[1] He began by touring late-night comedy venues, including Jongleurs club in London and The Comedy Store, before being hired to work with a Black and Asian cast in the BBC TV sketch show The Real McCoy, which was initially based on a stage show Dexter performed at the Hackney Empire Theatre.

After The Real McCoy, a pilot sketch show Felix Dexter On TV was broadcast in September 1995 as part of the Comic Asides series.

On BBC Radio 4 he featured in the satirical spoof radio phone-in show Down the Line, The Simon Day Show, Sean Lock - 15 Storeys High, and starred in the dramatisation of Delete This at Your Peril part of The Bob Servant Emails, written by Neil Forsyth.

[2] On 17 November 2013, BBC Two television broadcast a 30-minute retrospective programme called Respect: A Felix Dexter Special, featuring tributes from friends and colleagues.

[6] His fellow cast members from BBC Radio 4's Down the Line broadcast a special edition titled A Tribute to Felix Dexter on 23 December 2013.