First broadcast 28th December 1988.
Rumpole defends Lady Perdita Derwent, charged with the murder of her elderly husband.
Leo McKern ... Horace Rumpole
Julian Curry ... Claude Erskine-Brown
Peter Blythe ... Samuel Ballard Q.C.
Marion Mathie ... Hilda Rumpole
Jonathan Coy ... Henry
Richard Murdoch ... Uncle Tom
Denis Lill ... Mr. Bernard
Abigail McKern ... Liz Probert
Michael Grandage ... Dave Inchcape
Maureen Darbyshire ... Dianne
Denys Graham ... Hoskins
Robin Bailey ... Mr. Justice Gerald Graves
Rowena Cooper ... Matron
Richard Cordery ... Marcus Griffin Q.C.
Avril Clark ... Nurse Gregson
William Squire ... Sir Daniel Derwent
Helen FitzGerald ... Lady Perdita Derwent (as Helen Fitzgerald)
Constance Chapman ... Barbara Derwent
Caroline Goodall ... Helen Derwent
Robert James ... Dr. McAndrew
Jeillo Edwards ... Lady Cashier
William Lawford ... Usher
Arthur Blake ... Court Clerk
Patricia Hodge ... Phyllida Erskine-Brown
Joanna Van Gyseghem ... Lady Marigold Featherstone
Maurice Denham ... Wedding Guest
Moray Watson ... George Frobisher
Peter Cartwright ... Wedding Guest
