Ranked #4 of 6 in Season 5•matches the season avg
Rumpole defends Lady Perdita Derwent, charged with the murder of her elderly husband. Meanwhile, Ms Liz Probert complains of anti-gay discrimination at number 3, Equity Court, and the portly Rumpole suffers from a strict diet imposed by She Who Must Be Obeyed.
Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
Patricia Hodge
Phyllida Trant
Julian Curry
Claude Erskine-Brown
Peter Blythe
Samuel Ballard, Q.C.
Jonathan Coy
Henry
Marion Mathie
Hilda Rumpole
John Mortimer
Writer
Roger Bamford
Director
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"Rumpole and the Quality of Life" is episode 6 of Rumpole of the Bailey season 5. It scored 8.2/10 from 106 votes, ranking #4 of 6 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Directed by Roger Bamford and written by John Mortimer, it aired on December 28, 1988.