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
Isabelle Stead Isabelle Stead Isabelle Stead (born 8 October 1979 in Leeds, United Kingdom) is a British film director, producer and philanthropist. In 2008, Stead became a Sundance fellow and alumni. In 2010 Stead was selected by the British Council as the UK Producer on the Move for Cannes International Film Festival. Stead produced 'Son of Babylon' the film screened at Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and received the Amnesty and Peace Prize, followed by a British Independent Film Award. The film was selected as Iraq's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. In 2011 Stead