First broadcast 18th October 1983.
Rumpole agrees to defend a cabinet minister of a former British African colony accused of murdering a prominent clergyman.
Leo McKern ... Horace Rumpole
Peggy Thorpe-Bates ... Hilda Rumpole (as Peggy Thorpe Bates)
Errol John ... Chief Justice Sir Worthington Banzana
Olu Jacobs ... David Mazenze
Carmen Munroe ... Grace Mazenze (as Carmen Munro)
Hugh Quarshie ... Jonathan Mazenze
Gyearbuor Asante ... Rupert Taboro (as Christopher Asante)
Joseph Marcell ... Freddy Ruingo
James Villiers ... Sir Arthur Remnant
Tommy Eytle ... Dr. Christopher Mabile
Ewart James Walters ... Superintendent Akimbu
Jonathan Coy ... Henry
June Tobin ... Amanda Pinkerton
Christine Waterhouse ... Pam
Elizabeth Adare ... Mabel Mazenze
Rufus Collins ... Rev. Kenneth Cuazango
Mark Heath ... Magnus Nagoma
Willie Jonah ... Customs Officer
Alex Tetteh-Lartey ... Police Lieutenant
Lloyd Anderson ... Usher
Willie Payne ... Bishop Kareele
Ann Way ... Dodo Mackintosh
Denys Graham ... Hoskins
Richard Syms ... Mr. Myers
Maureen Darbyshire ... Dianne