 During the mid 1980s and 1990s, Lyndhurst also played Ashley Phillips in ITV's "The Two of Us" which co-starred Janet Dibley and MI5 agent Peter "Piglet" Chapman in "The Piglet Files", as well as in a number of stage performances.From 1993 to 1999, he played the complex lead character of Gary Sparrow in the fantasy sitcom "Goodnight Sweetheart".At around the same time, he was the face and voice on the TV and radio commercials for the telecommunications chain People's Phone.