Probably her most widely recognised television role was in the 1980s UK comedy television sketch show "Not The Nine O'Clock News", alongside Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones (1979–82). Her parodies included Kate Bush in a song called "Oh England, My Leotard" (referencing "Oh England My Lionheart"), and Olivia Newton-John in a song called "Typical Bloody Typical" (referencing "Physical"). She also had a small part in three episodes of the British TV police drama series "The Professionals". Her personal contribution as a comedian added to the success of "Not the Nine O'Clock News", and led to a collaboration with comedy and satire writers Mike Lepine and Mark Leigh. This spawned a book, "How To Be A Complete Bitch", and a board game. In 1982–83, she starred in the West End production of Joseph Papp's version of "The Pirates of Penzance".