Colin Gilbert he began working as a producer and director. His credits during this period include "A Kick Up the Eighties" with Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margolyes Roger Sloman, Ron Bain and Robbie Coltrane, "Naked Radio", "Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee" with Robbie Coltrane and John Sessions, "Naked Video" with Gregor Fisher, Jonathan Watson, Helen Lederer, John Sparkes, Andy Gray, Tony Roper and Elaine C Smith, "I Lovett" with Norman Lovett, "Kevin Turvey the Man Behind the Green Door" which he co-wrote with Rik Mayall, "City Lights" with Gerard Kelly and "Rab C Nesbitt" with Gregor Fisher, created and written by
Rik Mayall from performing in their double act, 20th Century Coyote, Mayall developed solo routines, using characters such as Kevin Turvey and a pompous anarchist poet named Rick. This led to Edmondson and Mayall, along with Comedy Store compere Alexei Sayle and other upcoming comedians, including Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, French and Saunders, Arnold Brown and Pete Richens, setting up their own comedy club called "The Comic Strip" in the Raymond Revuebar, a strip club in Soho. Mayall's Kevin Turvey character gained a regular slot in "A Kick Up the Eighties", first broadcast in 1981. He appeared as "Rest Home" Ricky in