 In 1969 he took over as producer of the film programme "Cinema", fronted by the young Michael Parkinson.1971 saw Hamp's peak of success with the series "The Comedians" (intermittently 1971–1985), which introduced innumerable new faces to the British public and kickstarted a number of solo comedy careers.These included Mike Reid, Charlie Williams, Colin Crompton, Mick Miller, George Roper, Stan Boardman and Bernard Manning.