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He appeared in the Oxford Revue in Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1978 and 1979, both with Angus Deayton.

He performed in the BBC radio comedy series Radio Active ( 1980 – 87 ) and has also starred in a number of TV comedy shows, including Who Dares Wins ( 1983 – 88 ), Chelmsford 123 ( 1988 – 90 ) and KYTV ( 1989 – 93 ) Round the Bend ( 1989 – 1991 ).

He made guest appearances on Blackadder as the painter Leonardo Acropolis and Shelley as pop star Hobo with Hywel Bennett as James Shelley.

Pope also appeared as Tony Angelino in the Only Fools and Horses episode Stage Fright with David Jason & Nicholas Lyndhurst — written by John Sullivan.

Pope has regularly featured in the radio series Old Harry's Game ( 1995 – 2009 ).

Pope performs regularly as a singer with the Thame Chamber Choir.