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
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