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
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