 In 1979, he directed the TV miniseries "Crime and Punishment", starring John Hurt, and the TV movie "Suez 1956", about British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and the Suez crisis of 1956.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".