That year, he also appeared as an aspiring detective called Ridley in an episode of Jonathan Creek, entitled "The Letters of Septimus Noone".

He received the nomination again in 2016 for his show Maestro,[7] which used his interest in classical music and attempt to write a symphony as a metaphor for his life.

[5] Also in 2017 he joined the regular cast of the BBC Scotland comedy series Two Doors Down as Gordon, the new boyfriend of Ian.

It used the 1975 referendum on Europe as a means of exploring the contemporary Brexit debate, with Hodgson impersonating well-known British politicians of the 1970s.

[15] In January 2025 Hodgson was a winner of the BBC quiz show Celebrity Mastermind, with Mahler as his specialised subject.