Rumpole of the Bailey (radio series) Christmas season in different years Featuring Timothy West as Rumpole. Produced by Pam Fraser Solomon. First broadcast: December 1996 Featuring Leo McKern as Rumpole. Abridged and directed by Bob Sinfield. Produced by Ken Phillips. First broadcast: 30 December 1997 Featuring Desmond Barrit as Rumpole. First broadcast: 25 December 2001 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,
Helen Bailey of a licensing rights company, John Sinfield. She moved from Clerkenwell to Highgate around the same time. Bailey wrote five books of "teenage angst" in the "Crazy World of Electra Brown" series: "Life at the Shallow End" (2008), "Out of my Depth" (2008), "Swimming Against the Tide" (2009), "Taking the Plunge" (2009), and "Falling Hook, Line & Sinker" (2010). She was nominated for a "Queen of Teen" award in 2010. In "Running in Heels" (2011), she featured a new character, Daisy Davenport. Bailey also wrote books for younger children, including the "Willow the Woodsprite" series, the "Topaz" series, and the