 With the help of BBC2 Controller Brian Wenham with whom he had worked as a trainee, he moved sideways on short-term contract to the BBC Current Affairs Department in Lime Grove to work on programmes such as "Nationwide" and "Newsnight", before beginning his documentary directing career in earnest in 1985 under John Fairley and John Willis at Yorkshire Television.Programmes at YTV included "", a two-hour documentary made with Michael Bilton to mark the 5th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the islands.In 1990, Kosminsky began work as a drama director, directing the four-hour ITV drama "Shoot To Kill", written by Mick Eaton and starring Jack Shepherd, for Yorkshire Television.