 His television career began in 1971 at the current affairs department of the BBC in Britain, until he was hired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1982 to become the executive producer of "Four Corners", the ABC's flagship current affairs programme.He was executive producer of "Four Corners" from 1982 to 1985, of "Foreign Correspondent" (1992–93), and "The 7.30 Report" (2001–02).From 1998 to 2000, he was the ABC's foreign correspondent in Washington, D.C..