Rumpole of the Bailey public school) and studied law at either Keble College or the fictional "St Joseph's College", Oxford, coming away with "a dubious third". He would not be eligible to be called to the Bar in England today, as a lower second is the minimum requirement. He was called to the bar at the "Outer Temple" (a fictional Inn of Court, named on the analogy of the Inner Temple, where John Mortimer was called, and the Middle Temple). Apart from the legal drama in each story, Rumpole also has to deal with his relationships with family and friends. His wife Hilda was
Robin Bailey Storm" and Prime Minister Gresham in "The Pallisers". He played the role of Mr Fuzziwig in KYTV's "The Making of David Chizzlenut" episode in 1993. He also played Mr Justice Gerald Graves in "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1987 to 1992), and Hereward Fielding in the "An Autumn Shroud" episode of BBC's "Dalziel and Pascoe" series in 1996. His final television appearance was as Lord Probyn (Kavanagh's wife's father) in "Kavanagh QC" in 1997. Bailey performed several books on tape, reading books by Agatha Christie, Catherine Aird, Nevil Shute and Ruth Rendell. Agatha Christie Catherine Aird Nevil Shute Ruth Rendell He