
Moray Watson
as George Frobisher
Don McKillop
as Alfred Batt
Guy Standeven
as Clerk of Court
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Maureen Darbyshire - Dianne, Julian Curry - Claude Erskine Brown, Valerie Lush - Evelyn Skinner, Emrys Leyshon - Mr. Morse