Rumpole of the Bailey debut on 17 December 1975 to good reviews by the critics. Aware of the potential for further stories centred on Rumpole, Irene Shubik approached the BBC's Head of Plays, Christopher Morahan, and obtained permission from him to commission a further six "Rumpole of the Bailey" scripts from John Mortimer. However, Morahan left his post at the BBC a short time later and his successor was not interested in turning "Rumpole of the Bailey" into a series. At around this time, Shubik was contacted by Verity Lambert, Head of Drama at Thames Television, who was looking for ideas for an up-market
Donnaleigh Bailey television role. Donnaleigh's stage credits are the role of Leah in "Beautiful Thing", Nikki in "Redundant" and Colleen in "Martha Loves Michael". Bailey was born in Birmingham on 17 January 1983. In 2009, Bailey spent her time divided by living in London, Liverpool, Leeds, Swansea, Bristol, St. Neots, Wolverhampton, Wallsend, New York, Hartlepool and Birmingham. Donnaleigh Bailey Donnaleigh Bailey (born 17 January 1983) is an English actress, known for playing Michelle Corrigan in the BBC soap opera "Doctors". Bailey appeared as Michelle Corrigan in the BBC's soap opera "Doctors". Bailey revealed on her BBC profile for "Doctors" that when she