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During the 1980s and 1990s, he played roles in many programmes including Goodbye, Mr Kent ( 1982 ), All in Good Faith ( 1985 ), Tales of the Unexpected ( 1988 ), Mr. Bean ( 1990 ) and Twelfth Night ( 1988 ) as Malvolio.

In 1987, he appeared in the Doctor Who episode Paradise Towers.

From 1984 to 1989 he was the lead role of Martin Bryce in Ever Decreasing Circles, and in 1993 took the lead role of Godfrey Spry in the BBC comedy drama If You See God, Tell Him.

In 1995 he played the character Tony Fairfax in the BBC comedy Down to Earth.

Fairfax is a cultural adviser to the president of a banana republic in Latin America.

When the president is deposed by a military coup, Tony is sacked and deported back to England and ends up staying with his brother Chris ( Christopher Blake ) and his wife Molly ( Kirsten Cooke ).