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Rumpole and Portia

Season 5 Episode 5 | 51m 37s

Phyllida Erskine-Brown wonders whether she really wants the responsibility of her new position or if she simply wants to run away from it all. Hilda also has reason to assess her life with Rumpole when an old flame reminds her what might have been.

Aired: 12/20/88
Extras
Rumpole successfully defends a teenager accused of robbery with violence.
Rumpole accuses a dishonest policeman of framing his safecracker client.
Rumpole is very content to be defending a drugs case in the peace of the West Country.
After a long spell without cases, Rumpole is apparently divorcing his old friend.
Rumpole defends an apparently mentally challenged petty crook on a murder charge.
An MP is accused of raping one of his assistants, and seems reluctant to defend himself.
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Rumpole successfully defends a teenager accused of robbery with violence.
Rumpole accuses a dishonest policeman of framing his safecracker client.
Rumpole is very content to be defending a drugs case in the peace of the West Country.
After a long spell without cases, Rumpole is apparently divorcing his old friend.
Rumpole defends an apparently mentally challenged petty crook on a murder charge.
An MP is accused of raping one of his assistants, and seems reluctant to defend himself.
A famous artist dies in mysterious circumstances; his young wife is accused of his murder.
Rumpole’s main source of income is once more supplemented by defending the Timsons.
Hilda’s nephew wants Uncle Horace to defend him on a charge of adultery.
Insider dealing involving the Timsons provides Rumpole a chance to reduce his overdraft.