 He had initially become the "Standard"'s film critic in 1948 and later became film critic for "Vogue", and for 18 years he was a regular participant in BBC Radio 4's witty talk show "Stop The Week".During this time he also wrote two novels, "The Victors" (Dell 1963) and "Kill Three" (Collins 1967); the "Preep" series of children’s books; and two serious books on the impact of television, "The Ravenous Eye" (Cassel 1973) and "The Least Worst Television in the World" (Barrie and Jenkins 1973), as well as a 90-minute play for BBC 2 also called "Kill Three" from which the novel was adapted.He and his fellow critic Herbert Kretzmer co-wrote the screenplay for the film comedy "Every Home Should Have One" (1970) and a paperback, successfully published by Hodder & Stoughton, to coincide with the film's release.