Michael Grade Management & Representation. Among the artists whom Grade represented were Morecambe and Wise (he successfully negotiated the duo's defection from ATV to BBC2 in 1968) and Larry Grayson. Grade entered the television industry in 1973 when he joined London Weekend Television (LWT) as Deputy Controller of Programmes (Entertainment). During this time he bought the scripts of an Afro-American sitcom "Good Times" which had an all-black cast. Adapted as "The Fosters" (1976–77), it became the first British sitcom to have an entirely black cast. At LWT, Grade worked with both John Birt and Greg Dyke. After he became Director of Programmes
Robert Lindsay (actor) roles in British films such as "That'll Be The Day" (1973), "Three for All" (1975), and "Adventures of a Taxi Driver" (1976). He came to prominence as the cockney layabout Jakey Smith in the ITV comedy series "Get Some In!" (1975–1977) and was given the starring role as delusional revolutionary Wolfie Smith in the BBC sitcom "Citizen Smith" (1977–1980), which raised his profile. Towards the end of the run of "Citizen Smith", Lindsay won roles in the BBC Television Shakespeare series, including Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1981), Fabian in "Twelfth Night" (1980) and Benedick in "Much Ado About