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
Forrest Lewis of the syndicated western series "26 Men", starring Tris Coffin. He appeared on a wide array of programs, ranging from the CBS western series "My Friend Flicka", set on a Wyoming ranch, to the NBC sitcom, "The People's Choice", with Jackie Cooper, to the ABC's western drama, "The Man from Blackhawk", starring Robert Rockwell. He also appeared on the NBC western series, "Riverboat", starring Darren McGavin, and on the ABC sitcom, "Harrigan and Son", starring Pat O'Brien, and the ABC drama series about the Roman Catholic priesthood, "Going My Way". Lewis was cast as the recurring character, Colby, in the