He produced a variety of series and one-offs for the Corporation during the 90s, of which the best known are 1996's Our Friends in the North and the 1997 Jimmy McGovern serial The Lakes. In 1998, he and fellow producer George Faber set up their own indie production company, Company Pictures. The company has prodcued several notable and award-winning series and one-offs, such as Shameless, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Skins, Elizabeth I, Talk to Me, and Wild at Heart. In 2014, he executive produced The Missing for New Pictures.