In 1984 he won the role of Detective Inspector Slack for the first BBC Miss Marple adaptation, The Body in the Library. Such was the success of the character, he returned for four Miss Marple Christmas specials (The Murder at the Vicarage, 4.50 from Paddington, They Do It With Mirrors and The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side). In 1990 he played the role of Commander Daniels in Agatha Christie's Poirot The Kidnapped Prime Minister.