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) general Robert F. Kennedy. Their wedding was originally scheduled for July 17, 1999, but was postponed following the plane crash which killed Rory's cousin, John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife and sister-in-law. Together they have three children: Georgia Elizabeth Kennedy-Bailey, born September 30, 2002; Bridget Katherine Kennedy-Bailey, born July 4, 2004; and Zachary Corkland Kennedy-Bailey, born July 16, 2007. In 2013 the family moved from Brooklyn, New York, to the Point Dume neighborhood of Malibu, California. Many of the films Bailey wrote were directed and/or produced by Kennedy, a cofounder (with Liz Garbus) of Moxie Firecracker Films. The company's