Nickolas Grace 1992. Following a recurring role in 1993 as the unnamed 'Consultant' on Victor Lewis-Smith's loosely hospital-based sketch show "Inside Victor Lewis-Smith", Grace played Marcus Green, the long-suffering husband of Dorien in "Birds of a Feather", in a couple of episodes between 1989 and 1997. He has also appeared three times in the BBC Sitcom "My Family". Grace played Underling the Butler in "The Drowsy Chaperone" with Elaine Paige at the Novello Theatre, which ended its run on 4 August 2007. On 29 July 2009 he appeared on the UK version of "Dragons Den" as the proposed director of a new
Sitcom The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. During filming productions, the laugh track is usually prerecorded. The terms "situational comedy" or "sitcom" were not commonly used until the 1950s. There were prior examples on radio, but the first television sitcom is said to be "Pinwright's Progress", ten episodes being broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom between 1946 and 1947. In the United States, director and producer William Asher has been credited with being the "man who invented the sitcom", having directed over two dozen of the