Crick has investigated other politicians too, and has written unofficial biographies of several public figures. When Mark Mardell interviewed Archer for "Newsnight" in 1999 during his campaign to be elected mayor of London, Archer levelled, on camera, the following apparent threat at Crick: "You wait till I'm Mayor. You'll find out how tough I am." In 2002, Crick won an RTS Award for his "Panorama" programme "Jeffrey Archer: A Life of Lies" broadcast after Archer's conviction for perjury the previous July.