He began working for the BBC in 1960, and his career at the corporation included devising the long-running Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm, co-writing and directing the comedy film Grand Slam, and producing the 1981 biopic The Life and Times of David Lloyd George.
[1] In 1962, he was one of two people responsible for painting the graffito "Elis" on a prominent roadside rock in mid Wales, in support of a local Plaid Cymru electoral candidate.
He also co-wrote and directed the 1978 TV rugby comedy film Grand Slam, and produced the 1981 drama series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George.
[2][4] This nine-part series, a biopic based on the Welsh PM, drew on conversations with Lady Olwen Carey Evans, his eldest daughter, and A J Sylvester, his personal secretary.
There, along with Elan Closs Stephens, Jamie Medhurst and Benjamin Halligan, he established a degree in Film and Television Studies (in both Welsh and English).