 Between 1979 and 1990 he directed a number of TV plays for the BBC, ITV, and Granada, including "Little Eyolf", "The Master Builder", and "The Winslow Boy", while also continuing to direct TV documentaries and music programs.He also directed the six-part TV miniseries "Merlin of the Crystal Cave" (1991), the TV movies "Bomber Harris" (1989) and "A Bright New Hope for Mankind" (1993), and programs for the TV documentary series "The Works and Forty Minutes".In connection with a television program he directed about Oman, he and Richard Fawkes co-wrote "The Last Corner of Arabia", a non-fiction book about that country.