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
Forrest Lewis of the syndicated western series "26 Men", starring Tris Coffin. He appeared on a wide array of programs, ranging from the CBS western series "My Friend Flicka", set on a Wyoming ranch, to the NBC sitcom, "The People's Choice", with Jackie Cooper, to the ABC's western drama, "The Man from Blackhawk", starring Robert Rockwell. He also appeared on the NBC western series, "Riverboat", starring Darren McGavin, and on the ABC sitcom, "Harrigan and Son", starring Pat O'Brien, and the ABC drama series about the Roman Catholic priesthood, "Going My Way". Lewis was cast as the recurring character, Colby, in the