First broadcast 8th November 1983.
Rumpole reluctantly agrees to defend Fiona's sister, who's accused of murdering her husband with a shotgun.
Leo McKern ... Horace Rumpole
Peggy Thorpe-Bates ... Hilda Rumpole (as Peggy Thorpe Bates)
Roland Culver ... Mr. Justice Twyburne
Joanna David ... Jennifer Postern
Rosalyn Landor ... Fiona Allways
Richard Murdoch ... Uncle Tom
Julian Curry ... Claude Erskine-Brown
Jonathan Coy ... Henry
Tim Wylton ... Dr. Overton
Frank Mills ... Figgis 'Fig' Newton
Jeremy Nicholas ... Jeremy Jowling
Peggy Marshall ... Mrs. Marian Hempe
Andrew Burt ... Jonathan Postern
Ron Berglas ... Maurice Fishbourne
James Greene ... Mervyn Harmsway
Anthony Gardner ... Gavin Pinker
Alex Johnston ... Judge's Clerk
Nina Botting ... Debbie Pavier
Kenton Moore ... Inspector Clover
Richard Aylen ... Usher
Robin Gray ... Commentator