 He started his professional career writing for hit shows including "Three of a Kind" and "Spitting Image", and for comedians such as Lenny Henry and Jasper Carrott.In 1984, his Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 4 satire "Delve Special" begun, a comedic parody of Roger Cook's investigative journalism series 'Checkpoint'.This time starring Stephen Fry as investigative journalist David Lander.