Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole fights a claim for libel filed by a woman writer against a tabloid newspaper. Meanwhile, Claude Erskine-Brown moves in with Rumpole after being photographed at a night-club of ill repute, to the fury of the fair Phyllida.

Rumpole is called on to defend Nigel Timson, who has moved on from his family's world of villainy and faces charges of insider trading as a stockbroker. Meanwhile, Rumpole's clerk Henry is thinking of running off to Australia.

Rumpole defends his clergyman nephew in an ecclesiastical court, against charges of adultery - of which the bishop takes a dim view. Rumpole's colleagues Ballard and Erskine-Brown appear for the prosecution.

Rumpole defends Tony Timson on charges of attempted murder - with Tony's wife, April, claiming he tried to drown her - while sexist remarks by Mr Justice Guthrie Featherstone give the press a field day and, more importantly, upset the Lord Chancellor.

Rumpole defends Stanley Culp, a scrap dealer, on charges of selling arms to terrorists. The case comes before a newly appointed Recorder - Phyllida Erskine-Brown.

Rumpole defends Lady Perdita Derwent, charged with the murder of her elderly husband. Meanwhile, Ms Liz Probert complains of anti-gay discrimination at number 3, Equity Court, and the portly Rumpole suffers from a strict diet imposed by She Who Must Be Obeyed.