She wrote romance fiction and children's stories under the pseudonyms Roberta Leigh, Rachel Lindsay, Janey Scott and Rozella Lake.

Following the death of her husband, she stopped writing romance novels but continued to produce serious fiction and children's books while developing various television and film projects.

She created seven puppet TV series: The Adventures of Twizzle (1957), Torchy the Battery Boy (1958), Sara and Hoppity (1962), Space Patrol aka Planet Patrol (1962), Paul Starr (1964), Send for Dithers (1966), and Wonder Boy and Tiger (1967); and the animated educational program Picture The Word (1965).

Space Patrol was syndicated around the globe and achieved the highest ratings of any children's show up to that time, [citation needed] chronicling the year 2100 adventures of Captain Larry Dart of the spaceship Galasphere 347.

[3] She did, however, tinker with electronic equipment to create the opening theme for Space Patrol, after asking a shop clerk for something that made interesting sounds.

[4] In addition to collaborations on Twizzle and Torchy, Leigh teamed with Barry Gray for three musical compositions (Riding My Bike,[5] Sleeping Time[6] and Why?

The robots of Paul Starr appear to be more developed and fans of Space Patrol will notice the similar sound effects used.

In this adventure, Starr's boss sends him to Mars where five atomic power stations (used to pump water) have been destroyed by fire.

This was a colour live-action space adventure TV series, produced in 1967, and starred John Garfield, Jr. and Derek Fowlds.