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
Scott Bailey (actor) with Universal Studios on several action shows including: Terminator 2: 3D and Spiderman. He also starred in several other theatre productions in which he played the lead role including: ‘The Problem’, ‘Zoo Story’ and ‘Key Exchange’. In January 2009 Bailey starred in the film “Prayers for Bobby” alongside co-star Ryan Kelley. Bailey’s character was a homosexual partner. In 2009 Scott Bailey featured in Old Spice commercials as a half man half horse, centaur figure. This piece attracted a lot of attention towards Bailey since his performance as a homosexual character in the movie ‘Prayers for Bobby (2009)”. Alongside acting Bailey