Rumpole and the Genuine Article Rumpole defends Harold Brittling, an unsuccessful artist who has been charged with faking a major painting by the late Septimus Craig. But Brittling is remarkably relaxed about the case and seems to have an agenda of his own. Details Casts Title Rumpole and the Genuine Article Genres Drama Comedy Crime Release Date 1983-10-11 Episode Runtime 01 Hours 00 Minutes Season Number 3 Episode Number 1 Production Companies Leo McKern Horace Rumpole Bill Fraser Judge Roger 'The Mad Bul? Rosalyn Landor Fiona Allways Patricia Hodge Phyllida Trant Julian Curry Claude Erskine-Brown Peter Blythe Samuel Ballard, Q.C. Richard Murdoch Uncle Tom Jonathan Coy Henry Denys Graham Hoskins Peggy Thorpe-Bates Hilda Rumpole