Isabelle Lucas 1960s, including "Miracle in Soho" (1957). Lucas's first major television role was in "The Fosters" (broadcast on ITV between 9 April 1976 and 9 July 1977), the first British sitcom to have an all-Black cast, in which she played the part of Pearl Foster, wife of Norman Beaton's lead character. Following this series she appeared in several minor British dramas and films. In 1985 she appeared in "EastEnders". At the end of the 1980s she joined the long-running BBC Schools' show "You and Me", and remained with it as a presenter until it finished in 1992. Lucas made several guest
Michael Abbensetts was directed by Horace Ové, "establishing a production unit with a Black director, Black writer and Black actors." The cast featured Norman Beaton, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Joseph Marcell, Rudolph Walker and Wayne Laryea. Abbensetts' television work continued with "Easy Money" (1981) and "Big George Is Dead" (Channel 4, 1987) starring Norman Beaton, Linzi Drew and Ram John Holder, and the mini-series "Little Napoleons" (1994, Channel 4). "Little Napoleons" is a four-part comic-drama depicting the rivalry between two solicitors, played by Saeed Jaffrey and Norman Beaton, who become Labour councillors. In 1983–84, Abbensetts was Visiting Professor of Drama at Carnegie-Mellon University. From