 From 1994 to 1996 Watson played the consultant surgeon Mr Ernest Docherty in the BBC series Cardiac Arrest (TV series).He was portrayed as the voice of reason against a management intent on alienating the nursing and clinical staff.Watson's stage appearances included "The Catch" at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London, Tom Stoppard's "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" and, as Stanley Evening, "Bugler Boy" for the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.