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
Mark Bailey (writer) general Robert F. Kennedy. Their wedding was originally scheduled for July 17, 1999, but was postponed following the plane crash which killed Rory's cousin, John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife and sister-in-law. Together they have three children: Georgia Elizabeth Kennedy-Bailey, born September 30, 2002; Bridget Katherine Kennedy-Bailey, born July 4, 2004; and Zachary Corkland Kennedy-Bailey, born July 16, 2007. In 2013 the family moved from Brooklyn, New York, to the Point Dume neighborhood of Malibu, California. Many of the films Bailey wrote were directed and/or produced by Kennedy, a cofounder (with Liz Garbus) of Moxie Firecracker Films. The company's