Bruce Forsyth with ITV, hosting the game show "Play Your Cards Right", which was the UK version of the US original "Card Sharks", from 1980 to 1987, 1994 to 1999, and a brief period from 2002 to 2003, before the show was cancelled mid-run due to low ratings. In 1986, he went to the United States to host a game show on ABC, "Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak", which ran for 65 episodes from January to April that year. Forsyth starred in the Thames Television sitcom "Slinger's Day" in 1986 and 1987, a sequel to "Tripper's Day" which had starred Leonard Rossiter, whom
David Nobbs Dawson and "The Two Ronnies". Nobbs was the creator of the sitcom "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" (1976–79), adapted from his own "Reginald Perrin" novels, which "told the story of a man living an escapist fantasy in response to the mundanity of his daily commute". The TV series starred Leonard Rossiter as Perrin. Nobbs also wrote the comedy/drama series "A Bit of a Do" (1989) and the Henry Pratt series of novels, the fourth of which, "Pratt à Manger", was published in 2006. His novel "It Had to be You" was published in 2011. A passionate humanist and