Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade

Name: Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade
Released: 1978-05-15
Cast: Jonathan Coy, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Peter Bowles, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Stewart Harwood

Series: Rumpole of the Bailey

Season: Season 1

Episode Number: 6

Air Date: 05/15/1978

Duration: 60 min

Rumpole is busy defending the youngest son of a family of villains on a murder charge. His client has all the evidence stacked against him, but meanwhile it is Rumpole's battered old bowler which is becoming the focus of bemused attention in chambers and beyondHilda has made up her mind that Rumpole is to take her to the Scales of Justice Ball. Perhaps a new hat and an acquittal at the Old Bailey will get him in the mood for dancing?