With an ambition to act professionally, he won a scholarship to the fledgling Old Vic Theatre School, London. 이후 허더즈필드에 있는 레퍼토리 컴퍼니에서 배우로 활동한 후 여름 시즌과 무언극을 연출했습니다. In , he moved into television as a director with the ITV company ABC.