Ranked #1 of 6 in Season 6•+0.3 vs season avg
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.
Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
Marion Mathie
Hilda Rumpole
Jim Goddard
Director
John Mortimer
Writer
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"Rumpole a la Carte" is episode 1 of Rumpole of the Bailey season 6. It scored 8.4/10 from 112 votes, ranking #1 of 6 episodes this season (season average 8.1). Directed by Jim Goddard and written by John Mortimer, it aired on October 28, 1991.