He became a familiar face on television when he played Jon in the BBC's landmark 1967 adaptation of "The Forsyte Saga", the title role in a BBC serialisation of "Nicholas Nickleby" (1968), "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" (1970) and Uriah Heep in the 1974 BBC version of "David Copperfield", and when he was the male lead in the sitcom "Rings on Their Fingers" (1978–80) with Diane Keen.