Ranked #4 of 6 in Season 1•matches the season avg
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
Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
John Mortimer
Writer
Graham Evans
Director
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"Rumpole and the Learned Friends" is episode 5 of Rumpole of the Bailey season 1. It scored 7.8/10 from 121 votes, ranking #4 of 6 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Graham Evans and written by John Mortimer, it aired on May 1, 1978.