Ranked #2 of 6 in Season 3•+0.1 vs season avg
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.
Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Hilda Rumpole
John Mortimer
Writer
Robert Knights
Director
Trevor Waite
Editor
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"Rumpole and the Genuine Article" is episode 1 of Rumpole of the Bailey season 3. It scored 8.1/10 from 116 votes, ranking #2 of 6 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Robert Knights and written by John Mortimer, it aired on October 11, 1983.