He has appeared in numerous British TV and radio shows, including This Morning with Richard Not Judy (1998), Sir Bernard's Stately Homes (1999), Spaced (1999), Rock Profile (2000), The Day the Music Died (2004–2007), Look Around You (2004) and Little Britain (2003–2005).

He has also contributed material to programmes including The Impressionable Jon Culshaw, Little Britain, The Peter Serafinowicz Show and is a co-creator of the website "TV Dregs".

From late 2005 until early 2007 Putner toured in the Little Britain Live show, and later appeared in Matt Lucas and David Walliams' TV follow-up, Come Fly with Me.

In 2010 and 2011, Putner played the ill-fated Gerald "Jelly" Kelly in the Only Fools and Horses prequel trilogy, Rock & Chips, written by John Sullivan.

Since then, Paul Putner has also appeared in many other TV/radio productions including: "Kevin Eldon Will See You Now", Cabin Pressure, "Up the Women", "Pompidou", "The Borgias", "Downton Abbey", "Urban Myths", "The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells", "Call the Midwife", and "Miss Scarlet and The Duke".