 Granada boss Sidney Bernstein soon noticed Hamp's potential as a producer, and put him in charge of several television quiz shows including Spot the Tune, Criss Cross Quiz and Take A Letter.By the later 1960s Hamp was based at the new company headquarters in Manchester, where he was making the regional news magazine programme "Scene at 6.30".This was followed by a successful series of television specials featuring blues based American artists.