8.3/10103 votes#1 - Rumpole a la Carte
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/1991
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
- 8.1/1082 votes
#2 - Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/1991
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: N/A
Writer: John Mortimer
- 7.7/1082 votes
#3 - Rumpole and the Right to Silence
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/1991
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: N/A
Writer: John Mortimer
- 8.2/1090 votes
#4 - Rumpole at Sea
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/1991
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
- 7.7/1078 votes
#5 - Rumpole and the Quacks
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/1991
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
- 8.1/1073 votes
#6 - Rumpole for the Prosecution
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 12/2/1991
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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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Rumpole a la Carte" is the best rated episode of "Rumpole of the Bailey" season 6. It scored 8.3/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by Jim Goddard and written by John Mortimer, it aired on 10/28/1991. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent".