It was at Your Spectrum (which later was relaunched as Your Sinclair[7]) that Shaw picked up the nickname Troubleshootin' Pete due to his regular column in the magazine in which he would answer reader questions that had been posed over the YS Helpline.
While still Deputy Editor of Your Sinclair, Shaw also contributed to a weekly Capital Radio children's show called XYZ on Air, broadcast every Sunday and hosted by DJ Kelly Temple.
[13] You Couldn't Make It Up was a black comedy dealing with issues of sexuality, the agendas of TV and film production and male rape.
and Boys of the Empire to the Edinburgh Festival with Glenn Chandler, the latter of which he transferred to London at the King's Head Theatre for a limited run over Christmas 2008.
[17] In 2011 he worked with photographer Paul Reiffer to create the website for The Grapes, famously owned by Evgeny Lebedev, Sean Mathias and Ian McKellen.
[18] In 2011 Shaw also collaborated with producer Danielle Tarento on Drowning on Dry Land,[19] which led to a string of further shows including Parade (2011),[20] Noel & Gertie (2011),[21] Burlesque (2011),[22] The Pitchfork Disney (2012),[23] Mack & Mabel (2012),[24] Victor/Victoria (2012),[25] Taboo (2012–2013)[26] Titanic (2013).,[27] Dogfight (2014), Man to Man (2014), The Grand Tour (2015), Grand Hotel (2015) and Dogfight In Concert (2015).
The production starred Mark Farrelly, Steve Nallon, Peter Hardy, Matt Ian Kelly and Owl Young, with a cameo by Dermot Agnew.