One of McGough's more unusual compositions was created in 1981, when he co-wrote an "electronic poem" called "Now Press Return" with the programmer Richard Warner for inclusion with the "Welcome Tape" of the BBC Micro home computer. "Now Press Return" incorporated several novel themes, including user-defined elements to the poem, lines which changed their order (and meaning) every few seconds, and text which wrote itself in a spiral around the screen. He made a programme in 1991 for Channel 4 called "Equinox: The Elements" about the elements. He made a guest appearance on quiz panel show "QI" in 2006.