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.