 He also appeared in the romantic comedy film "", playing the taxi driver who takes the title character to meet Mark Darcy (played by Colin Firth), towards the end of the film.In 2007 Dudgeon appeared in the eponymous role of self-made millionaire Roman Pretty in the BBC2 sitcom "Roman's Empire".In 2009 he played a main character in BBC's "Life of Riley", a series recommissioned and aired in April 2011, the same month that Dudgeon played the role of one time Football League secretary Alan Hardaker in the TV drama "United", which was centred on the events of the 1958 Munich air disaster involving Manchester United.