 He appeared as Detective Constable Matt Stone in 9 episodes of "Softly, Softly" (BBC, 1966), a spin-off series from "Z-Cars".He claimed in interviews later that he left not wanting to be typecast.Only one complete "Softly, Softly" episode featuring Kanner survives in the BBC archives, 'A-Z' (broadcast 30 March 1966), and another partially.