 Subsequently, he was a French teacher at Manchester Grammar School, then a lecturer at Leicester Polytechnic.During this time, with Anthea Bell, he translated the Asterix comic books, which were written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo.He appeared in the television series "Crown Court", in which he played the clerk of the court, and also featured in minor parts in "Brideshead Revisited" and "The Jewel in the Crown".