Ranked #1 of 6 in Season 1•+0.1 vs season avg
Rumpole is busy defending the youngest son of a family of villains on a murder charge. His client has all the evidence stacked against him, but meanwhile it is Rumpole's battered old bowler which is becoming the focus of bemused attention in chambers and beyondHilda
Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
John Mortimer
Writer
Herbert Wise
Director
John Plummer
Editor
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"Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade" is episode 6 of Rumpole of the Bailey season 1. It scored 7.9/10 from 139 votes, ranking #1 of 6 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Herbert Wise and written by John Mortimer, it aired on May 15, 1978.