The Best Episodes of Rumpole of the Bailey Season 7
Every episode of Rumpole of the Bailey Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rumpole of the Bailey Season 7!
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Season 7 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Rumpole of the Bailey" season 7 is "Rumpole and the Children of the Devil", rated 8/10 from 76 user votes. It was directed by James Cellan Jones and written by John Mortimer. "Rumpole and the Children of the Devil" aired on 10/29/1992 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice".
8.0/10 76 votes#1 - Rumpole and the Children of the Devil
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1992
Rumpole again defends the Timsons, when they are accused of Satanism and their daughter Tracy has been put into local authority care. Hilda is angling for Rumpole to take her to this year's Scales of Justice Ball.
Director: James Cellan Jones
Writer: John Mortimer
- 8.2/10 68 votes
#2 - Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1992
Rumpole defends a policeman, Superintendent Gannon, who is accused of changing a teenager's statement confessing to murdering a policeman. Meanwhile, Sir Guthrie Featherstone finds himself in hot water - as the Judge in the boy's case, he gave a damning summing-up against him, and now the Lord Chief Justice of England is taking an interest in the matter.
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: John Mortimer
- 8.3/10 82 votes
#3 - Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1992
Rumpole flirts with a beautiful violinist and finds himself reluctantly defending her husband, who is charged with murdering the violinist's musical partner.Meanwhile, Claude Erskine-Brown accuses Henry, the clerk at 3 Equity Court, of sexually harassing a secretary.
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: John Mortimer
- 8.0/10 77 votes
#4 - Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1992
Rumpole defends a teenager charged with stealing from old people. Curiously, Rumpole's own apartment is promptly broken into and documents are stolen. Erskine-Brown is in the running again to 'take silk' (become a Queen's Counsel) but the word around the Inns of Court is that he does not have enough 'bottom' and will not make the grade. Phyllida launches a campaign in support of Claude, but can she pull it off?
Director: N/A
Writer: John Mortimer
- 7.9/10 86 votes
#5 - Rumpole and the Family Pride
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1992
Rumpole and Hilda are invited for the weekend at a cousin's castle - but when they get there they find their relation faces the charge of murdering a travelling woman and is looking for Rumpole to rally round to help him.
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: John Mortimer
- 8.3/10 114 votes
#6 - Rumpole on Trial
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/1992
Hilda persuades Ballard to defend Rumpole when he faces a disciplinary hearing. Rumpole seems to have gone a good deal too far in what he said in Mr Justice Oliphant's court - or did he?
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: N/A