He was involved for several years as both a director and producer on the long-running school-based drama series Grange Hill.
[2] He began his career in television in the 1960s, earning his earliest credits as a scenic designer on programmes such as the BBC Scotland series This Man Craig.
[7] Cant also directed several stand-alone children's drama serials and literary adaptations, including Moonfleet (1984), Moondial (1988), Dark Season (1991) and Century Falls (1993).
[8] The latter pair of serials were two of the earliest works from the writer Russell T Davies, who went on to have a distinguished career in British television drama.
[9] In Dark Season, Cant had cast future Academy Award winner Kate Winslet in one of her first leading roles on screen.