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Brett Fancy

He took the lead role of Sean Hooper in the LWT comedy series Square Deal written by Richard Ommanney, recorded live in front of a studio audience weekly and directed by Nick Phillips.

Cannon and Ball

During the 1980s, Greg Dyke, the then Head of Programming at ITV station TVS and later to hold a similar position at LWT expressed a concern that northern comedy shows may not suit southern tastes.

Catford Bridge railway station

The second episode of the 1979 LWT comedy series End of Part One includes the main characters watching a film called "The Life of Christopher Columbus".

David Renwick

This was followed in 1986 by Hot Metal for LWT, a six-part satire of the tabloid newspaper industry starring Robert Hardy, Geoffrey Palmer and John Gordon Sinclair.

Game for a Laugh

Jeremy Fox also brought to the show a wealth of stunts from Truth or Consequences, a show created by Ralph Edwards Productions in Hollywood from whom LWT bought the rights.

Jamie Rickers

He also worked on LWT's Caught Red Handed, with Andi Peters on Andi Meets Britney, the CITV Awards and The Richard Blackwood Show.

John Hoye

OTC also won two major awards for new works - The LWT Plays on Stage Award in 1988 for The Harlot’s curse written by Rodney Archer and Powell Jones; and the Guinness/Royal National Theatre Festival Award for Roberto Calvi is Alive and Well written by Roy Smiles.

Lavinia Warner

After studying history and psychology at university, Warner became a PA in the drama department at LWT, before moving on to Thames Television as a researcher, mainly on This is Your Life.

These included the female internee drama Tenko (1981-5) for the BBC, secret agent drama Wish Me Luck (1988–90) for LWT and the less well-known taxi-firm series Rides (1992-3), again for the BBC.

Punchlines

Punchlines was a comedy game show series hosted by Lennie Bennett that was produced by LWT and aired on the ITV network from January 3, 1981 until December 22, 1984.

Sally B

The Sally B was first fitted with accurate gun turrets and other much needed additions for her role as Ginger Rogers, a B-17 bomber of the fictitious bomber unit featured in the 1981 LWT series We'll Meet Again.

Sound TV

The managing director of the channel was comedian and folk singer Richard Digance, a talent popular on variety shows such as the Sunday evening Live from... (Her Majesty's/the Piccadilly/the Palladium) series (produced by LWT for ITV) and also on Summertime Special, a moderately popular variety showcase of the 1980s.

Stuart Fell

He has appeared on British television many times, with his earliest role being in the LWT comedy series Hark at Barker, in which he plays the driver of a car that crashes when he's distracted by Ronnie Barker carrying a mannequin.

Tenball

The game and the ITV/LWT TV series Tenball focused on a tournament of it were created in 1995 by a team consisting of managers Russ Lindsay and Peter Powell, entrepreneur Barry Hearn, and snooker and pool player Steve Davis.

Twiggy's Jukebox

Its original host was the model and pop singer Twiggy, and the musical performances were taken from the 1975-1976 LWT series Supersonic.

Yelena Lebedenko

Lebedenko represented Russia in the LWT television series International Gladiators held in Birmingham in 1995 and broadcast in the UK in 1996.


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