Black Sheep Brewery Theakston left in 1988, and after a hiatus of more than a year purchased the North Yorkshire Malt Roasting Company, originally part of the former Lightfoot's brewery site, from an animal feed company, in order to start a new brewery in Masham. Theakston wanted to use the Lightfoot name to bring back an old brewing tradition, but Scottish and Newcastle had already trademarked the name. The association of Masham with sheep led Theakston to come up with the name "Sheep Brewery" which rapidly became "Black Sheep" at his wife's suggestion. The first and original Black Sheep Best Bitter was sold
The Black Sheep of Whitehall Days" (1933). This was the first film of three where Basil Dearden and Will Hay shared the directional credit, the other two being "The Goose Steps Out " (1942) and "My Learned Friend" (1943). Hays never directed again after that. Real broadcaster Leslie Mitchell is in the film driven to a nervous breakdown while interviewing Hay's character. Mitchell was the first commentator for the new BBC Television Service when it began transmissions on 2 November 1936. He also provided the commentary for "Movietone News". The Black Sheep of Whitehall The Black Sheep of Whitehall is a 1942 British black-and-white comedy