This episode is set in 1970. Rumpole leaves the Old Bailey and heads out to the western circuit to defend a teacher living in a hippie commune from a drug dealing charge.
Rumpole dreams of a sumptuous lunch on the train followed by a nice bottle of Great Western's finest plonk. He is in for a rude surprise.
His digs is with some all friends from the RAF. As for the case, Rumpole is certain that the teacher Kathy (Jane Asher) was fitted up by an undercover policeman.
All Rumpole needs to do is keep Kathy's boyfriend away from opening his mouth in court.
It looks like a straightforward case for Rumpole. He is enchanted by Kathy who can quote Wordsworth.It is just that Kathy wants to make a political point regarding her brother, banged up in Turkey. Rumpole is faced with a conflict with the Bar code of conduct.
A bittersweet episode by writer John Mortimer. Rumpole's adherence to his duties to the Bar are more important than a deluded client.
Rumpole dreams of a sumptuous lunch on the train followed by a nice bottle of Great Western's finest plonk. He is in for a rude surprise.
His digs is with some all friends from the RAF. As for the case, Rumpole is certain that the teacher Kathy (Jane Asher) was fitted up by an undercover policeman.
All Rumpole needs to do is keep Kathy's boyfriend away from opening his mouth in court.
It looks like a straightforward case for Rumpole. He is enchanted by Kathy who can quote Wordsworth.It is just that Kathy wants to make a political point regarding her brother, banged up in Turkey. Rumpole is faced with a conflict with the Bar code of conduct.
A bittersweet episode by writer John Mortimer. Rumpole's adherence to his duties to the Bar are more important than a deluded client.