Rumpole of the Bailey (radio series) Rumpole of the Bailey (radio series) Rumpole of the Bailey is a radio series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer based on the television series "Rumpole of the Bailey". Five different actors portrayed Horace Rumpole in these episodes: Leo McKern, Maurice Denham, Timothy West, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Since 1980 there were a number of different BBC radio productions derived from the Rumpole stories. Essentially there were two different series and three Christmas specials – yielding a grand total of 40 episodes. Some were new radio adaptations of scripts previously produced for TV; some
Sean Bailey Disney to form the production banner Idealogy Inc, which produced "", the sequel to the 1982 film "Tron".. In November 2009, it was announced that Bailey would produce a remake of the 1979 film "The Black Hole", which never materialized. He co-wrote (with Ted Griffin) the original screenplay for the 2016 film "Solace," starring Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell. In January 2010, Bailey was named president of production at Walt Disney Studios, overseeing live-action films produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Under Bailey, Walt Disney Pictures pursued a tentpole film strategy, which included an expanded slate of large-budget films, including franchise