The Best Episodes of Rumpole of the Bailey Season 6

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.4/10(112 votes)

   #1 - Rumpole a la Carte

   S6:E110/28/1991

   A live mouse is served to Erskine-Brown in a London restaurant, and Rumpole finds himself defending the self-important chef-restaurateur on the environmental health charges which follow. At home, Hilda takes up with her Canadian cousin, Jean-Pierre O'Higgins, and loses all interest in Rumpole.

   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writer:John Mortimer
2. 

   8.2/10(91 votes)

   #2 - Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent

   S6:E211/4/1991

   Before Mr Justice Guthrie Featherstone, Rumpole defends a trade unionist on charges of recklessly causing the death of a truck-driver who was crossing a union picket-line. Guthrie is thinking about a strike of his own, to hit back at new rights of audience for mere solicitors in court. Meanwhile, chez Rumpole, Hilda declares she is going on strike herself.

   Director:Julian Amyes

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Julian Amyes

   Writer:John Mortimer
3. 

   8.2/10(104 votes)

   #3 - Rumpole at Sea

   S6:E411/18/1991

   Without marked enthusiasm, Rumpole takes Hilda on a cruising holiday. He is appalled to learn that a High Court judge, Mr Justice Graves, is also on board, and Rumpole takes cover - but skullduggery aimed at the missing wife of a politician brings him back to the surface.

   Director:Michael Simpson

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Michael Simpson

   Writer:John Mortimer
4. 

   8.2/10(85 votes)

   #4 - Rumpole for the Prosecution

   S6:E612/2/1991

   Rumpole agrees to act for the family of a dead girl who are bringing a private prosecution for murder against a policeman. Did a killer receive preferential treatment from his colleagues on the Force, who knew he was guilty but decided not to charge him?Ballard asks Rumpole to prosecute Erskine-Brown, who is accused of stealing work from a colleague in chambers by changing the names on a brief.Mysteriously, Ballard spends a lot of time at a party hiding a bandaged fingertip...

   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writer:John Mortimer
5. 

   7.9/10(96 votes)

   #5 - Rumpole and the Right to Silence

   S6:E311/11/1991

   Rumpole defends a radical lecturer accused of murdering an unpopular university official - but his client refuses to give critical information in his own defence.Hilda takes offense, after Rumpole gives Ballard and Erskine-Brown advice on the keeping of secrets from their lady wives.

   Director:Julian Amyes

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Julian Amyes

   Writer:John Mortimer
6. 

   7.8/10(92 votes)

   #6 - Rumpole and the Quacks

   S6:E511/25/1991

   Rumpole defends his own doctor, charged with sexually molesting a woman patient - and Rumpole's friend Phyllida is counsel for the prosecution.Claude Erskine-Brown is in hot water when Phyllida comes to believe he is advertising for women friends in an under-the-counter magazine.

   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writer:John Mortimer

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   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writer:John Mortimer
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