During his time at Oxford he wrote for and edited the university magazine Isis, and has explained that this "was basically just an excuse to write funny stuff for an audience".

For the launch of Series 4, he and fellow The Thick of It writer Ian Martin were interviewed by Kirsty Lang for BBC Radio 4's Front Row, and described how the show's seemingly farcical policies had often been mirrored in real life.

[9] He is creator and sole writer of iGod, a Radio 4 science fiction comedy series starring David Soul and Simon Day about a man who accidentally causes the end of the world.

[17] He wrote for the 2019 black comedy thriller The Day Shall Come alongside director Chris Morris and Jesse Armstrong.

[19] He contributed additional material to the satire Greed for director Michael Winterbottom, starring Steve Coogan.