 In 1961, he went with Richard Dimbleby, Robin Day and David Attenborough to make a series of documentary films in the Soviet Union, selected with his Russian language skills in mind.Later that year he began a two-year assignment for news and current affairs in Paris as assistant to Robin Scott.In 1964, he was part of David Attenborough's launch team for BBC 2, and he went on to direct/produce of arts programmes for BBC Television, including "The Golden Ring", a documentary about Georg Solti's Decca recording of the complete "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (Ring Cycle) by Wagner, a biography of singer Kathleen Ferrier, programmes about Diaghilev, a series on architecture "Spirit of the Age", and masterclasses by French cellist Paul Tortelier.