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
Hilary Bailey called "Miles and Flora", which takes place some time after the original and resurrects one of the main characters. Bailey edited volumes 7–10 of the "New Worlds Quarterly" series, and was coauthor of "The Black Corridor" (1969) with Michael Moorcock, to whom she was married from 1962 to 1978. She was editing "North Sea Island", the sequel to her book "Fifty-First State", when her heart stopped. Bailey had three children, Sophie, Kate and Max and three grandchildren Alex, Tom and Bobby. Hilary Bailey Hilary Bailey (19 September 1936 – 19 January 2017) was a British writer, critic and editor. Bailey