The Ten Percenters was a British television comedy series, broadcast on ITV, which began as a pilot in 1993 (shown as part of a season entitled Carlton Playhouse), and was followed by two series which were shown in 1994 and 1996. Clive Francis

Clive Francis

-Early life:He is the son of actors Raymond Francis and Margaret Towner. He was born in Eastbourne.His father played Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart in the 1960s series No Hiding Place and his mother still acts today - most recently she played Jira, Anakin Skywalker's friend, in Star...

 played the main character, and the producer was Ed Bye

Ed Bye

Edward Richard Morrison Bye is a British film and TV producer and director. He is best known for his work with Grant Naylor, Harry Enfield and Jasper Carrott, and has worked with many of British TV's best known comedians and comedy actors...

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The writers for the pilot were Rob Grant

Rob Grant

Robert Grant is a British comedy writer and television producer, who was born in Salford and studied Psychology at Liverpool University for two years....

 and Doug Naylor

Doug Naylor

Douglas R. Naylor is a British comedy writer, science fiction writer, director and television producer.Naylor was born in Manchester, England and studied at the University of Liverpool. In the mid-1980s, Naylor wrote two regular comedy sketch shows for BBC Radio 4 entitled Cliché and Son of Cliché...

, while the first and second series were written by Naylor and various co-writers, including Steve Punt

Steve Punt

Stephen Punt is a British writer, comedian and actor, best known for his long-time comedy partnership with Hugh Dennis. Punt lives in Wimbledon with his girlfriend and two children.-Life and career:...

 and Paul Alexander

Paul Alexander (British writer)

Paul Alexander is a British comedy writer. He has written or contributed to My Hero, Red Dwarf, The 10 Percenters, My Spy Family, Babes in the Wood, The Castle, Horrid Henry, Bedsitcom, Oggy and the Cockroaches and The Green Green Grass.-External links:...

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