They were teamed up with Morwenna Banks and John Sparkes by producer Alan Nixon, to make the sketch show Absolutely which ran for four seasons on Channel 4 from 1989 to 1993.
In 1995, Baikie teamed up with fellow Absolutely comedian John Sparkes to write and co-present the world’s first comedy nature TV series ’Squawkie Talkie’.
Twenty years after Absolutely had first appeared on television, the team performed a one-off reunion for Radio 4's 'Sketchorama' in The Òran Mór, Glasgow produced by The Comedy Unit.
Since 2012, he has been working regularly with 'The Smiling Sessions', a charity set up by violinist Alison Jones to bring live music into residential sheltered housing schemes, dementia centres and care homes.
He has also performed in various bands including 'The Hairstyles' with fellow Absolutely cast member Gordon Kennedy, 'The Glenbuck Cherrypickers', 'There’s an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil', and 'The Irregulars'.