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
Anne Howard Bailey audience that we had, we will be shifting back. For "General Hospital" Bailey notably created such characters as Frisco Jones, Dr. Tony Jones, and Felicia Jones. She also was the head writer for NBC's "Santa Barbara" between 1987-1989 for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in her final year with the program. Bailey also wrote for primetime television including work for "Bonanza", "Moment of Truth", "Beacon Hill", and "87th Precinct". She also worked as a story editor for "The Adams Chronicles". As an opera librettist, Bailey wrote librettos for four works. Her first opera libretto was for Leonard Kastle's