His role as Tony in "Men Behaving Badly" was created to replace the character of Dermot after Harry Enfield's departure from the series. The series became one of the most popular UK sitcoms of the 1990s and turned Morrissey into a national star and a target for the tabloid newspapers. His ongoing romance storyline with co-star Leslie Ash led to the pair appearing in several advertisements for Homebase. In 1997, he starred in the Comedy Premiere "The Chest" and in 1998 two TV productions: the one-off "My Summer with Des" for the BBC and "The Vanishing Man" for ITV.