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- CreatorTed ChildsSusan RogersStarsJohn ThawOliver Ford DaviesNicholas JonesA crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.
- StarsLeo McKernJonathan CoyJulian CurryThe cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
- CreatorGF NewmanStarsMartin ShawJenny SeagroveBarbara ThornSir John Deed, a High Court judge, tries to seek real justice in the cases before him.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsJohn ThawHolly AirdRobert AshbyKavanagh prosecutes a pornographer and advocates for a divorced man who kidnapped his son in a custody case.
- DirectorAndrew GrieveStarsJohn ThawHarriet AshcroftDaisy BatesKavanagh finds himself defending a left-leaning protester accused of stabbing a skinhead at a protest march. The accused claims that it was entirely his fault, but when he hears that his upper middle class girlfriend has shopped him to the police, he changes his story saying he was just being chivalrous and that it was his girlfriend who did the stabbing. The Kavanaghs continue their commuter marriage with Lizzie working in Strasbourg and it all proves to be a challenge to them both. Kate has left for Cambridge and Lizzie is pleased to hear that her tutor is the husband of one of her closest childhood friends. She is far less pleased when she learns that her daughter and the tutor are having an affair and Kavanagh himself simply blows a gasket.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsJohn ThawDaisy BatesJesse BirdsallKavanagh defends a high-priced prostitute accused of murdering a business tycoon, and wife Lizzie interviews for a job on the continent.
- 1978–199251mNot Rated7.9 (83)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn GorrieStarsLeo McKernMarion MathieAbigail McKernThe suspicious drowning of an anonymous old woman on an estate prompts the Lord to invite his cousins, the Rumpoles, for the weekend, and he asks Horace to represent him at the inquest.
- 1978–199251mNot Rated7.7 (78)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert TronsonStarsLeo McKernMarion MathiePatricia HodgeRumpole defends a Pakistani doctor accused of molesting a female patient, and Phyllida suspects Erskine-Brown of philandering.
- 1978–199253mNot Rated7.7 (179)TV EpisodeDirectorHerbert WiseStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesDavid YellandRumpole is defending a young member of the Timson clan, an extended family of light-fingered but otherwise moral South London villains. To his distress, his own son appears to be acquiring some of the Timson traits.
- 1978–1992Not Rated7.8 (155)TV EpisodeDirectorHerbert WiseStarsLeo McKernJane AsherNigel GregoryRumpole defends a hippie-type schoolteacher on a narcotics charge and finds himself attracted to her and her lifestyle.
- 1978–199252mNot Rated7.7 (119)TV EpisodeDirectorGraham EvansStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesDavid YellandAn MP is accused of raping one of his assistants, and seems reluctant to defend himself. Rumpole is left with only one line of defence; attack the complainant's character, thereby infuriating his son's American fiancée.
- 1978–199252mNot Rated7.8 (124)TV EpisodeDirectorGraham EvansStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesMoray WatsonAfter a long spell without cases, Rumpole is apparently divorcing his old friend and colleague George Frobisher. His client meanwhile threatens to drive Rumpole's wife Hilda (She who must be obeyed) into the arms of her friend Dodo.
- 1978–199252mNot Rated7.7 (109)TV EpisodeDirectorGraham EvansStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesJoanna Van GyseghemRumpole accuses a dishonest policeman of framing his safecracker client and finds himself in legal trouble when he can't back up his claim.
- 1978–199255mTV-PG7.9 (118)TV EpisodeDirectorHerbert WiseStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesPeter BowlesRumpole returns to bloodstains as he defends an stuttering, apparently mentally-challenged petty crook on a murder charge.
- 1978–199253mNot Rated7.8 (103)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian FarnhamStarsLeo McKernRosemary LeachDerek FarrRumpole defends a vicar accused of shoplifting three shirts although he refuses to testify in his own behalf.
- 1978–199252mNot Rated7.9 (118)TV EpisodeDirectorPeter HammondStarsLeo McKernEleanor BronJohn WellsRumpole goes on Circus, or rather on Circuit, in the north, where an actor and theatre manager has been shot with a stage prop. The case seems clear-cut, but everything depends on how one reads the script.
- 1978–199251mNot Rated7.6 (102)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert KnightsStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesPeter BowlesCaptain Rex Parkin of the Pay Corps (retired) is charged with an offence under the Race Relations Act, and finds to his horror that Rumpole has taken under his wing a pupil barrister from the Punjab.
- 1978–199252mNot Rated7.8 (108)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian FarnhamStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesPeter BowlesWhat appears to be an uncontrollable outbreak of bed-hopping is about to ruin the chances of Guthrie Featherstone QC MP becoming a judge, and Rumpole's client's career as a teacher.
- 1978–199251mNot Rated7.9 (91)TV EpisodeDirectorDonald McWhinnieStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesPeter BowlesBoth Rumpole and his current client, Percy Timson, one of the patriarchs of the criminal clan, are under pressure by their families to retire.
- DirectorJohn GlenisterStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesAlbert WellingA bored Rumpole living in Florida retirement uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers
- 1978–199252mNot Rated8.2 (99)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert KnightsStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesEmlyn WilliamsRumpole defends an eccentric artist in a forgery case before the newly appointed Judge Featherstone.
- 1978–199253mNot Rated8.0 (87)TV EpisodeDirectorTony SmithStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesMichael DenisonA seemingly respectable old school couple arrested for running a brothel for upper-class clients are reluctant to help in their own defense.
- 1978–199252mNot Rated8.2 (98)TV EpisodeDirectorStuart BurgeStarsLeo McKernPeggy Thorpe-BatesBill FraserRumpole tries to collect an old debt from an elusive deadbeat solicitor while defending a vacation planner on fraud charges.
- 1978–199252mNot Rated8.1 (86)TV EpisodeDirectorRoger BamfordStarsLeo McKernMarion MathiePeter BlytheAfter a fight with his wife Rumpole stays with Erskine-Browns and finds that Portia is prosecuting one of his clients.
- 1978–199251mNot Rated8.1 (83)TV EpisodeDirectorJulian AmyesStarsLeo McKernMarion MathiePeter BowlesFeatherstone's controversial remarks and ruling in a domestic violence case causes fallout from women's rights groups and concern from the Lord Chancellor.