 His work for the BBC in radio comedy included appearances on "The Frankie Howerd Variety Show", "Windsor Davies Presents", "The Arthur Askey Show", the panel show "Wit's End" for BBC Radio 2 and "You've Got To Be Joking" for BBC Radio 4.By the 1990s, comic tastes in the UK had changed quite radically, and many variety performers who filled the television schedules often found work difficult to come by.Roper was still in demand in clubs and in summer shows.