[3] When World War II came, Berman was allowed to continue his craft in an army film unit.
There, he met and befriended Robert S. Baker, with whom he would go on to form a lifelong business partnership.
In 1962, Berman and Baker obtained the television rights to Leslie Charteris's The Saint.
[4] Unable to sell the rights to Associated-Rediffusion, then Britain's largest commercial television company, Berman turned to Lew Grade's ITC.
By 1967 they had launched a production company which created The Champions, Department S, its spin-off Jason King, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), and The Adventurer.