Both former teachers, they fronted several television programmes jointly, most notably Hale and Pace, Pushing Up Daisies, h&p@bbc and Jobs for the Boys.
[citation needed] As straight actors they also fronted the original TV dramatisation of Dalziel and Pascoe, and in 1989 they guest-starred together in the Doctor Who serial Survival.
In summer 2010 he appeared as the detective in a touring production of the Peter Gordon comedy Murdered to Death.
In autumn 2013 he appeared as "The Showman" in Michael Eaton's Charlie Peace: His Amazing Life & Astounding Legend at the Nottingham Playhouse.
In 2016 he toured with The Rocky Horror Show [3] and from 2017 a new production of Hairspray, playing the role of Wilbur Turnblad.