From 1987 to 2003,[1] he co-wrote and performed The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),[2] The Complete History of America (Abridged),[3] The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show for the BBC World Service, and The Ring Reduced, a 30 minute condensation of Wagner's Ring Cycle for Channel 4 television.
Stage production licensing in the U.S. and Canada is by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. Long left The Reduced Shakespeare Company in 2003.
In 2006, he wrote and performed Star Wars Shortened [6][7] for Sky Movies, and The Condensed History of Tony Blair for BBC Radio 4.
[14] From 2008 to the present, Long has worked extensively in animation, writing for Netflix, CBBC, CBeebies, Disney, Nickelodeon, and Sprout.
He is the voice of Mr. Small in seasons 2 to 6 of the BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning animated series The Amazing World of Gumball.