In 2007 Dudgeon appeared in the eponymous role of self-made millionaire Roman Pretty in the BBC2 sitcom '' Roman 's Empire '' . In 2009 he played a main character in BBC 's '' Life of Riley '' , a series recommissioned and aired in April 2011 , the same month that Dudgeon played the role of one time Football League secretary Alan Hardaker in the TV drama '' United '' , which was centred on the events of the 1958 Munich air disaster involving Manchester United
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
Neil Dudgeon