6. Rumpole and the Age for Retirement (1979)
Rumpole defends Percy Timson, a receiver of stolen property who has been framed for the theft of an important painting which is out of his league. Meanwhile, Rumpole's wife and son Nick (who is now a college lecturer in the US) are making plans for Rumpole's retirement in the very near future - to a restful existence in Maryland.
Release date: 1979-07-03
Season number: 2
Episode number: 6
Runtime: 60 minutes
Director: Donald McWhinnie
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
David Yelland
as Nick Rumpole
Peter Bowles
as Guthrie Featherstone
Joanna Van Gyseghem
as Marigold Featherstone
Moray Watson
as George Frobisher
Toni Palmer
as Vi Timson
Donald Eccles
as Mr Justice Vosper
Struan Rodger
as Detective Inspector Brush
James Bree
as Mr Glassworth
Michael Lees
as Mr Turner
Rest of guest stars - click here to expand
Peter Childs - Fred Timson, Frank Coda - Uncle Cyril Timson, Maureen Darbyshire - Dianne, Julian Curry - Claude Erskine Brown, Jeffrey Perry - Simon Vosper, John Hartley - Detective Constable Hurst, Tony Sibbald - Professor Julius Kramer, Julia McCarthy - Noreen Timson, George Hilsdon - Percy Timson, Charles Hodgson - Mr Rowland, Louis Haslar - Usher