Rumpole of the Bailey drama series. Impressed with "Rumpole of the Bailey", Lambert offered Shubik the opportunity to bring the series to Thames. John Mortimer readily agreed, since it would mean more money, and Shubik (and "Rumpole") duly left the BBC in late 1976. "Rumpole of the Bailey" made its Thames Television debut on 3 April 1978 in a series of six episodes. These introduced and established the supporting characters including Guthrie Featherstone (Peter Bowles), Claude Erskine-Browne (Julian Curry) and Phyllida Trant (Patricia Hodge). The role of Hilda was recast, with Peggy Thorpe-Bates taking on the part. Other than McKern, David Yelland (who played
Robin Bailey Storm" and Prime Minister Gresham in "The Pallisers". He played the role of Mr Fuzziwig in KYTV's "The Making of David Chizzlenut" episode in 1993. He also played Mr Justice Gerald Graves in "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1987 to 1992), and Hereward Fielding in the "An Autumn Shroud" episode of BBC's "Dalziel and Pascoe" series in 1996. His final television appearance was as Lord Probyn (Kavanagh's wife's father) in "Kavanagh QC" in 1997. Bailey performed several books on tape, reading books by Agatha Christie, Catherine Aird, Nevil Shute and Ruth Rendell. Agatha Christie Catherine Aird Nevil Shute Ruth Rendell He