Has his own programme where he drives a canal boat, exploring canal ways and looking at the history of industrial age in the UK, mainly in the Midlands.

He has directed two plays at the 1996 Channel 4 Sitcom Festival in London's Hammersmith, "Bleeding Hearts" and "In Exile".

He read English at Brasenose College, Oxford University.

He spent three years touring with The Mikron Theatre Company.

Co-starred with Tom Felton in Tom's first feature length film The Borrowers (1997) and later co-starred with him again in the Harry Potter movies as Arthur Weasley.