Irene Shubik plays Shubik had produced for "Play for Today" was John Mortimer’s “Rumpole of the Bailey” (broadcast 17 December 1975), starring Leo McKern as the eponymous barrister. McKern had greatly enjoyed playing the role and had indicated it was a part he would be interested in returning to. Shubik commissioned six new "Rumpole" scripts from John Mortimer with a view to making a series but a change of senior personnel in the BBC led to the project being put on hold. In late 1976, Shubik departed the BBC for Thames Television and brought the "Rumpole" scripts with her. Shubik produced the
My Husband and I (1987 TV series) My Husband and I (1987 TV series) My Husband and I is a British sitcom starring Mollie Sugden and William Moore that aired on ITV from 9 January 1987 to 20 May 1988. It was written and created by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton. Following the end of "That's My Boy", the writers Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton wrote a new sitcom for Mollie Sugden titled "My Husband and I" (which co-starred Sugden's late real-life husband and actor William Moore). Like "That's My Boy", it was also made by Yorkshire Television. Nora Powers is the head of personnel at Ashvale