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
Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989 TV serial) Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989 TV serial) Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was the second series of "The Chronicles of Narnia" that ran from 1988 to 1990. The series, which was shown on BBC television in 1989, was an adaptation of two of C. S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia" novels: "Prince Caspian" and "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader". The four Pevensie children are waiting at a train station when a magical force pulls them into Narnia. They land at an overgrown castle which they recognise as Cair Paravel. Susan saves the life of