Teaming up with writing partner Andrew Marshall, they wrote the BBC Radio 4 comedy series "The Burkiss Way" and provided sketches for BBC television shows such as "The Two Ronnies" and "Not the Nine O'Clock News" during the late 1970s and early '80s. One of the most celebrated sketches he wrote for "The Two Ronnies" was a parody of the BBC quiz programme "Mastermind", where a "Charlie Smithers" chose to answer questions on the specialist subject "Answering the question before last", adapted from his "Answering one question behind all the time" sketch from "The Burkiss Way". Their short-lived LWT series for ITV, "End of Part One", was an attempt to transfer "Burkiss"-style humour to television.