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
Beaton, British Columbia Beaton, British Columbia Beaton, formerly Thomson's Landing and also formerly known as Evansport, is a locality and former townsite and steamboat landing at the head of Beaton Arm at the head of Upper Arrow Lake in the Kootenay Country of British Columbia, Canada. There was 65 residents of Beaton in 1911. Ferry service was cancelled in 1964, with the post office being closed in 1969, although the locality remains partly inhabited today. Other towns in the vicinity included Comaplix, Camborne and Arrowhead, among others. Access today is from the Galena Bay ferry terminal north of Nakusp, which is the only