The Best Episodes of Rumpole of the Bailey Season 3

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(109 votes)

   #1 - Rumpole and the Genuine Article

   S3:E110/11/1983

   Rumpole defends Harold Brittling, an unsuccessful artist who has been charged with faking a major painting by the late Septimus Craig. But Brittling is remarkably relaxed about the case and seems to have an agenda of his own.

   Director:Robert Knights

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Robert Knights

   Writer:John Mortimer
2. 

   7.4/10(118 votes)

   #2 - Rumpole and the Golden Thread

   S3:E210/18/1983

   Rumpole flies to Neranga, in Africa, to defend David Mazenze (his former law pupil) on a charge of murder. Rumpole meets with politcs, tribal hatred, and confusion - and his client seems to have no credible alibi to offer for the time of the murder.

   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:John Mortimer
3. 

   7.9/10(100 votes)

   #3 - Rumpole and the Old Boy Net

   S3:E310/25/1983

   Rumpole welcomes a new pupil, the beautiful Fiona Allways, and together they defend Mr and Mrs Napier-Lee, who are charged with blackmail and with running an immoral house. But the Napier-Lees are slow to defend themselves, anxious not to expose the lies of an old school friend.

   Director:Tony Dean Smith

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Tony Dean Smith

   Writer:John Mortimer
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   8.0/10(93 votes)

   #4 - Rumpole and the Female of the Species

   S3:E411/1/1983

   Rumpole defends Tony Timson, who is accused of driving the getaway car for a bungled robbery by the Molloy gang - a gang whose relationship with the Timsons is about as warm as that between the Montagues and the Capulets. Meanwhile, Fiona Allways applies to join Rumpole's chambers at number 3, Equity Court, and this meets with opposition from an unexpected quarter - Phyllida.

   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:John Mortimer
5. 

   8.1/10(102 votes)

   #5 - Rumpole and the Sporting Life

   S3:E511/8/1983

   Rumpole gets out into rural England when Fiona Allways persuades him to defend her sister Jennifer, charged with murdering her skirt-chasing husband.

   Director:Bill Hays

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Bill Hays

   Writer:John Mortimer
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   8.3/10(107 votes)

   #6 - Rumpole and the Last Resort

   S3:E611/15/1983

   Rumpole turns to his wife, Hilda, for help in getting a slippery solicitor to pay what he owes. Meanwhile, Rumpole is busy defending the owner of a caravan rental agency who is accused of fraud.

   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:John Mortimer
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