 Allen made "On The March With Bobby's Army" (BBC-1991) - a 2-hour solo undercover film covering English football hooligans at the Italia 90 World Cup.He presented the BBC football series Standing Room Only and wrote and directed several documentaries for the BBC, including "Bombay Brown Wash", "Booze Bores Barbours and Brilliance", and "Rotten to the Core".In 1995 Allen appeared as DC Kray in the first series of BBC's comedy series The Thin Blue Line, while writing Twin Town.