He has had a wide output as a writer and critic on subjects ranging from vampires to westerns. He has written and presented television series such as "The Art of Persuasion" on advertising and "Strange Landscape" on the Middle Ages. He has conducted a series of radio and television interviews with figures from the world of film, including Woody Allen, Deborah Kerr, Ken Adam, Francis Ford Coppola and Clint Eastwood. He has written and presented several television series, including "The Face of Tutankhamun" and "Nightmare: Birth of Horror".