Humphrey Barclay became Head of Comedy at LWT in 1977 and supervised various successful series including "No, Honestly", "A Fine Romance" (1981–84). In May 1980 he unveiled "Metal Mickey" as a show "with the appeal of "Star Wars", the Daleks and "Mork and Mindy"" Following criticism at the Edinburgh International Television Festival of what was seen as casual racism the LWT series "Mind Your Language" (1977–79; 1986), Barclay commissioned "No Problem!", transmitted by Channel 4 during 1983–85, the first original black-made sitcom for British TV (an earlier series featuring a black family, "The Fosters" (ITV, 1976–77), had been a remake of a
It'll Be Alright on the Night It'll Be Alright on the Night It'll be Alright on the Night is a British television bloopers show screened on ITV and produced by ITV Studios. It is one of the first shows created with the specific purpose of showing behind the scenes bloopers from film and TV and has run since 18 September 1977. The show was originally presented by Denis Norden from 1977 until 2006. Griff Rhys Jones took over as presenter from 2008 until 2016. A new series of episodes was broadcast in 2018 narrated by David Walliams. Norden died on 19 September 2018, aged 96. The