He attended the Edinburgh Academy, where he excelled in geography and history, and won a scholarship to Bryanston School in Dorset.
He became one of its elite crew, strong and skilled enough to manoeuvre the huge cameras on live pop shows.
He later further trained as a director of dramas and documentaries, working on Coronation Street and Crown Court in the mid-1970s.
[1] He subsequently directed the 1979 Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks for the BBC,[2] and episodes of The Bill and Peak Practice.
[5] He recorded a commentary for the DVD of Destiny of the Daleks with actors Lalla Ward and David Gooderson, which was released in 2007.