He was head of comedy at Thames Television in the 1980s and 1990s.

Thames Television commissioned 12 further episodes for transmission in 1984.

The same story was made into a seven-part series by Thames Television in 1977.

It was purchased by Thames Television in 1990 for $89 million.

By 2002, he had moved to Thames Television as head of drama.

The producers, Thames Television elected not to take the series any further.

Thames Television seems to have spawned a cottage industry.

Pearson last week agreed to buy Thames Television in a deal worth a total of approximately £99m.

He did not live to see the birth of Thames Television.

Thames Television declined to give him his own show after 1980, but he remained a popular guest on other programmes.