He came to prominence in 1989 as Geoff Keegan, the manager of the Byker Grove youth club featured in the BBC television series of the same name.
[1] He remained in the role for eleven years (twelve series),[2] until his character was killed off in a gas explosion.
[2] After leaving Byker Grove, Fane appeared in pantomimes around his native North East England.
He obtained a master's degree in Special Education Needs and Intuitive Learning from the University of Hull.
He was a special-needs coordinator at New College Durham and was working with inmates of Castington Young Offenders Institution.