Blackadder was nearly cancelled after its first season because the BBC didn't realise its potential, it was claimed yesterday. The show's producer John Lloyd urged TV bosses to give more series a ...

TV producer John Lloyd: 'We need to laugh as a nation again' TV SKETCH shows like Not The Nine O'Clock News are good for the nation's health as they unite people in laughter, QI creator John Lloyd ...

John Lloyd CBE, 72, is a television and radio comedy producer and writer who found fame in 1977 when he created The News Quiz on Radio 4. His TV work includes Not the Nine O’Clock News, To the ...