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 1961-1962 CBS sitcom "Ichabod and Me" with Robert Sterling, George Chandler, Reta Shaw, and Burt Mustin. Lewis also guest starred in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, "Colt .45" with Wayde Preston, on the syndicated western "Mackenzie's Raiders", starring Richard Carlson, on the CBS hit comedy, "The Andy Griffith Show", and on the ABC sitcom, "The Real McCoys", starring Walter Brennan. Forrest Lewis Forrest Lewis (November 5, 1899 – June 2, 1977) was an American actor of the theatre, radio, motion pictures and television. He was born Raymond Forrest Lewis in Knightstown, Indiana. The future thespian was the son of Joseph