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
Mark Bailey (writer) of the American presence in Vietnam." The film, which was made for PBS and distributed by Landmark Theaters, was nominated for an Academy Award. For his work on the film, Bailey was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. The documentary "Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton", which Bailey cowrote with Jack Youngelson, had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. Bailey was also a producer of the film. In addition, Bailey was one of the producers of "Torte Bluma", a 2005 dramatic short film starring Stellan Skarsgård and Simon